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BY ALIENISTS The proposed whip canal project once gois started to do a thing he I'KMM the liiU.-s to t»i*' (K'I-IIM and generally brings it about. i.ih.r mati-o - of public importance At ,,„, ( hutntxr im-.-Ung Tuesday JUT tu hnvr .in uititm at a meoiinr, nkht , ori ,, , for ,,„, „„„, n ,, llu . of ihnlmmlh'i oi.MiniiM-m'. which allo „ t ,,„, ship cann! aiitl think ha ; I-.TI. < ailed I.V I'l-.'SlfllMlt JuliltH „„„.„ {)f th(1 ,, uU( iJ |1K „p JUl(1 tlvilop KI.II.U to. next Tuesday \V.'IIHIM. ,„,„, „ r ,,,,. Kran<| () , ( , ( . j(y , )y mr _ Th.i shi,, «-.»\.i| I'K'J-.t is being ill K , h ,. deepening of the> St. Law- (..voted hv th.« Croat Northwestern ,.,,,„„ j M .( w ,. 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V4M\ many p< oplc in j„> „ (l (i . m oufluge\ no pelnvcriug th,.tit\ a o wh-> ai.« today strong p,,, straight}\.)) ward, eou.ageous lv II|I|HI.M'II to the .hip canal a > lhe\ ; n tion an not >;. .« jin\ advantage that i; ,. rM w;is ,| u> K t:i; •m«»nt oi this will una.' ti <o.d ii.hurg from ;,,, KI , ^,i v«> Ogdcusbuig ciu/.en •'\ •» •' Wi,,,,|W » v who «MM1«MI hi.; talk with the state- Piobnbh ih<- middle w<s| and far , m . nf lllil( jf (',„ 1K , ( .,, mai ) SIM-II we. .inn Mat. . mmht profit hy such KJ| W ,,,.,, th ,, ,„,„,,,,, h ,. n . m ,, ant .. wut.'i way '«' tho no-iin, hut OR j,u-*lnr-.* h«> would win k much .InnliMi-k; would K«'I the short nnl |, an |,, r t Ii n n h»« would if thoy play- on • .nth a piopo-ifii n Montreal is ,, (l a || s i,[ rs ,,,• tho (rnvw l.ittnly oppoHod to Inn «anal |> ar iM IM | n ,| WMJI , j 0 j m ( - || ow . M-h»»nir. <>«d»«nsl.iu« i-ltl/.rns «an „,,| ,, Mr ,. Sil \ t \ t t | int \ tnr ruturo .land on the hanks of llio majestic Kr ix \ nMH „f OMd«M..sburK depi ndf? si learn flni'iiiK th\ navigation s<>a- upon the eonunoree of the St. son MIMI so iieiKhteis pu*s up and i^wieuee. that OmU^iRhur^ in too down the ilvoi\ Miti that Is all they fu ,. uwuy fni|n th ,, t , u , m ,, r i a of trado v.onM ret of|t of It with a ^«M> to ever hecome ;in imtuatrial city.\ . ,nal with the exemption, pethap.s, Tl>|l rhip ( .,,, lH | w||| |lo( h|1 , p 0K . that the ri.-i,;htet, would he a little ( i.Mis| mn ; airoctly as fo nariKation. , \ l ' rr '\ i/( 'oi'HoiiMhuri'. us the terminal of deep x ••' , '• ,, '»''«»> '\ ,,uv ,,rM| ,,ns| v, ; .| ( .iw;iy navigation will make (')«- ne.s in. n in OKdcusb.ujK rw mag detn.hutu a meat eitv. th»-rcforo till* ,Mfh..,» jo •.ih.liti s Tor this spleh ,,,.,,„,,,,. sll( ,u!d direct its of fort A ,li,l L <i,V '-»»\»ld the ,iv.t he dee,, ((> (h)% (rnn|na , pro poH it i()M . i ueij hetw. a here and the foot of ___ l..il^ nptjnio, the ha al hathors eti f^ I T r pil 4 \TF\ If TrVTV I..J.J.I and <h • peie d so that wlioti IV U I H AINU JUl/1/ th\ Wi'llaud ratial Improvements |\|^/\^f 4DrT\ C A \IC* ai .ompietd in another year or I /I!A>L/\IVIM J OAlNHy .' o and th\ hl« lake frcU;hf\t s. <;nn r,r mote fe. t in length, can lock through and then <oiitiuue their <\•»« «\» lr> n,,i « i,v Th,n °« Br. Taddiken of the Local State d-u lb....-. uoui.i hecomo the Ameri Hospital One of the Board to ,:.n terminal ot dee,, waterway Make the Examination. ua v if.at ion and the IJueeu city ot the uoithlimd. IMM ause new eleva AI/llANY. Hec, 'J \ Ruth tot •» would .prim; oi*. hundreds of Snyder and .Indd (Jrey. doclai'«>d lie fi • mplove.l .at the local dinks, ,.,„,, |, v a state hoard of alienists, tew hom. • would rh\ I'lioenlx like s t,„„| hut on»- legal ste|i frcm ex.