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POUR THE NEWPORT Ml-HCURY FOR -THE 'WEEIfUftfniNG JANUARY 10, 1925 Jhe Mercury. pususnisii co. 4DU" i i 1 'Saturday, January 10, IMS The child labor law passed by the -last session of Congress and referred -'to the various.states for ratification -will doubtless fail of adoption by -enough states to make it a pait of the constitution of the United State. There is a strong opposition it in most of the -Northern states. General Government cut cflf ja dolly's from the jiublic debt in 1924.

Uncle Sam now In August, 1919,. he owed nearly twenty-seven billions. Today he owes six billions less. About one billion was lopped off lust year. --showing.

I A A I OK THE NEW 1 STATE The new stale government was inaugurated in th State House in Providence on Tuesday with due and ancient ceremony in the presence of a vast throng of spectators, Governor Aram J. Pothier wa inducted into the office of chief executive of the state for the sixth time, having served the sfate in that ca'p'aclty'foY six ycars. The House was called to order by Representative fjawton, the enior member from Newport. Speaker Joslin was re-elected the presiding officer of that body, The Senate was presided over by Lieutenant-Governor Toupin'of' last" year's" "notoriety. The Senate and House wet in grand com.

mittee, when Governor Pothier took the. oath of office IJcutenant-Gov- urnor Smith was sworn in wjth the icst of the state officers elected in November. Senator Sherman was elected Pcsident pro torn, and the ma- Thls is a pretty good Cninery 0 f-the "state 'government' for 1 the next two years was put in full operation. The death rate throughout the Govemor Pothier inaugura mesi Union shows a big decrease, but in I wag up a Rhode Island, unfortunately, it ahows I ment) aj)d WM roceivcd with much applause. Among the important recommendations are passage of emer.

gcncy and deficit appropriation bills at once to pay the state's employes and creditors. Abolition of property i qualification in cities. Creation of commission to investigate redistricting of passage of regular appropriation measures, and change of method of making appro- V. light increase for 1924. This Is rtiard to bo accounted for as there has unusual run of any epidemic disease.

till Rhode Island has not fceon a very unhealthy state to live iii during 1924. American people paid an 'in- eftmo Jl.773,569,732. A pretty sum towards expense of -running the-Government machine; 'The revenue from the cus- toMs was $504,912,472. On the whole" it would seem that these two classes contributed quite liberally towards the. support of th priations so as to make funds for fixed governmental expenses available without annual legislative action.

Creation of a budget commission and aros thi morning at 7.12, '-which-is onB-minute earlier than the a the year. It sets tonight which" is twenty min- laten the shortest day. "The day is 9 hours and 20 minutes in length, having iricreasetl 15 min- tion of sheriffs of the counties by the people. Establishment of an absent voters electors without the slate to vote on Election Day by- mail. Biennial registration of voters.

General caucus law for cities and towns to permit full and'unhampered use of the secret ballot in' primaries. Construction of a State House Anfie.x i iv to provide necessary room for Board -utes over the shortest day of the year. of Pubic Roads, Board of Health and From this tim on the days.will in- morning and evening. 1024 is claimed to have been the largest construction year in history. "This is said to-be-due in largo measure to the.

increase in' residential building, in road and street coii- Public Welfare Commission. Com. I prehensive and immediate action to conserve watersheds and watei' sup- I ply of the state. I There'are many other recoinmen- dations of importance which should I be carefully considered by the Gen- Road building i oral. Assembly.

Tied on to a greater degree but year i TMe "nnouiwement of the. election Uian-ever before. Th inci-ase in the and inauguration a new state gov- building country road was something ovor 40'per cent over the previous year, whose record up to that date I)ud never been surpassed. automobile got in its deadly work last.year all over the country. The number fatal accidents will far outnumber any previous year in the history of th automobile.

