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a Fifty six Pages (Pages 41 to 48) 6- -Vol. No. 19. CITY HALL IN DANGER Tonawanda Assessor Discovers Fire There Just in Time. BUT LITTLE DAMAGE People in Postoffice are Startled by Smoke in Building.

MAY BE SOME CHANGES Many are Interested in Appointments to be Made Tomorrow Night, Special to The Buffalo Express, Tonawanda, Jan The timely ar rival of Assessor Peter Smith at the assessors' office this afternoon, prevented what would undoubtedly resulted in a serlous fire at the city hall. White the assessors were absent, fire broke out in one of the drawers of the long table the office and was burning briskly when discovered. Smith succeeded in extinguishing the flames: without assistance. The need of vaults in the city hall la. very apparent, for had fire not been discovered when it was many records would have been burned or damaged by water.

Assessors Charles Fels, John D. Miller and Peter 1 Smith closed their office on the second floor of the postoffice building at noon and started for lunch. Instead of going to his home( Assessor Smith went to a nearby restaurant, He, returned about 12.25 o'elock and found the room filled with smoke. About the time the fire was extinguished, persons in the postoffice, which is situated on the floor below, discovered smoke and started. -an Investigation.

-The cause of the fire is unknown, but the assessors believe that there must have been some matches among the papers and that a mouse Ignited one. The draw was one seldom used. Board Not. Satisfied There is considerable speculation as to -what. appointments the North Tonewanda board of public works will make on Monday night, and Its action is beting awaited with great interest.

The board recently announced that it was not satisfled with the workings of city departments and last night a special executive meeting was held for the purpose of making up a set of rules for the guidance of the department officials. -Before any appointments are made on Monday night, the board wilt submit its new regulations to the applicants. According to rumor there will be a change in the street and engineer departmenta: While the rules of the department will affect the water department, there will be no change in that branch. The board will receive applications at -Its meeting on Monday night for the appointment of a superintendent of waterworks, a superintendent of public works and a city engineer, Will Stick to Supreme Order, Supreme Organizer W. A.

Haines of Lancaster came here last night and held a conference with the Twin City CounOrder of Red Eagles, at the cabee hall. As the result, the local branch will not revolt, but will stick to the supreme order, In order to satisty the members of the local order, members of the supreme council will attend the next meeting of the local branch on 1 Friday night, February 13th. The troubles of the Buffalo branch were explained by the organizer, who assured the local lodge that matters would be adjusted shortly. Some Opposition to Plan. The plan to consolidate the congrerations of the North Christian church of Payne avenue and the First Baptist church of Vandervoort street will, be to the vote of the two churches early next month.

There is some opposition to the movement, but it is expected that by the vote is arranged for, the objections will be overcome. A special committee of B. Ty mand and Dr. Dutican Sinclair of tire Payne avenue church and the Reverend Ellis Gilbert and Wallace G. Palmer of the Baptist church will meet next week Ito complete their plans.

Funeral of Mrs. Lawton, The funeral of Mrs. Louise Lawton, 34 years old, wife of George Lawton of No. 179 Niagara street, Buffalo, WAS held this morning from the Miller chapel, the Reverend C. W.

Jarvis ofnotating. Burial was made in the Tonawanda city cemetery. Mrs. Lawton lived in the Tonawandas for twenty years before she went to Buffalo three years AgO. She.

died at the General hospital in Buffalo on Thursday. Attend Buffalo Meeting. A large delegation of the members of the Knox Commandery No. 327, Knights of Malta, of this elty went to Buffalo last evening and attended a Joint meeting of the Galilee Commandery and the General George Custer Commandery of Buffalo at Fraternity hall in Jefferson The supreme officers of the knights in America and the grand officers of the state order were present last A smoker followed the convocation. Unjustly Spanked" as a Boy; Gets $500 Now.

Freehold, N. Jan. It was worth 13500 to suffer an unjust spanking at the panda of his- father years rick Crum, has Just discovered. In the will of his father just admitted to probate, with his mother as executrix, de 1a. left $2,000, while his two sisters are bequeathed $1,500 each.

