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AND LOWVILLE TIMES H. A. PHILLIPS, Pubttther. MRS. ANTHONY WAYNE COOK ELECTED HEAD OF THE 0, A, R. Pennsylvania Woman Chosen Presi- dent-General in Bitter Election- Police and Firemen Preserve Order. Washington, April 23^—Mrs. An- thony Wayne Cook, of Pennsylvania, waa declared president-general of the Daughters of the American) Revolu- tion after one of the bitterest election contests in the history of the-society. The vote for Mrs. Cook was 940; her only opponent, Mrs. Q. \Wallace \W. Hanger, of Washington received a vote of 779. Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, of New Jesresy, running as a Hanger candi- date, was elected chaplain-general by a vote of 871 to 746 over Mrs. Thett doode, of Alabama, who was Mrs. Cook's candidate. All the rest of the Cook ticket was elected as follows: ' Mrs. Frank H. Briggs, of Maine, recording secretary-general; Mrs. Franklin P. Shumway, of Massachu- setts, corresponding secretary-general; Mrs. William S. \Walker of Washing- ton, organizing secretary-general; Mrs. James H. Stansfield, of Illinois, registrar-general; Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, of Michigan, treasurer- Keneral; Mrs. George deBolt, of West Virginia, historian-general; Mrs. Alvln Connolly, of Missouri, recorder- general; Mrs. Larz Anderson, of the District of Columbia, librarian- general; Mrs. Charles S. Whitman, of New York, curator-general. Vice-president-generals: Mrs. Henry A. Beck, of Indiana; Mrs. Charles R. Booth, California; Mrs. L. Q. Drake, Nebraska; Mrs. Gerald Livingston Fchuyler, Colorado; Mrs. Henry D. Fitts, of New Jersey; Mrs. William JIcGee Wilson, of Ohio. While the voting* waa In progress' police and firemen were called 1 upon to help preserve order, and when the result was made known the congrees went into a prolonged and noisy dem- onstration for the successful candi- date. FOUEISM CAN NOT PREVENT WARS, OAVIS ASSERTS Assistant to Weeks Urges Mobiliza- tion of Industrial Power—Prepare, He Warns. New York, April 24.—War Depart- ment staff officers have passed judg- ment on the formula advanced by Dr. Kmile Coue, Campus French, proponent of auto-suggestion, and have agreed unanimously that whatever merits it niay have when applied to Individuals and personal Ills, it is a failure when applied aa a curative for world evils tluit lead to war. Announcement of this verdict was made tockay by Dwight Davis, assist- ant secretary of war, in an ad-dress Li fore the twelfth annual meeting here of thle American Drug Manufac- turers' Association. One of the surest moans of preventing war, he said, is for the natiow to prepare in peace and mobilize its industries as well as its manpower. Referring to Dr. Coue/s prescription, £> ere-tary Davis said: \We may hate, fear and loath war, but merely repeating this phrase will nofc prevent war.—Mars is—unfoctu^- \At*iy-ttot a CoEower otDr. Coue. The honest, the misguided; citizen, -who doses his eyes to the lessons of his- tory and to presetnt world conditions, aad who seeks to cripple or destroy our means of self dtefense 1 , may be as dangerous an enemy to our country as the red revolutionary whose ally he unwittingly becomes. \The true patriot seeks by every honorable means to prevent war, but keeps his powdier dry. That is what we are trying to do in the plan for the preparedness of Industry for the na- tional defense.\ Secretary Davis said the War De- partments plane for mobilizing indus- try were progressing rapidly afrd con- nections with a large number of in- dustrial plans hadi been established in a way that gave each at least an ap- proximate idea of what the array's reeds would be for their products In the event of war. la the drug and' pharmaceautical trade, Mr. Davis continued, \we have selected for each of the centers of in- dustry a district phjef for this class of supplies and we hope to be able to procure one or more of the younger executives in each factory.\ Similar arrangements, it was said, are being reported, by other industries and trades. Drug manufacturers have ciused the least trouble* in the en- forcement of prohibition laws, James L. Britt, chief counsel to the prohi- bition unit of the treasury depart- ment, told the convention. He recom- mended that Congress provide a fund by issuing bonds to buy distilled liquor in government warehouses to prevent owners of the liquors from secretly selling it in bootleg channels to gel back their money. The manufacturers, he said, were entitled to all the alcohol needed for medicinal manufacture. LOWVILLE, H. Y., THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 192& GREAT DEMAND FOR AUTO3. Indications Point to an Advance in Prices Later in the Season. Production figures just received from the Dort -Motor Gar Company, of Flint by H. L. Burkart, local distribu- tor, indicate a very healthy state of affairs as the spring Beason opens up. Figures for the month of March show a substantial Increase over the pre- ceding month of February. A steady increase in the shipment of cars, which has been maintained month by month during the present fiscal year of the company, indicates that the popularity of the six has been llrmJy established. Orders on hand for delivery in April evidence a strong demand for cars from every section of the country. In sending out this statement J. D. -lla rvsfl eld?