-- and th. Itutland tailioail hecome (U ti<»ti. Wlthholdit.g 'of execu tie oull-t ho- the western freight \ ivv clemeiu y from the two con- to 'he 'if.ilioanl It is smely a pref vicied ol the slaying of Mrs. Suy- tv phtiir.' of a Ihilvlng comuiiiuity ,\rv's husharid would send them to To tliii end the chaii.hr «>f t he e|e ( I ric chair, e'.mneue ha. an impoitant duty -pj,,, alienists were unanimous In to piif'Min and these activities telling I he go\ ei nor that th*>y round -hoiild. according to one <»r ()g no ». v |«ienco of an unbalanced men- deti;hu:gs h, .1 known business tal t0 ndHion in either Mrs. Sny- m. II, begin at ence ||e sfrenuously ,|, ,. ul (; rliv . although they had wived the dropping of the ship studied th it caaea sim e their con- canal ptoje«i and the pi,King he ,,,„,,,,,,,„( m (j,,, de U th house, to e Ifepieeii'ative Snell in strong T | H . s |„te. through its coinmts- language (ig.hiishui g\s (laim to M j 0 ner «»f (orrection. Dr. Itayinond beiomiiiF, the lerniiiial of deep wa- |,* c Kieh. recently refused to al- te-wav navigation hy deepening j mv ., Chicago psychiatrist to inado th\ river between ogden ibuig and a n examination of Mra. Snyder. The th- toot oi l ,,k\ Ontario and the ' . UMnan - s ,., MUIS< ,| ( |e ( lared thai she improM•meat ot th haul harbors. | was s uff ring from a neurohis anil Ihe hni. KUhaid Fit/.Ceruld. „ K Ued that the psydiiatrist be al- wa . ie (( i K ni/e,i : lH one of the numt lowed to * \amine her. The stale • t i« *tit mariii\ engineers between | u ,|,t that its board of alienists wan Mon i\il .-ad t'i. \\hiud lie once ma Klng an entirely adequate ox- s;'id m oidei t» get the big lake .,,,iina!iou of Mrs. Snyder. fr igbter..; plowing their way Into,, Th*- alienist boutd. a standing the Ogib-iisbmg hathoi three lo ' ,,| i U uiizat ion. is composed of three leiji mileM of dredging would be r»'-! hiembora r)ior«>n lTOhi the Ht.affs of rpiind hetwe. u here and Kingston, state imtane institutions Their Hi pieMetiUiUve snMi would tin ; fixed duty is to examine all persons ilonhtoiih be wHling to do all he condemned to death, tan to help Ogdenslnirg. H-' is a; pi w. i in \\ a vJiin .ton and his ln« GOUVERNEUR MAN •• •'• fluero . would i'.o ;» long way to • . i- ward biluglng about an approprln ' GOE8 INTO BANKRUPTCY lion for doing the work. H was only, a few \ ea i s ago It.at iM i* Knell se- .IIMMI an appi \M\ ial ion of $7.»(M><Ml r ' ITTIHA. 1»ec. 24.-^-Rud»lf (>. tor de.-p. ning the nariows of I,ake 'Thotnseii. a manufacturer of bev- rh.implain and it he « on hi nccom \liiges ef (ion vol iieur. filed a petl- pll h ••in !i a i.'oilt for I,ak\ ('ham tlon in Kederal court Thursday phi II i lore i- no i.-ason under th\ asking to l>e relieved of debts of MIII whs lie . ouM not do It foi the ?!).r.:il. which he says he cannot j- .nt< •' inland vale; way on the pay I lis assets of $ I.17t> are largely Aioe» u an (on«lneni mvied by linns. Th<» 1/iipild Car- The chai.ilwr of commerce has honic Company of Chicago hohls a It in Its po\\e; now ' i do ' oiuethlng < iMidit ionul sale to secute $L',2Sh that la umfli while fo: this fine old and David Wood of (Jouveineur (fly that Is loved ami worshippml holds a chat I el mortgage for $fi,hl)0. hj iti projile rresident Julius ai coirllng to the jMdlfiou filed I't-nk i; one of h t most public through Attorneys lliiWi rs and lief- •JOIUIMI I pi/ens and H' Mr. Frank ternai. ol Canton. Hepburn Hospital Crowded Ntvtr in Recent Years Has This Famed Institution Had So Many Patients as Now. OODENSBURO PROUD OF IT Great Fame of Institution Due to the Wonderful Surgical Ability of Dr. Grant 0. Ma-; dill Surgeon-in-chief of the; Hospital—A Magnificent Hu- manitarian Hospital. | Correspondents of the AdvaDeo today from all sections of St. Law- rence county tell of this one and that one who have submitted to operations or are undergoing treat-' inent tit the Hepburn hospital and not in a single instance have they reported otherwise than that these patients at i recovering from their ailments It is a fine tribute to the surgical skill and treatment of Dr. C.rant C. Madill. snrgeon-in- chief of the hospital, who with Frank A Augsbury are Ogdens- 1 lung's two great assets along dif- ferent li?ies. ; Never in recent years has the Hepburn hospital Iwen so crowded with patients than at the present time, due almost entirely to Dr. *MadiHs wonderful :airgical ability snd to his able assistant. John K. Free. The great executive ability of Sister St. James, the sister su- perior, and her staff of drey Nan sisters and the splendid staff of