The balance at the estate is left to the widow. After specifying the cash bequests, Crum in his will, made nine years ago, "The reason I give more to my on is that 0116 time I gave him an unJust -whipping. which I have always Ferretted." Too Good. From Young's Magazine. all know people who talk too much," says Jane Cowl.

was a certain Irishman who rent to his boss, the foreman of a railway construction gang, to ask for a Job for his brother, Dennis: aid Mike. Jist no good a man as 'Can ye fix him Bend him here tomorrow 1 guess BO, responded the foreman. I'm about continued the loike to put in a wur'rd for tie ther brother, 'Is he a good man, fri'nd," said the Irishman Imrensively, 'Malachi's a better man than nesilt An' Dennis put that said the foreman with Erin, "tell Malachi to come and you ad Dennis can look for other THE BUFFALO THE Associated Press and BUFFALO EXPRESS New. York Sun News Services: BUFFALO, N. Y.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OLEAN WOMAN ENDSLIFE Breaks When She Tries to Hang Herself, but She Can't be Revived, Special to the Buffalo Express. Olean, Jan. 24- About 3 o'clock this afternoon the lifeless body of Fannie Stanway, an employee at the Olean house, was found on the floor of a small room off the hotel kitchen which she Was before.

seen to enter but a few minutes She. had atfached a small rope to a hook on the wall and knotted the other end about her neck and had jumped from a chair. The rope broke and the sound of her falling brought other employees the room. The efforts of Dr. John Kane.

who was called, to revive her by using artificial respiration were unavalling. Miss Stanway was 45 years old- and bad no known relatives. She had been -employed at the Olean house about ten years. Ill health is supposed to have led to the act REV. T.

W. CHANDLER DIES Well-known Methodist Clergyman Passes Away at Fredonia: Home. Special to The Buffalo Express. Fredonia, Jan. The Reverend Thomas W.

Chandler, 73 years old, one of the best-known Methodist ministers of this vicinity, died at. his home in Spring street shortly before noon day after a long illness. Mr. Chandler had been living In retirement here for the last five years. His active duties in the ministry were performed in the Genesee conference and he was in his early years pastor of several churches In Pennsylvania.

He was a veteran of the Civil War and a member of Holt Post, G. A. of Fredonia. Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Gaylord. The funeral will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Methodist Episcopal church and Interment will be made EA A BUT FEW NEW CASES.

Of 52 on Calendar at Batavia, 42. are Brought From Former Terms, Special to The Buttalo Express. Batavia, Jan. One of the Interesting cases to be tried at a term of supreme court which will convene in Batavia on Monday, February 2, Justice Cuthbert Pound- of Lockport presiding, da that of Roland A. Rider of Batavia against Squire M.

Durham, a former Batavia alderman and brewery. agent. and. bottler. Rider 18 sueing to recover $3,000 damages because of personal Injuries sustained while in Durham's employ last June, Rider was delivering bottled beer and one of the bottles exploded.

His hand was so badly cut that one of his fingers had to be amputated. Of the 52 cases on the calendar, only ten are new ones. Of the 42 brought forward from former terms 37. are jury actions. The five equity cases are old cones.

Besides the Rider Durham case, the other new cases are as follows: Lucius Atwater, a Rochester real tate man, against Mrs. Neva Slocum of Batavia to recover $150 on a promIssory note; Joseph C. Roth of Buffalo against Oscar E. Bray of Batavia to recover. $6,000 damages because of personal injuries resulting to Mr.

Roth through an automobile collision: WIll1am E. Dawson of Batavia against the Batavia Rubber company for $500 damages because of conditions about the factory Interfering with Mr. Dawson's business and his property: DE. C. V.

Gray of Batavia against D. S. Nelll of Elmira to recover on a breach of contract; Thomas Hill against the village of Alexander to recover. $3,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained because of a faulty highway: Thomas R. Scott of Scranton, Pa.

against the United States Gypsum company of Kiteld to recover- 000 Paul Burgo of Oakfeld against the company to recover $10,000, as the same result of personal injuries -sustained at the gypsum plant last September 4th; Novelli Mariano against the Niagara Gypsum company of Alabama to recover for personal injuries; George H. Walker North Bergen against Will1am Benz and one of Orleans county to recover on a promissory note. -Not Patriarchs. From the Baltimore American. getting into exclusive you are cles?" we' had an invitation this week.