—general- sales— manager— of the Dort Motor Car Company, prer- diets a continued demand for medium- priced cars. \The way the orderB are coming in its a positive indication that we are on the threshold of a record-breaking period in automobile production,\ said Mr. Mansfield. \There is no reason why this demand , should not continue throughout the year provided the present .normal ^business we are earfloyinsr continues on the same plane throughout the bal- ance of the year.\ \There is no better time than the present to purchase an automobile. My advice to the prospective buyer is to get his order In to his dealer without delay. With the costs of raw materials steadily increasing there can be no other alternative than an increase In automobile prices. Right now the automobile buyer is offered the great- est values he has ever been able to buy and I believe that the unprece- dented rush of business we are now enjoying is a demonstration of the fact that the buying public appre- ciates these values.\ The beginning of social unrest is the conviction that the boss thinks himself a social superior. \Life-termer Inherits fortune.\ Isn't that nice? Now he can get a lawyer, an Incurable disease, and a pardon. REV, OR. H0U8H10H DIES HE LOVED Rector for 26 Years of \Little Church Around the Corner\ Expires Sud- denly—-Sucoeeded Famous Uncle as Rector. New York, April 24.—Rev. Dr. George Clark Houghbon, pastor for the last 26 years of the famous \Little Church Around! the Corner,\ died sud- denly of heart disease in the church rectory. Dr. Houghton, whlo was 70 years old, was called' in 1897 to succeed his uncle, Rev. George Hendric Houghton, as rector of the Church of the Trans- figuration, the official name of the little: church. Dr. Houghton was fond of recalling the manner In which his church got Its 1 flamlllar name. The story runs tblat, on the* death of an actor friend, Joseph Jefferson wae told at an im- posing church on Fifth Avenue that funeral services, could, not be .hqld theretj for a member ot his profession, but that arrangements) could be made at \a little' church around the corner.\ Jefferson's fervent \God: bless the lit- tle church around the corner\ fixed the name, | _ After that many weddings and fun- erals of stage people took place at thief church, and to it came young couples seeking matrimony free from paremtal Interference and also strang- ers in the city who wanted a religious instead of a civil ceremony. When Dr. Houghton succeeded his uncle he discouraged the idea of the church being a modern Qretna Green, and many are the stories told of hi« persuading eloplnlg young people to think twiicei before they leaped blindly ireto matrimony.- l Several years ago he announced' that he intended to publish the banns of all couples who desired to be married In his church. At the 60th anniversary of his or- dination, the things that pleased the old clergyman' most were two mem- orial gifts from the dramatic profes- sion. Elsie Ferguson gave him a handl-illumin&ted scroll in behalf of the Actors' Equity Association and Grant Stewart presented him with a silver loving cup from the Lambs' Club. Bornl in New York and' educated at x Stephen/a College and at the Gen- eral Theological Seminary, Dr. Houghton was ordained in 1871 by Right Rev. Horatio Potter, bishop of New York. His first call was as an assistant priesti in Trinity parish. In 1879 he went to Trinity Church in Hoboken as its rector. PROMINENT CLUB WOMEN TO CONVENE AT ATLANTA Atlanta,' April 24.—The \Biennial the crowning event of every club wo- man's life, to whiich she looks forward during the two years intervening from one biennial to the next is to be held this year for the first time in the south, and Atlanta is to be hostess. The convention/ will be held from May 7 to 11, and genuine southern hospi- tality will be dispensed to delegates representing club women and women's affairs from alt parts of the world. Prominent persons in American offi- cial and club life are expected to be tRe Atlanta— for-thv~SBssionB.—ATOOUBTb&fJM those- ujnweu»l to attend are, Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, president of the eneral Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. George Minot Baker, of Massachusetts; Mra Rose V. S. Berry. Mrs, Horace M. Towner, Mrs. Percy Pennypackeir, Anna Steece Richard- son, ediltor of Woman's Home Com- panion, and Ida Clyde Clarke of the Pictorial Review. Although the delegates will be chiefly occupied with federation business of importance, the social side Is not to be forgotten, according to plans an- nounced by Mra B. M. Boykin, presi- dent of the Atlanta Woman's Club and official hostess to the convention, and Mrs. Alomzo Richardson, chairman of arrangements. Social events already planned include a \typical southern barbecue,\ a garden party on the lawn of the Atlanta Woman's Club, a trip to Stone mountain and a concert at Its base, visit to the home of the late Joel Chandler Harris, writer of the \Uncle Remus?' stories, visit to ttoe Cyclorama to view the $100,000 painting of the battle of Atlanta, a banquet tx>. visiting press representa- tives and other functions. ttre Atlanta Woman's Club's new audltoriumi-threatre, costing 5125.000, has just been completed and a ban- quet hall to cost 150,000 will be finish- ed in time to be used to entertain the the delegates and visitors. The At- lanta club has a membership of 1,400 and regards its plant as one of the finest in the country. General sessions of the convention will be held in the* auditorium of the Baptist tabernacle. TO PICTURE PH06RESS AND NEED Of RAIL* New York Central to 8end Out on All Its Lines 8pecial Train to Demon- strate Evolution of Transportation From Earliest Day. New York, April 25.