In one alone, New York, the automobile, slaughter amounted to 2318, to nothing of the.many thousands eminent a made in- and ancient form from the front door i of the state house, and the artillery stationed in front sealed the nouncement by 17 guns, being a Governor's The new adminis- tion being now firmly fixed, the two houses separated and busines was begun at' once. The following bills of state wide importance were introduced the first day: Popular election of sheriffs; sen- 1 ate redistricting inquiry; Property vmore who suffered injury but rccov. I clause-abolition in cities; Child Labor amendment ratification; injunction abatement of nuisances; New Washington bridge loan, i Children's code commission; Absen- ered: During -the one month of December the automobile slaughter i in New York was 168. In Massachusetts the record is 709 persons killed and 19,579 injured. Th state registrar says the record for 132-1 is the "worst we have ever had so far i apital TM" cla laln mur tee voting law; Divorce reform; 3- platoon police system in Providence; as motor cerned." vehicle accidents ar con- der cases.

DON'T CUT THE C. SJ. T. C. England is by far the rtion of the country.

The sav- New portion v. ings'per capita in the savings brinks amounted in 1824 to In no i other, part of the country did they exceed and in the states the savings banks deposits I anly averaged $52 pur capita. The country as a whole can be called a nation of savors. The total deposits the savings banks of the country in 1024 amounted to $20,873,562,000, an "increase of since 1912. The total number of deposit- in IP24 was 38,867,001.

The past ten years have been great ycar in tho Ejrowth of prosperity for the people of the nation. Let us hope the next ten years will develop equal degree of prosperity. The women of the country are gradually coming to the front as office holders. At the election in November two women were elected Governors of stites, Texas and Wyoming. Among the New England states, New Hampshire chose fourteen wo- man to her Legislature, Connecticut sixteen to the house and one to the senate, Vermont chose eleven, and Masjachusttss, Rhode Island and Maine but one oach.

In all, Xew 'England mil be represented by 46 women in her state legislatures. Bc- sides these, women ar holding more arid more town and city offices each year. The women of the land seem to tak as naturally to politics as the men, and it will probaby not ba many years before they will demand an equal share of all the- political plums. The cut in the mili. tary training camps recommended by the bureau is not justified.

Forty thousand young men are expected at the camps next year. The budget allowance of $2,320,000 will provide for only 20,000 men. 5n 1921 about 10,000. young Americans went to these camps; in 1922 there were in 1923 there were 25,000, and in 1024 nbout 34,000 men. Next year at least 40,000 should be provided for.

The cut to men and a saving of $660,000 is not worth tho cost in military efficiency and physical and social welfare that the extra training will bring. The citizens' military training have values much greater than the education in military technique which their name suggests. They are. training schools of citizenship and social disciplined This fact should be considered in apportioning the budget. They should be charged not merely to the military system but to the general national" Tribune.

LICENSE 1'LATBS TO BE ARTISTIC in motor licenses niay result from a plan now being considered in New Hampshire. That tate is seriouly contemplating plac- ng a replica of "Great Stone Face" on l.U automobile registration: )lates. The "old man of the or Face. ha a been famous New Hampshire landmark: 'or many generations. Hawthorne celebrated it' in his beautiful story of name.

Daniel Webster onco said, "Up in the mountains' of New Hampshire, God Almighty, has hung out a sign.that there makes men." If. art and objects local pride are to be combined with, license ers there is guessing how far'the development will There 'are the falls.of Niagara for Now. York state and the Canyon for'Arizona'to mention, two outstanding possibilities. Rhode Island.is i i subjects for artistic, license: plates. we have', Old Stone Mill, a work of could plates in an eminently historical manner.

In i i a necessary, to have license numbers'and their accompanying iliistrations painted across the backs of cars by skilled ax-tists. PREPARATIONS TO OBSERVE THE ECLIPSE Great preparations are being made to register the-total eclipse the sun which occurs January' 24. Astronomers are setting.up observatories" i a of the. shadow to photograph-the corona-and'study-the spectrum. The event will be watched from dirigibles above the clouds.