"Yes, to the Parasites' ball." THE WEATHER U.S. Department of Agriculture, Local Office, Weather Bureau Buffalo, Jan. 24. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS Observations 76th taken at meridian) the at same the moment- statione: of time: (8 p.m., named: dare 1. Wind, Wind, Place of 10 Observation.

Albany, N. 40 Alpena. Mich. 16 NW 16 Clear Atlantic City, 42 SW Cloudy N. D.

10 Clear Boston, Mass. FO 14 Rain Bismarck, 11. NW 16 Cloudy Chicago, NW 20 Cloudy Cleveland Col. 0. 40 4.

Clear Detrolt, Mich. 20 Cloudy Minn. Clear Mich Clear Duluth, Escanaba, Galveston, Tex. NW. 10 Clear Haven.

Snow Grand Green Bay, Wis. 10: Clear Jacksonville, Fla. SW Clear Kansas City. Mo. NE Clear Louisville, Ky.

36 NW 20 Rain Marquette, Mich. 8. Clear Memphis, Tenn. NW Cloudy Milwaukee. Wiss.

Snow Moorhead, N. D. NE Clear New Orleans, La. Clear New York, N. 12- Cloudy Oklahoma, Ok.

P. c'dy Pittsburgh, Pa. Snow Portland, Ore. SW Rain Saint Louts, Mo. 20 Cloudy Saint Paul, Minn.

Clear Salt Lake, Utah 34 Cloudy San Diego, Cal. 58 Cloudy San Francisco, Cal. 8W Sault Tampa, Sainte Fla. Marie, Mich. 10 SW NW 16-Snow Toledo, 0.

26 NW Cloudy Washington, D. SW Rain British AmericaBattleford. Sask. Calm Clear Calgary, Alberta NED Calm 20 Snow Clear Montreal, Que. Toronto, Ont.

24 Cloudy Winnipeg, Man. Clear LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. Temperature, 38; humidity, preelpitation, wind, SW; velocity, 12; weather, rain. 8 p.m. Temperature 12: humidity, 90; pre eipitation, 21; wind, velocity, 14; weather, SHOW.

Highest temperature, 49: 1913, 1918, 83. 27, Lowest temperature, Precipitation, -21; 1913, 0 CUTHBERTSON, D. District Forecaster. REFUSES TO SURRENDER Wilson Farmer Threatens Con-stable's Life who Attempts to Serve Warrant. DISAPPEARS LATER When Deputy Sheriffs go to Take Him, They Find No One There but His Son.

HIS WIFE COMPLAINED She had Asked for His Arrest, Claiming That He Forced Her to Leave Home: Special to The Buffalo Express. Lockport, Jan. The town of Wilson nearly had a reproduction of the Beardsley case today when Frank Sathe Mars Settlement 10. road, barricaded tow a farmer, years old; living on himself in his house and refused 10 surrender to: Constable John Pensenhagen. Salow was.

charged with abuse and cruelty toward his wife on Thursday night under a warrant sworn out by Peace Justice W. E. Wetmore. The wife was forced to leave the house and made the complaint. When -Pensenhageh attempted: to serve the warrant yesterday afternoon Salow met him with threats on his life.

The constable claims he made no effort to arrest Salow when he saw that the two children; a boy fourteen years old and a girl seven years old, would be left alone in the house. He went away and this morning telephoned to Sheriff Daly for Salow may have weapons as he was ugly when he made the threats against me," said the constable, "but I'll get him, though there is no use giving him man while be la In nta present mogd Deputy sheriffs Riekard and Miller went to Wilson In an auto at noon. They hurried to the Salow house, but found the boy there alone. Salow had disa eared after taking His daughter to the home of his father, William Salow, a short distance away on the Mars road. The deputies and Pensenhagen were unable to get trace of him and gave up the chase at dark.