—Operation over all New York Central Lines of a special train demonstrating the evo- lution of transportation and the phases of modern railroading was an- nounced) today by officials of the rall- onad. Stops will be made at county seats and in agricultural centers of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Miohigan and Illi- nois. The special will be drawn by the latest type of locomotive, followed by \engine 999\ the famous old ''steam horse\ which set the country talking of its speed In 1894 and the older De Witt Clinton, first engine operated by the New York Central in 188L Demonstration Will be Mo»t inclusive. Railroad traffic and freight experts will man the 1 coaches, one of which will exhibit working models of steam engines from the earliest type to the great present day locomotive. Motion pictures will show the various phases and fields of railroad operation, In- cluding the loading of grain, foodi and livestock cars and the routes to yar- A. H. SnidtnlTpitesldent of the New York Central Lineal staged that the special had! been made up following receipts of communloatlpns from B. J. Lowell/ master of the National Grange,, and O. E. Bradfute, president of the American Farm Bureau Fed- eraation, both of whom expressed the opinion ilhat the railroads: should ln- augurats a movement to' educate the people of the country, especially those In the rural districts, along the IIhj» of modern transportation methods, dafflcutties and needs. Notice to Harriibura War Cheat Sub- scribers. I have received the quota for dis- tribution of War Chest funds for the town of Harrisburg. I will mall the amounts drue! to all subscribers as far as known bo me. J. Wheeler. POLICY CHANGE HE1PS MEXICO TO REC06WTI0H Complete Agreement Forecast in Washington by Late Developments. Washington, April 25.—The long controversy between the United Statea and the* Obregon government In Mexico has reached a stage regarded in. soihe official quarters as forecast- ing 1 an early complete agreement. Renewed assurances regarding the protection of the rights of foreigners in the southern republic, all along the chief stumbling block in; the way of recoignttblon of Obregon by this gov- ernment, have been, sent to Washing- ton antt apparently have been 1 re- ceived by officials Were as an im- portant efep in the right direction. The views of Washington on the subject have been made known to Charge Summerlin of tine American embassy in Mexico City and discus- sion's are* in progress there 1 which are expected, to lead, to a public announce- ment within; a few days. Ever since 1921 a.dkuft treaty pro- posing a renewal of good relations be- tween Washington and! Mexico and Invdlving recognition <Sf the Obregon regime by the limited States, has been In Mr. Surnmerlin's hands awaiting signature at the moment satisfactory guarantees* have been given in regard to American, riglhts. Whether that time has come officials will not say. It is known, however, that legisla- tion pending li> thei Mexican chamber of deputies, designed; to so apply article. 27 of the Mexican constitution that it will not be retroactive is re- garded by Obregon officials at least as embodying the sort 1 of guarantee the United States bats- requested. That opinion has been made known to this governlmenit through the Mexican em- bassy here in a comprehensive re- statement of the wt&ble Mexican side, of the case. For many months the controversy, which has prevented a recognition, has revolved about article 27, which has been regarded! here as conflscatory of American holdings in Mexico un- less it were so interpreted as to ex- clude any possibility of its application retroactively. Recently a number of Mexican su- preme court decisions bearing on the disputed clause were forwarded to Washington by Mexico City as evi- dence that no retroactive or conflsca- tory policy was contemplated. These decisions were found unsataiftactory, however, and it was reiterated that thte guarantee to be giveni must be of a dtlfferent) character. The draft treaty submitted by the United States in 1921 contained ex- plicit provisions for the protection of American rights against confiscation, but heretofore Presidient Obregon has taken thief position that he could not sign under existing circumstances. Some changes in the wording of several parts of the document have been sug- gested, and these together with the legislation, recently brought forward in the Mexican congress are said to have brought the viewpoints of the two capitals much nearer together. Yesterday at the White House it was said President Harding regarded the Mexican situation as Improving daily, anldi It was learned today that he had formulated that opinion after being informed! by Charge Tellez of Mexican ftmhywy— regarding- the moves at- Mexico. dfltloni to personal conferences with' the President and Secretary Hughes, Mr. Tellez is understood to fciave pre- sented 1 recemtily In a more concrete way intentions on c the part of Presi- dent Ogregon and his advisers. In response, the view® of the United States were communicated to Charge Summerlin; at Mexico City several days ago. The nature of the com- munication, has been guarded closely. A THOUGHT FOR FOREST PROTECTION WEEK, APRIL 22-28 \The los® from forest fires alone in the