nurses Und'-r Sister Mary Alice, who stands without a peer in her line of work, have played their part. The fame of the Hepburn hoa- pitalv.Acuitiia^ through Dr. Madill, is oiiftfijUlIa North Cotthtry'H fin- est li^tMib'ilnstitvHons. It has endowcu* .through thu,. rlbutions of the late burn. f,ioin whom the its name. It is an institutiii|i Iftnt is dohw* wonders for tluvtnfeivicd and the si< k of NortHrft NVw York .aud.,^ jHl,j\V Htltutlofi <»C vvliIcirt^fdoMiUr^ 4^1*1 this section of tho flt&fV is ftxeeed- ingly pr.Mid. The fame of the A. Barton Hep- burn hospital is not confined to this state but is known throughout the country made so through the wonderful cures and splendid tit tent ion every patient receives that enters the institution. The big number of patients undergoing treatment there now attests to its great aud growing popularity. m& ; - ! r.v I •' h — f •».*»\ St. Lawrence Republicans Facing Big Row Next Y ea* ! According To Dopesteif The First Christmas Tree m s; 0 I *. ,•*, *s S generous A Ih.rrtiffi hospital Ul Onot upon a tifne * IM»r charcoal burner lived in a ^.^^f \*£ and children. Sometimes there was not enough food in the tiny home, AX these times his babies went hunqry to bed. The winters in the country where these people lived were very cold. $o cold that for daya )he Father could not go Into the forest and g«x wood to burn into charcoal. < The winter that I am going to tell you about was one like this. It was Iste in December. For four days the kiddies had had nothing but gruel once a day. Every night they had snuggled in their bed of fir tlp3 to keep warm. On the fifth day the Father went into the forest to get wood. While he was a*ay the Mother gathered fir tips for new beds She returned with a great arm load. While playing, one of the children stuck a branch in a crack in a wall of the hut. White their Mother was getting grain for gruel, his littlo brother copied him. The Father came home at night and saw the fir tips all about. It made him remember the day. It was Christmas. He told his babes the story of the tiny Jesus who was born in Bethlehem. They were wide-eyed when they crawled into bed that night; not hungry this time for the Father had brought home a rabbit. A year later the Mother trimmed the boose with fir tips. She placed one larger branch by the children's bed. When they saw what she was doing, the children remembered the Christmas psst, that evening they begged their ' Father for the story -of the Christ Child. Many neighbors told the same story on that night, and many homes were decorated with fir tips. One yoar the Father brought home a little firm tree and placed It In the ' home. It was to take the place of the branch which had always been put near the children's bed. Soon all the foMea In the forest were bringing home trees for Christmas. The custom sprea^Lto towns, then over the world. One Christmas morninq the children woke lo^JUnd several pieces of paper tied to the tree. Their Father to6k it off, and wjiati *Hey opened it there was some dried fruit in each piece of paper. How happy they were. Other Fath- ers came to know of it and on the following CbHstmaa there was dried fruit on every tree in the forest people's homes. This was many many years ago, but the cuatonH is'carried on even to this day Declares That Much Dissatisfaction Exist* cause This County Has Not Been Represents ed in the State Senate for Years—Such S Movement Would Upset the Gentleman's Agreement Existing for Years Between St, Lawrence and Franklin Republicans and Endanger Representative SnelTs Ambitioh for Further Congressional Honors. ' A Republican polltica fn St Lawrence county nest y«*ar will be at sizzling heat, if reports current yesterday among the city's political dopesters prove to be true There seems to be a determination among certain Republican lead- ers in St Lawrence county, according to the rumora, to put a candidal! in the (l^ld from this county for State Senator to succeed Senator Wt ren T. Thayer of Franklin county It has been known for su»ne time that