The father says he does not know where Salow went. Pensenhagen thinks he will return In a day or two if not caught In the meantime. Fifteen are Sentenced. Tustice Pound today passed sentence on fifteen prisoners who pleaded gullty to Indictments handed down by the last grand jury. Of the number two were sentenced to Auburn prison, six to Elmira.

and five to the Erle county penttentiary. Two were discharged. James. Woods of North Tonawanda and William Turner of Niagara Falls, drew the Auburn terma, The former pleaded guilty of robbing the store of Frank Maroney. In West avenue, He got one year and six months.

Turner did a house burglary Job at Niagara Falls and must serve one year and nine months. Those sentenced to Elmira are: Ralph Simmons, Philadelphia, charged with robbing the Lockport Outfitting company store; Charles Sterling. Utica, robbing a Niagara Falls house; Steve Majeski, car burglary at Niagara Falls; Charles B. Miller, New York city, stealing a horse from M. P.

Bailey, Wilson; Joseph Porter, Niagara Falls, robbing a meat market: Percy Detler, Detroit, Mich. passing two forged checks on Niagara Falls merchants. Determined to make examples of men carrying weapons, Pound sent Sam Rose and -Dominick Garrerri of this city to the penitentiary for one year and six months, respectively, and Theodore Kloutz of Niagara Falls for ten months. Will Contest Nearing End. The action by the children to have the probate of the will of the late Wil-.

liam Luckman of Royalton set aside will go to the Jury on Monday after three weeks of trial. A daughter, Ella Schrader, was willed the -bulk of an estate of $60,000. The sons claim the father was of unsound mind when he made it. Firemen to. Hold.

Banquet, The 46th anniversary of Washington Hose company, No, 9, will be observed on Tuesday night with a banquet at the truck, house in Niagara street. Chief Radigan, the fire commissioners and former chief. Cunningham be: guests, Divorce is Granted, An Interlocutory Judgment of divorce was granted by Justice Pound In sue preme court this morning to Louise Drahmns of North Tonawanda whose husband, Charles, is now serving a term of two, years in Auburn state prison for bigamy Mrs. Drahms testiffed that she was married on. April 15, 1913, by the Reverend Carl Frankensteln of the Saint Matthews church, North Tonawanda.

She claimed at that time had wife did not inform her. He WAS arrested tr last fall- end pleaded guilty to the indictment. Warning is Issued. Health Officer, Dr. F.

A. Watters. because of the smallpox epidemic at Niagara Falls today issued a warning -to Lockport folk to keep away from that city while the epidemic is on. He found three families here had been exposed to the disease by visits to people at the Falls who were later taken but none of them has contracted It. Ill, He reporta several cases of diptheria due to the bad weather of the last two: weeks.

Committee Not Yet Named, Mayor Brock has not as yet announced the appointment of the committee to draft a commission government charter as authorized by the aldermen. It is expected that he will Ransom Scott, a retired bustname ness-man, as chairman. Long Term of Court Opens at Mayville Next Week. Westfield, Jan. 24 -There are.263 civil cases on the calendar for the February term of supreme court which will convene at the courthouse in Mayville on Monday, February 20, Justice Herbert P.

Bissell of Buffalo presiding. Justice Biasell. han rented a house in Mayville and will move his family there for couple of montha. He Intends a relleve the congested calendar to much as possible. FINDS LIFELESS BODY.

Lewis Holliday Dies Unexpectedly Farm Near Mount. Morris Special to The Buffalo Express -Mount Morris, day, who has made his home with the family of George on the Creek road for some time, was found: dead at the barn on the farm this morning. Mr. Holliday had been in poor health for the last six months, guttering with heart trouble, and he had not been able to do anything more than light work. morning he went out to the barn about o'clock and appeared to be in his usual health.

About five minutes later Mr. George went to the barn and found Holliday lying on the floor. Coroner F. J. Bowen of this village was and, after learning the facts of the case, Issued a certificate of death due to heart disease.

Mr. Holliday was born at Short Tract. Allegany county, 62 years 880. He was never married and had no near relatives. neral services will be held from the Ridge church tomorrow: afternoon and burial will be in the Ridge cemetery, TANGO BARRED AT DUNKIRK Principal Refuses to Allow Them at High School Dances.