United' States in one year is $20,000,000. \We comiplain .of the high cost of lumber. Why complain? It is our own fault. ^Twenty million dollars in one year or $100,000,000 worth of tim- ber destroyed/ in five years,, would build) a good many communities and endow them with a permanent in- come. \The planting of trees will not re- place this los® in many years, as to grow even- a small tree, will take from 15 to 25 years, and to grow a tree suitable to produce 1 lumber takes from 50 to 100 years, arid many of the large trees on the Pacific Slope are said to be 1 two thousand years, old. What is the* occasion for this awful loss of timber each year? The answer comes to us from those whose business it Is to ascertain the cause, and they tell us that It is almost entirely due to carelessness. We have examples at hand in this community where we know fires have been 1 started In the forests by persons who did not take time, to put out a match, cigarette, cigar or pipe. It was not intentional, but poire carelessness. \It does' seem that such persons should think, when they are out In the forests, that by being careless with matches or fire they can in a very short time destroy a beautiful forest, which cannot be reproduced in a generation, and where large trees are destroyed 1 , it will take more than a life time to reproduce them, if they are ever reproduced. \A careless person can do more damage In a few minutes than can be replaced dluring a life time. \All these suggestions are meant for but one thing and that Is, to make people think. Just give the matter a thought and spare just a second or two of your time In putting out camp fire, matches, cigars and cigarettes and) then the awful loss from fires both in the forests and in the cities and villages will decrease.\ Empire State. Forest Products Asao- lCitt FtJ?i Prevention. I Clarence L. Fiefher, Chairman. W. C. Hulk A. B. Reckn&geL \Dead\ Cylinder Wastes Gas—Remedy at Once. Are all your cylinders firing prop- erly? If not, you are wasting gaso- line ftixdi fiUioa the d«ad cylinders with oil which will carbonize when you get It firing again. Give the en- gine a little more gas while idling and open the pet 'cocks- to look for flame. If no flame spurt* out the cylinder Is dtoad. If you have no com- pression cocks learn how to use a sorewddver to short-circuit the spark plugs. If the engine slows down It is a live cylinder. If it does not af- fect the running of the engine it is a dead cylinder. It Isn't really necessary to buy a new car every year if everybody knows you can afford one. Missionaries must hurry if they would get Africa sufficiently civilized to furnish troops for the Christian nations. When American efficiency Is extend- ed to good manners, the hostess will serve a sheet of instructions with each courts. BANKER AND POWER OWNER ENDS LIFE AT BRASHER FALLS Edward O'Neil, Prominent $t. Regis Falls Man, Strangles Self With Rope Made of Bad Clothing. Edward O'Neil, 47, a prominent St. Regis Falls business man, ended his life shortly before noon Saturday by strangulation in a room in- Riverside hotel at Brasher Falls. He tore a bed sheet into strips Which he knotted to- gether in form of a rope which she fastened about his neck. No reason could be ascribed) for his act other than belief he was a victim of des- pondency. The: body was dHacovere'd resting partly on the floor and partly in a re- cllndng position on the bed by John Ward, owner of the hotel, wjien he went to O'Nte&'s room to call him for dinner. The latter came to the hotel on Thursday from his home in St. Regis Falls. Examination of the body, when found showed! he had been dead about three hours. Ward entered the room when his knock was unan- swjere;&. Inquiry revealed 1 Mr. O'Neil attend- ed a dance in the neighborhood of Brasher Falls Friday night. He re- turned to his room at a late hour. He had talked cheerfully to, others about the- hotel while he had been In the village. He parked his auto In a Brasher Falls garage the day of his arrival. Coroner Smith, of Winthrop con- ducted an Inquest into his death and a certificate was Issued showing' death due to strangulation). An autopsy was deemed unnecessary and permission was given an undertaker to make fun- eral arrangement's; Mr. O'Neil was a son of the late Senator William T. O'Neil, of St. Regis Falls. He had been active In business affairs In the latter village many years and at one time waB president of the St. Regis Falls Na- tional Bank. : He retained Important lumber holdings, although since the sale two years ago of the St. Regis Falls Lisflit and Power Company of Malone, he had not been actively en- gaged in business. Surviving besides his mother are three sisters, Mrs. Alexander Mac- Donald, wife of the 1 State Conserva- tion Commissioner; Mrs. C M. Austin, of Cooperstown, and a Mrs. Tallion. and a brother, Arthur O'Neil, former president of thtei St. Regis Falls Na- tional Bank, now identified with an Ogdentsburg bank. TO MAKE 26,000 POUND CHEESE Horace A. Reese, of Lowville, Will Have Charge of Big Cheese for State Fair Exhibit. The 1923 state fair is to have an- other monster cheese. Last year this feature of the exhibit was abandoned, but it has been practically decided to make a cheese this year one ton larger than the one shown in 1920, which weighed 24,000 pounds. In discussing the proposed mam- moth cheese, officials of the state council of farms and markets pointed out that the decision to exhibit a cheese