It is well to make all record possible of the event, for it will never occur again in this region in the life of anyone now born. This eclipse be. gins at sunrise in Minnesota and travels eastward to Nantucket, where it takes to the Water There are but few cities in the exact centre of the total eclipse. The only on in New England is New Haven. Newport is in the path of total but not in the centre.

The total eclipse will begin here sit 9.15.a.m. "and the totality will last 2 minutes and 4 seconds. Providence is on the northern line of the total eclipse and New York Is on the bouthcrn line. During the time of the eclipse the stars will be visible. The planets Venus, Mercury and Jupiter may be seen close together, southwest of the sun.

Venus be the brightest the three and Mercury the faintest. This eclipse will occur just two weeks from today. On January 24, the morning of the eclipse, the. New Haven Railroad will run an "eclipse special" train from Boston and Providence to Westerly that all the inhabitants of those cities and the surrounding country, that is not favored 50 well, may have a chance, to view the eclipse'in'its It is expected that more than a thousand persons will take advantage of this special, and Westerly is making provision to entertain the multitude. Westerly will be almost in the exact centre of the total eclipse.

The old Updyke Inn at East Greenwich, one of the ancient landmarks, has closed its doors to the public, presumably forever. This house was started 13G years ago and wa one of the historic houses of the state. Its chief support in late years has undoubtedly been the sale of booze. Among its patrons in the days of long ago are said to have been President Lincoln, long years before he became President of the United States. U'ecUy JAM'AHY ipi.

FOSTER'S WEATHER BULLETIN Washington, 'January 10, wave crossing continent during a .11 is expected to'. (xs of hiild character, producing avcrag- ing above normal Wow norraaV''precipitation; St'orpt wave on' 17- is expected to' be inconsiderable force during its entire movement across the' continent, as it reach-, os Great Lakes'and Ontario, causing a sharp drop to below normal temperatures, high winds and neavy pie. cipitation during period following storm 'center. This storm wave is not-expected to reach far- south this continent. -A very, severe storm is expected in central South America during waves of-January 17 and 24 and February 4 jviU be the three remaining danger, present winter and the, fuming spring, pit which that of 17, will least force" ami thatv-'p'f- 24 gre'atest; The eclipse January 24 is expected to culminating point of "one of the'svVbjigcst' tary positions 'eVpurienced in' ywrs.

The ol', configuration's is so unusual the'. in itself, insufficient precedents are Of to enable hie.to make the most) I expect disastrous storms to occur January 16 to 18, 24 to 26 and February 3 to severe earthquake probable January 24. 'Aside froin the fact that a'direct line must be formed by sun, moon and earth to make a.total eclipse no great value is-placed upon -an. eclipse breeder of storms. or dangerous elements.

The passing of the moon between sun and earth is like the contact made by the oh. an Vif your strong spark plugs and circuits in good shape, each time that the distributor closes a circuit a fat, hot spark'is the result. To produce a storm of severe force-the storage batteries of tho universe must have bee" charged. According to Foster's theory the conjunction of Mercury. aaa Venus January 16, Venus and Jupiter 21, and Mercury and Jupiter 22 occur under such conditions as to assure a very strong' charge in the earth's storage system for electromagnetic force.

Th'e "entire period from Jan. 16 to Feb. 0 will be of great extremes and dangerous storms and the best time, to stay close to yonr' own fireside. A 'Etohn will be'or- ganized the East Indies about January 25 and the movement' of this storm will determine whether southwest cotton land will receive" sufficient moisture for spring seeding. I do believe thai this'storm travel far enough west' to.

bring abundant moisture to the southwest cotton planter. 'This storm is not ex. petted to move as far west'on the mainland as thc-one'of Decemoer 26, but will, make the most dangerous 'period Vof tho for Florida fruit. Many astrologers 6t horoscope casting fame have made their forecasts for 1925. Some of'our readers are of the opinion that we use astrology as commonly known today.