FUNERAL OF D.W.FRY Services Will be Held From the Home This Afternoon. Spectal to The Buffalo Express. Dunkirk, Jam 24, The faculty of the high school having decided not to allow the tango or any other of the new steps at dances held under the auspices of the school, Principal B. P. Fowler InKerfered when a one dances at the informal party In the gymnasium last evening, following the basketball game -between -the Lafayette high school team of Buffalo and the local high school quintet.

Fowler stated today that he and the other teachers at the high school are not opposed to the new steps, but rather to the Improper manner in which some persons dance them. The probability is that there will be no more high school dances. at least for the present Funeral This Afternoon. The funeral of Daniel W. Fry, who dropped dead of heart disease at the office of the Niagara Motor Manufacturing company, last evening, will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the family home, No.

407 Dove street. On Monday morning the body will be taken to Vineland, for burial. Mr. Fry was secretary and treasurer of the Niagara Motors Manufactoring company, Hold Joint Installation. The Joint installation of the newly elected officers of.

William Stevens post, A. and tire locat of the W. R. was held last evening In L. o.

T. M. hall. Alexander Williams is commander of the post, an office he has heW continuously for a number of years, and Mrs. Marietta.

Gibbs is president of the C. To Consider Sewer Project. Consideration of the project of building an intercepting trunk sewer for the purpose doing away with the varlous individual sewers emptying Into the lake will take. place at the next meeting of the board of health. The recent report of Health Officer G.

E. Ellis, to the effect that the water supply 18 contaminated by sewage, will probably expedite definite action on the project. $500 for Retirement Fund. The net proceeds of the first annual ball of the Dunkirk police department, held last Thursday evening, are about 3300 -as statue Polines eliter Quandt. This money will become the nucleus of a police retirement fund.

WILL FIGHT THE PEST. Genesee Fruit Growers Discuss Ways of Combating San Jose Scale. Special to The Buffalo Express Batavia, Jan. Members of the Genesee County Fruit Growers' association from all parts of the county rathered at the courthouse in Batavia today to discuss ways and means of combatIng the dread pest of San Jose scale which has made its appearance in two orchards of the county. Experts from Cornell and the state agri-0 cultural department were present to advise with the orchardists.

H. H. Knight, a Cornell expert, reported that one of the infested orchards was in the northwest portion of the town of Batavia and that he belteved: that the scale might have been brought lover from Niagara county, where It has to some extent. Lime-sulphur sprays were recommended by all the speakers as the best remedy for the scale and decided to. use the spray in large and strong solutions this spring.

It was considered, fortunate that the work against the scale may be carried on by an organization which embraces nearly all the extensive orchardists of the county. San Jose scale, it was wala, has never before made its appearance In Genesee county. Falls Assessors Want More Pay. Niagara Falls, Jan. The board of assessors.

will petition the common council for an increase in salary, The assessor claim that within the last five years their work has doubled, and they want an advance from $500 to $1,000 year. DEPENDS ON THEIR REPORT Batavia Men Investigating Practicabitity of Battery -Cars: MAKING PROGRESS Deal to Take Over Street Car Line is Nearly Completed. MANY PLANS IN THE AIR -Now Thought That Connection Will be Made With A. A. Road.

Special to The Buffalo Express. -Batavia, Jan. 94. Willam G. Pollard, president of the board of trade: Oren C.

Steele, president of the Business Men's: association, and Arthur Ge Hough left for New York today to. vestigate the practicability of storage battery cars on the Batavia street car Upon the report of this committee will depend whether the eltIsens of Batavia will aid the Storage Battery Car. company of. New York: In its plan to buy and equip the Batavia line now owned by the Buffalo Willlamsville- Electric Railway company, which is before the pubito-service commission with petition to abandon. the line here as unprofitable.

W. R. Brown of the New York company declared today that his company would buy the Batavia line. as it now stands at $5,000, rebulld it to a singletrack road, do a portion of the proposed paving of Main street and operate two storage battery cars on it, -the venture to be assisted by Batavia capitalists, who will be expected to buy first mortrage bonds to cover one half-the-expense. are making progress, said Mr.

Brown. "The deal is one which is more or. less cemplicated and which. cannot be But througn in any anuft Space time." it is understood that" the Requisition of the Batavia -line by the New York company will mean connection with the Buffalo, Attica Arcade railroad, which will put on storage battery cars of a similar type. Mr.