in the fall is for the purpose of encouraging use of cheese as a substitute for meat, thereby providing According to statistics gathered by the ;state department of farms and markets, less cheese 4s eaten in this country that In almost any other. In England the per capita consumption a year',18 15 pounds and in Borne of the other European countries it runs as high as 30 pounds. In the United States the average amount Is about three pounds but has been as high as four pounds. Preparations will be made soon to make the cheese. As In former years, It will be sold on the state fair grounds. Horace A. Reese, of Low- ville, who is in his 81st year and who has made all of the big cheeses in the past years, will be cheesemaster for 1923. MAY MILK PRICE DROPS ONE CENT •••—i— • Dairymen's League Co-operative As- sociation Announces >\ Price of $2.33. The Dairymen's League Co-opera- tive Association, Inc., announces a re- duction of one cent per quart in the price of milk to be sold by its mem- bers during the month of May. This will reduce the price which the aseo- ciatlion will receive for milk sold in the fluid market to $2.33 per 100 pounds. Following is the schedule of May prices as recommended by the board of directors: Class 1—$2.33. This class Includes all milk sold in fluid form. Class 2—$2.05, with same differen- tial applying to skim milk as is In force at present, wlith the exception that dealers will be charged 16 cents instead of five cents as formerly for skim milk, which they do not profitably dispose of. This class includes 1 sweet milk and cream manufactured into ice cream and soft cbeese. Class 3—This includes all milk manufactured into condensed or evap- orated milk, powdered milk or hard cheese. The basis will remain as be- fore namely, 59 cents per 100 pounds above the average New York city out- side quotations for 92 score butter. Class 4—(a) The price for milk in this class which includes milk made into butter, will be on the same basis as at present, namely the average of- flcial-New York city quotations. The same charges will be made for skim milk as under Class 2. Class 4—(b) Milk made Into cheese. Prices remain on the present New- York city basis. All these prices are for milk on the basis of 100 pounds of 1-10 testing 3 per cent butter fat at the 200 mile zone. To Fight Whiskey Fleet. Washington, April 24.—Federal action against the rum running fleet operat- ing off the New Yotk-New Jersey coast was promised' today at the White House; where It was stated that this question was the main topic at today's cabinet meeting. Details of the government's plans were- wifehihetdr-to avoid, officials said, a premature announcement. It was stated on high authority, however, that the government did not intend* to remain Inactive against the liquor flmuggUnig fleet, if there were any means to prevent it. Confidence was expressed that some method of effectively dealing with the situation could be found. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes haw advocated) the use of light naval vessels against the rum runners, but this plan so far has met with oppo- sition from Secretary Denby of the rtavy department on the ground that prevention of liquor smuggling was not a proper naval duty. Some persons call themselves in- tellectual who are not even intelli- gent. A common interest would keep the nations at peace, and even common honesty would be a great help. JOINT DIOCESAN SESSION TO BE HELD IN UTICA Episcopal Convention and Annual Meeting, of Woman's Auxiliary, May 14, 15 and 16. The 56th annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York will be held In Grace church, Utlca, May 14, 16 and 16. Bishop Fteke will preside. , May 14 and 15 the annual meeting of the Central New York branch of the Woman's Auxiliary will be held in Calvary church. The convention will open May 14 with communion service in Grace church at 8 a. m. The Woman's Aux- iliary will attend. The 100 clergymen of the diocese will be in procession with the combined choirs of the Utlca churches, numbering aboutzOO. The sermon will be delivered by Rt Rev. G. Ashton OJdtoam, bishop coadjutor of the diocese. 6f> Albany. Tuesday, May 15, holy communion will be celebrated at Grace church. From 10 to 12:30 Rev. Mr. Hughson will conduct quite hours for clergy. Luncheon will be served at -the Hotel Martin at 1 o'clock. At 3 o'clock will be a business session. At 6 o'clock the convention banquet will be held in Hotel Utlca for clergy, laymen and laywomen of the djocese. The speakers at the banquet will be Bishop Flske, Mayor Fred J, Douglas, and WlITiam C. Sturgis, educational secretary of the department of mis- sions of the national council. Wednesday, May 16,.following holy communion at Grace church at 9:30, Bishop Fiske will deliver the annual address. Mimic will 'be furnished -by a choir of clergy. The organist'and director will be Rev. H. B. D. Mac- Nell, of Sherburne. At 10:45 the business session will be resumed with luncheon at 1 o'clock at Hotel Martin and the concluding business session at 2:30. Headquar- ters of clergy will be at Hotel Mar- tin. The Woman's Auxiliary will open its sessions at 2:30, Monday, May 14, with a meeting of dloceean and dis- trict officers. At 9:30 Tuesday the annual service will be held in Cal- vary church. Bishop Fisks will cele- brate holy oonirtj&nlon and preach. There will be an open business session in Calvary parish house. Rev. Shirley Hughson will speak on the work of the