much dlssatisfacticij has existed among St. Lawrence Republicans as to Franklin county continu- ally having the *-tate senatorship A few years ago there came near being a break among the Republi- cans in the southern portion of th** cotiaty on Thayer, who, at that tine, were favorable to the elevation of former Assemblyman Frank L. Sea- ker of (Jouvc.rneur to the. senatorship But i4i< big Ropnvjnlie.an l>o a;o3 ^ squelched the movement. Asked if such an outcome would not lve pos- sible 1 now, should the movemen* this year get under headwa>, the Ad- vance informant responded, \from all present indications the matter b&i been carried on secretly and has reached that stage where iheJU-ad* r-. ^y of the movement h;.ve even selected their candidate should he be a candidate for his fourth term.\ It is a fact that the Republicans to oppose* Tlmyr. . « - • of St. Lawrence county as a rule do not like SenaTor Thayer. Why this is so is problematical, but it is so. The dopester, who did the talking, yesterday, was evidently in the know but would not admit it and would go no further than to say. ial districts are now composed such an agreement can easily be car* ri. d out. The congress district comprises the counties -of St. Law- rence. Franklin, Clinton and Essex while the senatorial has the two counties. St. I^awrence and Frank- lin. St. Lawrence county being \just keep your eye on the progress much larger than Franklin controls of political events during the next few weeks.\ It Is expected tlsat Congressman Snell will be at his Potsdam home during the holidays, and matters political may be discussed with him rict, can control congressional ]w)i- during that time, which may have tics and hence the outgrowth of the the senatorial politics, and St. Law- -' renee and Franklin plasing th#* game together being much larger' than Clinton and Essex, the other* . two counties In the congress dir>t- Governor Smith Retorts In Courteous But Emphatic Manner v Relative to Charge of Extravagance ELKS SPREAD XMAS CHEER IN . MANY FAMILIES 1 Nearly 200 Baskets of Christ- mas Cheer Under Jere Col- lins' Direction Distributed Among Ogdensburg 's Deserv- ing Poor. The ttlks yeaterday forenoon played Santa Cuius once more 1 to the needy people of Ogdensburg. Following their custom, the Flks opened the door to their Caroline street Home and therupoii ushered forth ISO to 200 baskets filled eith- er with chicken or duck, apples, po- tatoes, cilery and all the other trim- mings that go to make a eumptu OILS meal and seven sleighs stood ready to transport this Christmas cheer to their destinations To every family on the Klk.s list which had been carefully prepared by .lore Collins, received one of these baskets. The distribution was under his direction. The Elks do a great work and this is one of their many benevolences. KNIGHTS TO . HAVE DANCE ftnifrhts of Columbus members' and their guests will have an op-' poitttnity to enjoy a real social evening Tuesday Dec. 27th at the local Club rooms. The entertain meat committee has arranged for a dancing parly comprising Old fashioned aud modern step\- Ar- rangements have also been com- pleted for a delectable luncheon. Davy LaVenture and his orchestra will furnish music , No doubt the attendance will > more than satisfy those in charge as it is assurred the occasion will eclipse 1 those similar parties held last season when HO many enjoyed 1 thciio regular affairs. , Declares That Only the Legislature Can Authorize the Spending of State Funds and the Legislature Is Republican in Both Branches—May Embarrass Republican Boomerang Hurlers. G. Badger A Mason For 55 Years a big bearing on who's who in the Republican primaries in the; county next y< ar. The election next year will b« a momentous one. Resides the- elec- tion oi a president of the United States to succx-ecj President Coo- Jidge, a governor in this state to succeed Alfred K. Smith are to be elected. And then, too, a congress- man, state senator, tin rubers of the assembly and county cjflicer.