Brown has already discussed plans to obtain electrielty in Batavia from the Niagara Power company temporarily to charge cars on that railroad. This will be done only until such time as a charging plant lean be provided along the B. A. A. road Itself.

Cars of the type which it is proposed to operate In Batavia are in operation on a road on Long Island and have been for about three years. It. la derstood they are giving satisfaction. COMPLAINT IS FILED. Lockport-Falls Commuters Object to Central Changing Morning Train, Special to The Buffalo Express Niagara Falls, Jan.

24 LockportFalls commuters have fed with the public service commission a complaint against the New York Central's schedule on the Falls division of the road. What the commuters object particularly to is the fact that the Central took off train No. 85, which left Lockport for this city at 8.10 o'clock in the morning. The Central substituted a train which nOW leaves at 7.32.0 o'clock. which is too early for the county-seat folk who work here.

J. W. O'Brian, assistant district attorney, has been retained by the commuters. SOON TO START WORK. -100.

Laborers Ready to Lay Pipe Line -From Silver Lake to Mount Morris. Special to the Buffalo Express. Perry, Jan. The work of laying the main pipes for the water supply of Mount Morris village will be started at Silver Lake nest reek. Richardson, who has the contract for the work between Silver Lake and Mount Morris, has been in Perry several days making arrangements.

A force of 100 men ready to start as soon as materials arrive. There in much difficulty In finding lodgings for the large number of extra laborers. The course of the line will follow the Silver Lake outlet through the village of Perry. The intake at the lake and several hundred rods of the line will be laid on the Ice and lowered in the lake by cutting away the Ice. A large number of the farmers through whose Jands the line will he laid are anxious to secure water for farm purposes for a term of years in exchange for the rightacross their property Thorold Man a Candidate for Ontario Parliament.

Niagara Falls, Jan. 24 (Special), -Hedley W. Shaw of Thorold candidate today an- the nounced that he was a for Ontario parliament to' succeed E. E. Fraser, who has been named by the Conservatives for the Dominion parlia ment.

William Beyers of this city in already In the tor the nomination and is understood to have the support of the party organization in the county. Mr. Broadhead Resigns as of Jamestown Bank. Jamestown, Jan. 24 (Special) D.

Broadhead resigned as president of the Swedish- American National Bank of this city this morning. At a special meeting of the board of directors, called for that purpose, the resignation was held open for a month. Mr. Broadhead was re-elected prestdent of the bank two weeks ago and the resignation comes as a surprise. It is understood he destrea to take another position.

GERMAN STUDENT DUELS THREATENED Famous mensur" combats may be made criminal offenses in response to a powerful public demand. Opponents declare they have degenerated from real tests of courage and skill into harmless efforts to acquire a collection of "honorable" scars. A feature article in next Sunday's Express is almost like an expose. BATAVIA MAN KILLED, William E. -Kerslake Struck When Trying to Cross Ahead of Train.

Special to The Buffalo Express. Batavia, Jan. 94- William E. Kerslake, 64 years old, was HE o'clock tonight when struck by a New York Central freight train at the Jackson street crossing fn. Batavia He Was hit by the pilot of the engine and dragged for 45 feeL neck broken.

His aged father, James Kerslake, was found dead in bed at his home here last Tuesday. The funeral was held yesterday and Mr. Keralake was on his way to the station to see off two uncles who had attended. All crawled under the gates and tried to cross ahead of the freight that they might reach the station. In.

time to. catch the passenger train. The two uneles crossed in safety. Surviving are his vidow and his mother. A few apare ago he, with his father, engaged in the clothing bustness which they had conducted until the present time.

HAS NOTHING TO SAY. Dr. Meahl Refuses to Talk About His Interview With Mrs. Buffum. Dr.

Charles 8. Meahi when asked: last. night regarding his interview with Mra. Cynthia Buffum In the Little Valley Jail yesterday, refused to give out any Information except that he had spent most of the day in that village and had later talked with the woman. In reply to a question asking him whether the district attorney, or the defense had asked him come, he said, "I have nothing to say regarding Mrs.