Order of the Holy Cross in Liberia. The committee of Uticans in charge of artM-taments at Grace church is composetTof Jo'hn^G. Trumbell, Walter Crocker, Miss Lucy^ Oarllle Watson, Mrs. W. Plerpont White and A. O. Foster. Mrs. C. R. Watson is chairman of the entertainment committee at Cal- vary church. HOME BUREAU HINTS What is a Home Bureau? An educational organization con- sisting of at least 300 homemakers in a county who work in partnership with the State College of Agriculture, State Department of Farms and Mar- kets, and United States Department of Agriculture. The counties now or- ganizing Home. Bureau departments are reaching a new goal—at least 600 homemakers are charter members. LABOR SH0RTA6E SERIOUS HANDICAP TO ROAD BUiUINtt Division Engineer Hall 8aya Con struction Work is Liable to Pro* gresa Very 81owly—Contractor* Wary. \The local division of the New York State Highway is facing a 'serious labor shortage. Unless the situation Is relieved at once*, highway construc- tion and maintenance will be carried on under a severe handicap,\ says Roy F. Hall, division, engineer. The scarcity of labor commenced forming a strong barrier against con- struction progress last summer, but now highway officials frankly admit that they are facing one of the most serious labor problems that has ever been presented to them. Last year in the four northern coun- ties which are UBttsfc the direction of the Watertown qflMfc there were over 900 men emplojwjpPpon construction and maintenance work. A large per- centage o* the men employed for ex- cavation work are foreigners, but, due to the present Immigration laws, It is said that t'bie number of available men for this ctaamof labor is rapidly de- creasing. 3V ' A few yearo ago 15 cents an hour was considered good pay, but now in many parts of the state 76 cents an hour is offered in order to secure enough competent help. The high wages being paid In many sections are attracting maniy Americana who are skilled in handling the pick and shoveL /' Everything is going up altfJ contrac- tions are a bit skeptical about bidding. A' meeting was hefd Friday at Al- bany and not a single northern New York contractor was present. This is the first, time that suoh an occurrence has happened in several years. Con- tractors are- afraid to figure when ma- ts (are. rapidly rising in connection this acute labor shortage. It necessarily follows that the cost., per mile on both concrete and bituminous macadam will be greatly increased. Last year the average cost per mile on both types of road was about $40,004). JOSEPH TAUROKEY KILLED Was Riding on Gasoline Car When Struck by Carthage Train. Joseph Tauroney, 29, of Watertown, section foreman on the Carthage branch, was instantly killed about 5:30 o'clock Friday afternoon when a gasoline car on which he and two sec- tion men of his crew were riding was struck by the incoming Carthage train, No. 44, above the North Indiana avenue crossing. The collision occurred as the train waa rounding a curve which hid the car from Engineer William Daring, although visible from the 1 other side of the locomotive. The handcar was proceeding toward Carthage, the sec- tion men being on their way to affix a switch light but a short distance away. Frank Leone- and John Ren«i of the section gang saw the approach- ng trainin time to jump and escape injury. Tauroney stood by the car and District Attorney Wllcox believea be may have been riding backward. The oar was thrown somey which aH the homemakers of the county may pool their practical ex- perience with benefit to all; and to obtain the assistantee of a trained wo- man of practical experience as home demonstration agent, to help organize and direct the efforts of local home- makers, and to serve as a medium of communication to carry from the School of Home Economics at the New York State College of Agricul- ture to the home makers of the state the information necessary to meet their needs. l Does the home demonstration agent decide the programme® or lines of work to be carried on in county or city?—No; the Home Bureau decides. Bach county and city has its local executive committee, who, im confer- ence with the agent and representa- tives from the State School of Home Economics, dieclde on a programme of wohk that fits the needs of thle local- ity. In addition the service Is organ- ised for each community according to the particular type of 'work it may desire, as determined by community representatives on the county advis- ory council. Every member is a local leader. Since public funds are used by the Home Bureau, every member is obli- gated to make the organization one of public service. This obligation is met when each member who has received Information which she has adopted in her housekeeping has passed it on to the other women, and when the mem- bers having studied their own com- munities and) having found many things to be improved, unite to bring about definite changes. Furthermore, since public funds are invested in every county Home Bu- reau, each bureau has an obligation to make its work available to every housekeeper in the county. This is only possible if every member passes on the help received and works with th» manager as a teacher, home dem- onstrator and) organizer. The Home Bureau offers unlimited opportunity for public service. Corrective Feeding. Corrective feeding is coming more and more to be a problem of com- munity concern because group con- sciousness is being