- are to be chosen here. And there is M'horc the rub is. FJOIU time immemorfal a gentle - man's agreement has existed be- tween the Republican leaders of St. Lawrence and Franklin coun- ties through which if St. Lawrence gentleman's agreement. If the political dopeste r's stat^-' ment in which he prognosticated a/ St. Lawrence county candidate for state senator is carried\ out ancl Hi:ch a candidate enters the field in dead earnest the gentleman's agi cement would have a monkey wrench thrown into it and Con- giei-sman Snell would undoubtedly meet with a lot of difficulty in be- ing returned to the 71st cemgrcsg a:* Franklin county Republican.* un- der such conditions would fn all probability go over to Clinton and Essex county on any candidate Clinton county might wirlo;«e. which would prolmbly be . WalKico* E Pierce, fcrme-rly a resident of Ta a recent editorial of the Uata- vln Time'.*, the editors answered once again the eternal Republican charge of < xtravaganee on Gover- nor Smith's part. To auyone who understands the expenditure - of state; money, the answer is very simple only the Legislature can aulhorze the spending of state funds, and until the- executive budget remedied the* evil, only the Legislature could plan the expen- ditures. The tact that (Jovernor Smith has had a Republican Legis- lature » xceptitng in l!»2:i and 1924 when the Senate- was Democratic by a majority of one. should em- barrass thj'se hurlers of boome- rangs. Furthermore, the (Jovernor, in his address to the League of Wo- men Voters on December 2, be>sides explaining that \Smith can't spend a nickel unless the; Roj>ub'le:ah Leg- islature gives it to him,\ gave con- cise and indisputable figures to show the tise-s to which the addi- tional appropriations have been put. He demonstrated that good government cannot ne'glect the expenses of new highways, eleceut wages to teachers, and to hospital attendants.' prison keepers, ami other statu employees in order to k»-ej) dowij expense's without lay- ing itself 'Open to being as mis- takenly sn<ug as the irr sponsible rich man. who blames his wealth on economy, while he resolutely nhuts his ears to the needs of his neighbors. When In the last half of the ninetee-nth 'century, lunatics were taken out of, the category of crim- inals atiel treated as sick men in- stead of bad ones, there waH a pro- let t raised throughout England leBt Member of Norwood Lodge Which Recently Made Him a Life Member. I men be* softened, and a plea that, the fear of (lod be instilled into ! them by hard labor, and a sense of justice to the community by pun- ishing wrongdoing. Today, when (iovornor Smith proposes making a far more subtle distinction in the so-called crim- inal cdass, he mo-ots no horrified protest, in fact the major portion I of such comment as has followed ^his proposal has bi>on approbation, 1 It is reassuring to feed that social history is progressing towards in- ( ; creased understandng. \ The (Jovernor feeds that a felon ; 'hould be judged not by one> man, i whose view of this prisoner is , limit, d to seeing him in the dock, and whose knowledge of his be- i hnvior is based solely e>n such evi- i ebmee as finds its way Into his count, but. that the responsibility i should rest with a State Roard, composed of psychiatrists, students and experts of criminology, whose judgment should be given only aft- er a period of observing the felon nml r circumstances apart from h;s trial . i The (Jovernor has long since* urged that prisons be» equipped with more modern device's for deal- ing with men, whose only hope for resuming decent citizenship lies In corrective physhological or neu- rological treatment. Now he pro- posed weeding men out with more minute care, Insuring the; correct mental rehabilitation, where; such is possible, by differentiating be-1 -_____«___ tween innumerable border line cases i t0 hii nope ,i t State RoardB hav« ro- of neurosis that only an expert can 1 placed the judge? in sentencing fel- distingtiish. I ;)11H> there will be one more statute Again Governor Smith leads the i W r0ten