Buttum. Dr. Meahl also visited little Laura Buffum who la so critically Ill. He said that she was considerably weaker than when he saw her a week ago. There la practically no chance for her to recover and her death is now expected hourly, A WEEK FOR FARMERS.

Stock Show to be Part of Programme at State School of Agriculture. Ithaca, Jan. 24- One of the Interesting features of the programme for week nit the state college of agriculture at Ithaca on February 9th to 14th will be a regular stock show. Including horses, cattle and sheep. The horses to be exhibited were bought by the department of animal husbandry as colts and are of both heavy and light classes.

They have been broken and trained both single and double by students. Dr. Gay of the University of Pennsylvania has been engaged to set as judge of the horse classes. Not only will the horses be placed according to Individual merit, but also the students will receive mention according to the ability that they have shown in training the animals. The cattle and the sheep also will be Judged.

Last year the Atting and showing of the sheep proved especially Interesting to visitors. After the stock show a parade will be formed, which will include the colts and the surplus dairy the Jattar consisting of cows, bulls and bull calves. Following the parade these animals will be sold at auction. The dairy stock la tuberculin-tested, well marked and well grown and the breeding is equal to that offered in the larger sales. A seven-day contest in milk and butter fat production will be conducted with a number of the cows in the herd, in order to demonstrate the way in which cow records are kept and to emphasize the of production in determining the profitable animals in the herd.

Town Vice Presidents for Wyoming Fair are Named. -Warsaw, Jan. 24 (Special), -The board of directors of the Wyoming County Agricultural society, has named these vice president from the sixteen towns in. the county. to serve the coming year: Arcite, George George Hoy, Bennington, Charles Eastman; Castile, Fred Benedict; Covington, Horace Bradley: Eagle, Glen Satford; Gainesville, Fred M.

Bristol; Genesee Falls, Harvey Halstead: Java, Patrick J. Gaffney; Middlebury, WillJam E. Roeper; Orangeville, John Ahl; Perry, C. V. Wellman; Fike, Albert P.

Gage: Sheldon, A. Lewis; Warsaw Samuel B. Humphrey, Wethersfield, Fred C. Hubbard. Wants to Go Back to Good Old Spanking Days.

Boston, Mass, Jan. Police Commissioner Stephen O'Meara's Indictment of the lawless juveniles of the city In his annual report has created A good deal of comment, especially that portion of It in which he says the home and the church have apparently lost their hold on these children who become rowdies on street corners. There is a diversity of opinion among those who were asked to express an opinion on Commissioner O' Meara's statement. Several a Teturn to 'the old-fashioned method of discipline by means of what they called good healthy spanking occasionally would accomplish the desired end. Commissioner O' Meara says: "There are thousands of such boys and young men in Boston, rarely committing In the presence of a policeman an act for which they can be prosecuted, but play ing the hoodlum whenever opportunity offers, drawing their amusement from the sufferings which they are able to inflict upon orderly people, and turning readily to the commission of crime.

Their homes apparently have taught them neither morals nor manners; the churches have lost their hold upon them, it hold they ever had; the schools have given them education, enough to read the sporting news and the vulgar Jokes; What gives thin statement about the home especially, a particular signifcance in the eyes of many people is the fact that Cardinal O'Connell, in his recent pastoral letter, touched on very much the same ground from a different point of view. "The absence the religious motive in the system of education gederally prevailing in 'our he maid, "has resulted In the undermining of that respect for authority which necessary condition for the observance of law. Parental authority has been shattered to a degree that la alarming. until it may be said that in a large percentage of homes it in not the parenta, but the children, who rule." "Keen up with the times in which live. You can do 40.

for 2 cents a month by readtag The Buffalo Morning Express. TACKLE JOB WITH VIGOR Palls Folk Not to Blink at Smallpox Situation Any Longer. KEEN FOR ACTION State Health Department to be Asked to Send an Expert. TASK NOT SO DIFFICULT Vaccination and Proper Quarantine Should Win Quickly, Dr. Clark Says.

Prom Staff reporter. Niagara Falls, Jan. There will be no more dilly dallying with the smallpox situation here. The health board, backed up by the citizens committee, decided today to AK Dr. Herman M.