awakened to the fact that most of the ailments -ot- adult life are the result of poor food habits and that.not until good food selection is the standard of the group, will children grow up without some of the handicaps- they. now have or adults escape the preventable diseases ot middle life. It is far more difficult to arouse community action on such a pro- gramme than to arouse it on the elim- ination of contagious disease, and ye t much more suffering and loss of human power results from the less spectacular affliction. The community that looks on poor food selection habits as a notice to act in favor of better standards and that spreads broadcast sound Information In regard to them, will make a far- reaching a*d significant contribution to its possibilities of citizenship. - Digging- in-the dirt pays-4n-healtl and maybe in money, when the dirt la in the home vegetable garden. Let the—State College at Ithaca send you a tree gardening bulletin. J-4 I* a good one. If the painter gets too vehement with hia brush when painting around the window, don't waste time scold- Ing. Steel wool will take the spatters off. A meal well chatted is half digested. Millinery. On display at my home In Castor- land every day expept Monday and Tuesday of each week, and at Beaver Inn, Beaver Falls every Tuesday af- ternoon and evening. Prices always very reasonable. Your patronage ap- preciated. Mrs. T. H. Glenn.—adv. The marvel is that the great men of olden time got that way without bene- fit of first-page headlines. a broken right arm and Jaw'and almost instantly. NEW RECTORY AT BOWYILLE Reaidenee to be Erected en Furs' Street Within * Few Months. Boonvllle, April 26.—Trinity Epla- copal church is to have a rectory, per- haps by the coming fall, certainly by next spring. Already the work of raising the required funds is under way. There was already about $600 in the building fund and within the past two weeks this sum has been In- creased to more than $1,000. The Ladies' Auxiliary are making • every endeavor to swell the sum on hand and later a building committee will be appointed. Trinity is fortunate in possessing a fine site for such a residence, its prop- erty extending back to Ford street from Schuyler, and the rectory will be built facing the former street and in the rear of the parish house. The Episcopal district over which Rev. F. E. Meyer . presides Includes Trinity church, Boonvllle; Christ church, Foresport; St. Paul's church, Constablevllle and St. Mark's cfhurch, Port Leyden, at each of which places there is a church edifice. At Lyons Falls is a rectory, at Constableville aLso and It Is to this church residence that Mr. Meyer and his family are moving from Boonville. There) isa fine parish house in connection with the church at Boonville, while at Forest- port the church and parish house are combined. Rev. H. D. Winslow. assistant to Mr. Meyer, arrived In Boonvllle Tues- day and Mr. Meyer humorously says that if he Is as good at preaching as he is at packing furniture he will prove a great success. He will move hto family to Boonvllle within a few days and will reside on Academy street. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. First Baptist Church, Watertown, Will Observe Event the Week of May 27'June 8. The First Baptist Church of Water- town was organized May 29, 1828. Its centennial will be celebrated' with elaborate exercises during the week of May 27-June 3. Of the living ex- pastors all with one exception will return. Those who return, with their terms of service, are as follows: L. M. S. Haynes. D. D., '88-'72, now re- tired at the.j^^ojLJLjy^-J^wrtdlngjLt Minneapolis; Rev. Clarence F. Max- Held, '89-'93, Port Huron, Mich.; Rev. J. Foster Wllcox, *04-'12; Rev. Frank Anderson, Auburn, '17-'2O. Many men of eminence in the Baptist denomina- tion, will be heard. All former mem- bers of the church and congregation will be cordially welcomed at any of the services of the church, especially during 1 centennial week. The centen- h -nlaJ-wiB. begin Sunday, May 27, with a sermon in the morning by Dr. Haynes. NEW CLUB HOU8E. Construction of $22,000 Golf Club Building Start. This Week. Construction of the new Jefferson County Golf Club building will begin this week. According to plans ap- proved by the board of governors and the building committee, consisting of Wlnfleld A. Fox and Frank L. Massey, the new club house will be erected on the site of \the one destroyed by fire last fall In shape and size It win closely resemble the former building, but will be of a more modern type, with all latest conveniences. Whii* no definite figure baa been reached as to the cost of the club house, It was said about 122,000 will cover the construction cost*. VOLUME *4. No. 86. JIURAL, BRADE AND HI6H SCHOOL CONFERENCE AT PORT LEYDEN Will Open at New 8chool Building at 9:16 on Thursday, May 3d and Con- tinue Through Friday—Digest of Programme. A conference for the rural, grade and! high school teaoWers of the third and fount hi supervisory districts of Lewis county, in charge of District Superintendents Ruth M. Johnson .and A. Win field Train or, will be held at the new high school building at Post Leydten, Thursday and Friday, May 8 and 4. Registration will be from 9:If to 1 9:30 a. mu, Thursday. , Besides other work, there will be class diemon&trations of problem teach* Ing 1m geography, with reference to tlbie use of the: principles to the teachlng'of history; of how to use the ; Courtis standard) practice tests in arithnKetic, with dUscussion of methods and) principles; discussions of prob- lem teaching, and of problems that - arise in using Courtis standard pnac- , tice tests 1 ; problem teaching in rela-, tlon to all content subjects; follow up > work after standard tests In schools, etc. Among the 1 lecturers and those wHo will* give demonstrations In claa* teaching-and lead discussions of.'