into the laws of N4w York, field In constructive progress, and to ihv everlasting glory of Alfred when, not many years hence, It is ^ Smith. •' * Goorge Badger of Norwood, was made a life memlxr last week of I What Cheer Lodge* No. G89, F. and A. M. of that village'. Mr. Radger has been a member of the Masonic order 55 years, having be-en raised in 1N72. He is a fine gentleman and is well known in the city. He is the father of Mrs. Edward Rrunettc of I.sabedla street. NEW WADDINGTON BANK ; BUILDING 0PEN8 DEO. 29 ' •WADDINGTON, Dec. 24. The new bank building e>f the Wadding- ton bank will be> opened for public inspection Wednesday, Dec. 28. The fedlowing day the transaction of t the bank's business will begin in , the new location. i The official personnel erf the bank consists of: William A. Daniels, president; Chesley W. Hanes, vice- president; F. Hugh Rums, cashier. had the congressman Franklin was this city, a protege of the late .John to have the senator. And such an F. O'Rrkn for years Clinton coua-. agreement for the past 2u years has ty's Republican boas, be in carried out with but one ex- Several things, political, hav#' ception and that was the time happened in the Republican politic? when Senator Malby was defeated of this county during the-, past tw$ by the late William H. Flack of yearn that have left sores that do Malone, for the congressional nom- net heal, aud Congressman Snell ination, which was brought about may be up against a stiff proposi- through the interference of United tion to straighten things * out h>\ States Senator Thomas C. Piatt, such a way that will bring pcao© who was at that time, the Republi- and harmony ipto the ranks of th© can boss of the state. Since then G. O. P. in the countv. nothing has ever marred the carry- ing out of the gentleman's agree- ment between the St. Lawrence and Franklin bosses and Malby eventually reached the goal he sought, a seat in the American con- gress. The battle, according to the poll-, tical dopester, is now $?n beneath the surface and unless something is done to bring about good feelin'gf, it will break out in all ita tury which may result in swamp- ing some of the present ftolificai As the congressional and senator- leadkrs. r*LTTsir ELKS AND COMMITTEE j THANK THE WOMfcN / FOR SPLENDID DONATIONS Members of the local lodge of ' Elks and Chairmen Jero Collin* of , the basket commtttee extend their sincere thanks to the Women for j their generous donations, which i went a long way In making the dis- i tribution of their Chrlstmaa cheer for 1927 the big nuccoaa it waa. | PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ADDRESSES AMERICAN PEOPLE ON THIS CHRISTMAS DAY s- * WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (United Preaa) —\Christmas is not a Hmc nor a season, but a statt of mind,\ says President CooRdge in a Christmas message to the American people. In the only statement of its kind ever issued by a President, and one of the few public documents in Mr- £oolidae's own hand, he expresses himself ac follows: ' > \Christmas is not a time or a season, but a state of minjj* To cherish peace and nood will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to ha the real spirit of Christmas. If we think of these things, the will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sendijhg its gleam of hope to the world.\ • • ' Heretofore, Thanksgiving Day and Independence'Day have been the only observance *o elicit formal expressions' from ••resi- dents and proclamations have set forth significance of th^se'Wvf- slons. At this season, however, Mr. Coolidge added a distinctive note with an expression personal in its appeal. Presumably it was the President's own idea to comment on the significance of the Christmas season. Apart from be inn un- conventional, the message 4s significant in that it suggests a vale- dictory. Havinq eliminated himself from consideration aoairt as a presidential candidate, he soon will begin upon what will be re- garded as his last complete year as President. ••? $ s» ii\ ^ V fc£ u-;