We have learned much from the fragments of ancient astrological laws and believe that ancient astrologers had almost a perfect science, all of which -has been lost even to history except a laws or rules without a why. as us'ed by'Foster's Weather Bureau, may closely; related to ancient astrology but has practically nothing in common with astrology implied by the name today. BLOCK ISLAND (From-our regulur correspondent') The General Assembly is getting down to work much more speedily than in most former years. Numerous bills have already been intro- duced'and nwait the appointment of committee, have passed and the. Governor has signed om on street, the-bill'allowing the state to pay (is held frbni the 'Baptist 'Church debts.

''The outgoing-State Treas- on'Chapel street last Monday aftcr- urer Knowles presents to the as- Interment. wa at the Island Cemetery. sembly the estimate of the state expenditures for the 'coming year, fe orge nl Td i i i no the late: George W. Conley, died last which amount to a Tucsday morn ing a her home pretty generous sum, when but a'few oc Island. The services years ago one million was considered were held on Thursday from the First an enormous amount.

The revenue Baptist' Church, Rev. -Uob- of the state.is placed at erts officlatln K- 10, an apparent deficiency The supper and dance held by of over three-quarters of a million. Mohegan No 10 0. U. A.

i 1 1 i. i i -i Mohegan Hall last Monday The bill for election of sheriffs by the even i ne was a people has passed both houses, to Nearly a hundred young, people partake effect in 1926. A bill 0 increase ticipated in the grand march led by the salary of the fourth assistant at- Mr ancl Mrs Arthur Rose 8. lorney general from to i the banquet hall at 10.30 JT covers were laid for 12o persons. has been introduced.

Lieut. Governor Many pi.rta of northern New The Monday Morning Musical Club met at the-hcine of Jlrs.Mane Mur- startlpd Wcdhesday ray the past week morning by earthquake shock i dipt. William Talbot Dodge, one which rocked houses and other bu.ld- of ablest and be sf known pilots ing nnd caused a panic among on the Atlantic in of persons. The shock Miami, Florida, for the winter. Cap- was the mot pronounced in the coast- tain Tnl accompanied by Dodge al district from Portsmouth, N.

to nd Wi 1 lfi -f TT i Etigene Littlefield, 2d, made the tnp New Bedford, Mass. Houses shook from automobile. Capt. and windows were bioken along the Dodge recently purchased an interest" path of the earth's disturbance. This in one of Florida's largest orange is the fifth quake recorded in New rve s.

England in the' past three hundred S. Mohtgomry Rose, local contrac- years. The shock was felt to a lim- tor nas nearly completed alterations ited extent in Providence and the 1 eD nk Mott ert on the northern part of Rhode Island. Newport escaped the shaking up. the.

Boston Office tht of Agriculturai S. Deplment of A i i -FRUITS-AND Trad- Ine WHS geutrejly Jlmlled durliji week tailing Jan. 3rd on account of luuil holldny diillnens on thei market. This market for com. moJUIev and price.

tenctencx upward In'matiy )mci. Maine' barreled apples' were about etendy al Jl.00-6.0t fur with fancy Ifamjir. uhlre stock' hleh' as tt.OO. Unctaealflea Ualdwina ut tMi-i'lb. The- pjjUto market IE about will' coinpari- Uvtly few oalts.

Mlue' of Ureen nioiily Jl.ll with of frbat ta mostly H.10, M(dwejlern ond Katurn onions BtronKer at mostly 13.00- 100 waa Calif. Iceberg: I1.6P-3.69 per- ringed ori: con-. Arliont bloie'd Texas 'biutiel: bnskel 'of' al 'JSc-l. SO. S'orfolk -clo-ied: Musi.

alow aL J6.00- 7.0li per. ii bbl. llowun, 1-8 bu. hprs'. of dtrlnff beuna cloxed'At I2.50-S.40: cratei i KQM.Oti; POULTliY' ivipnl'CT'S; i ruleJ nrni the week ulld prices on some i'rattfe have ahowtruilVAiice.