Biggs, state health commissioner, to de tall an expert from his department to take charge The expert. will work in conjunction with Dr. E. E. Gillick, local health officer.

The health board and the citizens committee meet in the office of the todustrial commission at noon today, Ministers, representing some of the Hehurches, attended and it was expected they and others would express their opinion on the alleged improper Idling of the smallpox situation here. For fear that something of the sort might be done newspaper-men were barred from the meeting. Mayor Laughlin presided. happened was that Dr. Edward Clark of Buffalo, representing the state health board, declared that it was imperative to bring here a man with backbone to enforce preventtive measures against smallpox.

"An outaider, he said, was to be prefer: red because he would not be governed by local option. Speaking from expertence, Dr. Clark said that vaccination NINE RV AD the methods to stop the disease He did not the turn the room agreed with him, was telling them what he knew. The co-operation of the press and every other proper agency should be sought. he said.

It seems that body was relieved to hear something said that was emphatie. A resolution to ask the state health board to send an expert was immediately adopted and the meeting adjourned. Several members of the committee maid after the meeting that it was their bellef that the health board should aak the state department to assign Dr. Clark to take charge, The decision given. by the appellate.

court in a New York case upholding compulsory vaccination for school children had considerable to do with the attitude taken at today's meeting. The quarantine that has been employed for the last two weeks bias, at least, put a check on the epidemic and it in felt that it the right man taken charge under the conditions now prevailing the smallpox can soon be stamped out. Dr. submitted a report today which about the number. 00.0 came in the.

city at present to be 193. Of that number 93 are quarantined in their homes and 29 are at the quarantine hompitals, according to the report. The number of houses under quarantine is given as 73. Four new cases were reported to the board at noon today, Three of the new were quarantined. at.

their homes, one was removed to a quarantine hospital. quarantine was raised on three houses and four patienta were, discharged. from the quarantine hospitals, M. W. SCOFIELD IS DEAD.

Hartfield Man was a Former County Treasurer of -Chautauqua, Special to The Buffalo Express, Jamestown, Jan. Marion W. Scefeld, 69 years old, died at his home at ReNd ate the morning He is survived by three daughters, Mra. John F. Dearing of Jamestown.

Mrs. George F. Leet of Point Chautauqua, and Miss Josephine Scoffeld of Hartfield. Mr. Scoffeld was a veteran of the Civil Wart was for several years treasurer of Chautauqua county and until January ist he had been the supervisor of the town of Chautauqua for the last ex years.

DROPS DEAD AT HOME. Mount Morris Man. In Usual, Health Short Time Before Death. Special to The Buttalo Express Mount Morris, Jan. -Warren Dale, about 35 years.

old, dropped dead at his home in Spring street tate: last night. Death was caused by heart disease. He had been employed in cutting Ice durins the last -few daya and had worked yesterday. He was also about the village last evening and seemed to be in his usual health when he returned home. He is survived by his wife, his mother.

Mra. Thomas Craig: also several brothers. Funeral services will be held on Monday and burial will Lbs made. in the local cemetery. HAMLINS HAMLINS HAMLINS LAMLINS MLINS Well-known Clergyman is Dead at His Home in Bliss.

Batavia, Jan. 24 (Special). -The Reverend William H. Farnham, well known Geneses county minister, died yesterday qt Bliss. He was born in 1833, and his last pastorate was of the Methodist Episcopal church at Alexander.

Previous to that he was at East Elba. Seven years ago when his health gave out he moved to Bliss. Mr. Farnham da survived by a son. Houmer Farnham of Spring Mills, and three daughters, Mrs.

J. Leach of Ceres, Mrs. A. C. Bliss and Mrs.

Ella Slocum of Franklinville, The Reverend E. C. Dodge of Oakfleld will officiate at the funeral at, Bliss to- morrow. Uneven Legs, In the February Woman's Home Companion appears department called The Exchange, In which contributors make various practical household mugreationa. Following is an Indiana contributor's advice for lengthening the uneven legs of tables and chaira: "Tack piece of cork to the short leg, using small tacks and driving them well into the wood.

They will sink way in and so will not scratch the floor and the cork Itself will act like rubber pad. eliminating that disagreeable sound,.