? teachers' work in school are tb»;\ owing noted experts from .the normal schools: Prof. O. H. Vi Potsdam Normal; KathetrineA. Oswego Ntormalj Marlon B. Forsyt' Pobsdara Normal. On Friday Port Leyden high school will be in session for the purpose of permitting, the visiting high school. teachers to observe the Port Leydeir plan, and to become familiar with methods and practice obtaining in that schtool. Teacners desiring meals or lodgings should notify Principal E. W. Glasby. Port Leydten. Otherwise, no reserva- tions will be made. All teachers wish- ng to take meals at the hotel should\ notify Principal Glasby of that fact, so that accommodations may be pro- vldied for them. Otherwise no reser- vations will be made at the hotel. It has been Impossible to arrange he programme so that teachers can leave on thle afternoon trains. Please plan accordingly. Please have questions! that have been troubling you in your teaching with regard to Courtis practice tests or problem method' of teaching, ready when you come to conference* Teachers should bring, notebooks, and pencils. The notes that teach- ers take away from this conference should! aid; them not only this spring;, but should 1 also point the way to suc- cessful teaching next year. Earnest, progressive teachers will take advan- tage of this opportunity to Ieurn the latest' arid most successful method* of teaching from the Normal school ex- perts who will explain' the work at' this conference, so that they may be able to properly educate the boys and girls under their charge, and lead them to take* an interest in their school work. ,., < v A. Wlnneld Tralnor. -ir: District Superintendent of •\\'j>r ••Hr So-\ '-.••?V if \HARRT8BTOQ. (Ml* W. A. W. J. fltoddard, of LowYiHe, Mr. an* Mra. F. A. Woodard werev« n town- Thunday. . ^ Cbeess was shipped from the Columbia factory Saturday. The Annual school meetings occur Tuesday night, May 1st. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard* Campany •re guests of relatives in Crorhan. Bunday. ':;• Prank Atweli, of Rochester, was •.''• recent visitor at Mr. and Mrs. C. b: Enos Peebles has purchased: a fine new horse to replace the one he re* cently lost. ./ At this writing Miss Mildred John- son, who has been lli for several weeks, Is much improved. L •• •• An all-day meeting of toe Home Bureau will be held at the home ot Mrs. William Parmerter, Saturday, April 28th, and on April 30th an allr day meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Harmon L. Lewis. M9ss Ray will be present at this meeting, and give. a. ratfli'n^ry iV^mCTi^trat'oo.—This. '-c-^-'' $?&•<,. y.' -V ; if '.'\'-• 'V' .••'i>'A'vV r meeting win be very instructive and should be largely attended by ladies who are particular in regard to their headgear. Ladles wilt furnish din- ner. •'•\•'\: '3. :-» CRYSTALDALE. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Beres to Quit Brown Farm for Pennsylvania Iron Mines. f (Mrs. L. Wetmore, Correspondent.) Justin Reed has returned from Rem- '; ien. • •; ;•( Miss Margaret Shaw is spending a. i few days with relatives in Lowville. i Miss Martha Shepherd, health nurse, and Glenn A. Sealey, school superin- tendent, visited; school No. 10 here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wetmore have had as recent guests Mr. and Mrs. J Albert Dunbar, of Lowville, and\ M1se Ethel and Lowell Waldron. : Robert Shaw and) Mr, and Mrs. De wight Peak spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Peak at the Notts \i sugar bush near Petrie's mill, , ? Mrs. Jack Hill, who has been the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ^ George Rumble, for several! days, ha* \ returned to her home at Eagle Bay, >\ Mr. and Mrs. James Wilder and Mrs. Herbert Nye and' daughters, Eleanor and Eloise, of Lowville, were enter- tained at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Smith and George Wilder, Sun- • day. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Beres, who purchased the Brown place near Crys- L Lake about ten years ago, have sold their belongings and will soon leave for Pennsylvania to work In the iron mines. Mr. and Mrs. William Clark enter- tained last Sunday Mr. and 1 Mrsv Dewey Gavin and son, Mr. and Mn. James Wetmore and daughter Mil- dred, and Arthur Wetmore, of Low— ville; Mr. an«dt Mrs. Napoleon Brown and Miss Clara Clark, of Watson. NEW B08TON. (Miss M. A. Maher, Correspondent.) Cedrio Jacobs,,of Copenhagen, was a caller in town Tuesday. Agnes Maher is spending sometime with Mr. and Mn. Geprge Burns. John Maher and sister, Mrs. J. T. Hlgman, spent Friday at Carthage. Milss Ruth Maher, of Carthage, spent the week-end at her home here. Mrs. George Rundell has returned to Adams, after passing a few day» here. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. George Burns, Friday. April 20th, a daughter, named Margaret Jane. Mr. and Mra Claude Worden, of Hastings, were recent guest's of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Forbes. \% Our observation has been that one of the chief aids to longevity Is a chronic ailment of some kind. ^^^