Tho doinaiM centered principally around Hue fifit of rcnirallsed butter, plher out mostly In' a iniall way bin ulice wua utLtUfactorx, At lljr prices were: 51 acorc BCork i-St-19-i score nyorc JTrXo. K(kt -Market considerable i i i on freali esKi. Supplies Western and a have i and' p'rlces at "dlatrlbutlng nkvVudviinct.U. Kbfrixcrulor 4 advanced sharply and close Terr 'inn position. At (In- urkea were: Bxtrai KitH Klrju First liO-eio.

Seconds 65-5lc. Hennery ICxtraj CS'o, all iirrurd a hu betn i i i week and hjLyt taken -(foods freely. Kuppllos huye bc.eii Uheral enough clenruntn lias 'been preul- e'nVuKh tu caiisie dealers 1 tb ei- presa conadenco. No price clirtnKes were iiidlcnted. Fowl.

5 Ib: Ib. 3Z-21e. Urollers. Inree, small, 3Z-3'c: chickens, 2fl-SOc; 'smap roosters' 20-31 Uve' Stc.idy; fowl broilers. chickens Neck' Road.

William Fitzgerald has accepted a position as motorman on the street cars in.Providence for the winter. The Providence Journal Almanac Searles Ball has installed an elec- has made its appearance for 1925, trical utfit a1 hi he or pose of recharging. Radio Storage aluable book Batteri To Hold Radio Dances In the near future the social com- and as usual is a very valuable book Batteries of reference for ail residents of Rhode -Island. In addition tq the usual data pertaining to an almanac proper, there is a great deal of valuable information' about the state, as SaTurday'Vight! A five tube radio well as the various cities and towns set has been loaned by one of the The book is( attractively members and a power amplifier has gotten up, and will prove a valuable ordered by the committee This addition to any house or office. will give the young people of the Island an opportunity to dance each week to the music of America's best Judge Vincent the State Suda nce orchestras.

Already able enthusiasm has been in evidence prcme Court ha, resigned and Judge and it goe3 thouS saying lhate Harrows of the Superior Court will new project will be a pronounced probably bo elected next Tuesday to success. succeed him. Judge Walter B. Vin- Mr. and Mrs.

Enierteon Wjescqtt cent will be 80 years old in He have returned to the Island after has for many year been a prominent spending fou months in Lowell, man in state affairs. He has served Mass. Mn 1 11 Wf1 1 1-i Krl Xl -a 9 47 iu -a I 7 1 11 11.11 13 I 171 8 10 41 8 II lt 67 II IS (O The total number of motor vehicles registered in the United States in 1924 was 17,700,179, which the largest on record. There is now one motor for every seven persons.in tte country. 3,580,000 -were built last year.

The amount of money invested in aulos is conservatively estimated at $10,620,107,400, which far surpasses the investment in any other industry. A woman diah washer in a Philadelphia hotel has fallen heir to J250.000 worth of property in Miami, Ela. She vrill no longer have to toy with th dishcloth, but can amuse hcrrelf cutting coupons on bonds. First evening ivenliijt J-ast Now i Flnt I l.tf evenlo: Deaths. thirteen years on the supreme court bench.

In 'Judge Barrows he will have a very worthy successor. Smith gave notice, that the senate be to order exactly on the hour to- which the adjournment had been.made. He carried out that statement to the letter. He also requested the members and visitors not to smoke in the Senate Chamber. On the whole the session of the Geneial Assembly for 1925 starts off well.

In this city, 3d insl. Douglas Joseph In thte city, Isaac Fern, ftged TO years. In this city. 6th Peter, son and Isabel Scares Coute, aged 3 yoars, 1 month. IS days.

Tn'thls city, 6th inst. Ellen widow of William Welch. On January $, Amanda daughter of John and the late Elizabeth Grayson. In this city, January 6 Itederick J. Fish, in his 6Sth year.

In this city, January 7, Mary of Thomas O'Connelt. In this city, January Sth, James Tc-ohan in his 51st year, Attorney General Sisson gives notice that gambling and bootlegging in this state' must cease. He will fight r.ll cases to the extent of the law. Ctllulose Best for Blotting paper made from cellulose batting Is said to register an absorp- Hoptltu la a motor iccldfr.i rcosntif Ihm ihr Ihjnreit would ptnltt In wilklnr riziu in of reid. "from of somt ef our roads tre thlok It had tot Into a London Himorlit.

Another o( prohibition's Is. seeii In the closing ot llie Hotel Ulidyke at, Kasi one' of New Eugland's oldest roadside tchies, which hai' nerer'been'clOMd to bualneaa since Its estabHshrawt 1XB jfcars' ago. President I.ineoln'i nnme Is included among: th aoUblt Siiests who traveled old Boston Post road In. the of the coach. Frank A.

Mahoney, broker" of Boston xnd Concord, N. tins been sentenced to not leas than rt year and a day uor more than two ycars in prison by Judge in superior court. on a plea of nole to fradulent conversion of mbner Inisted to him for Investment. Another Indictment was continued for sentence. is.

reported the Boston police -had two warrants for hl resl, but Mahoney slipped the, warrants were served. In 4 2 weeks since last March, 577 persons were kiiied on the highways of. as 'a result of automobile accidents, according to'a-inm- inary of 'figures, compiled br Frank A. Gnpiiwin, state registrar of motor During the period nearly 15,000 driver's licenses were- suspended. According- to the records inorc than '3500 cases hire been Ye- in the courts of the sUte.on rhargea of operating a motor, vehicle while under the Influence IfqtioV.

OC those found guilty 239 were sentenced to Jail. The worst week in the period considered that ending Sept. 5, when 1 25 persona were killed in accidents on the roads. A tentative schedule of readmitted railroad freight rates, affecting all- New England, and serving as a iu the contest between the railroads and the shippers at the public hearings before the interstate commerce commisslOD, has been prepared br New England Freight Association, of which Frank Van Ummeraen of Vat- ion is chairman, and the Trunk Llui Robert N. Colljrer of New Vork, chairman.

The presentation of this proposed schedule by the executives of the railroads marks tha beginning of a contest which will featured by a long series of hearing! before the Interstate commerce commission in Washiugton, beginning in February. These hearings probably will continue for many months, and possibly (or years. The proposed near schedule between New England and line territories involves only the "class" rates and certain departures from them which are covered by specific rules of the intentate commerce commission. There are six tlnct classes of freight ritu, and first four ire increased by the new schedule, and, In the" last two are decreased. In this that the cost ot movtag freight In less than carioa'd lots would be Increased, and the of movinf freight in full carlowb kU loss than prweut on Rtligion Rplljlons art false aV- to prove the Indain, to It, to Incarnate It (If I io bm thoj art Irne when affirm 1L Tha Import thai affirmation are nnt'alnj to the of tht irnlh which tity Emeu Oirgin of "Cat't-Paw" There Ii a fable In which monlsey i cafa paw to draw roast chtst- from the This fanciful Action sot alwxvi befog.hap- piness; hut there is no without action, A marked reduction in tha dhlri- botioo of federal fumls to statM on the 50-50 basis for the fiscal 19J8 Is atlribnted Urgely to the declaration of President Coolidge in a a message to Congress.

Tht government will contribute $36,000,000 less this year than Thai Massachusetts comes out on the short siiil of such distribution Is rvidenl from figures recently made public. i 1923 the government dispersed about fH5.000.000 in this fashion, of which tho Bay State re- reivrf 2 or O.S-;.