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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
NEWARK 7Hs GREAT WHITE PLAQUE.

Gradually the great body Of the American people are awakening to the perl
of the grat white plague that spreads death throughout HI land am claims
more victims than all other diseases and than var and tempest. Organized
effort inteIhgenuy directed, has accomplished this result. II It's attitude towards
consumption humanity has been fatansuc. II has been the me great diseass
which people regarded as belonging to h natural rider of things AM tbere-
fore could not be either guarded against or fought against. When science talked
of serums and preventves people heard nstessly or incredulousy. When they
were advised to adopt precautions they gay n heed. The harvest of death has
gon o ear after ear, and n 10 panic vas felt. The arival of a cholera shin
in an American harbor excites more errors han fifty thousand deaths from
consumption. The deadly peril at work in or midst las been disregarded and
only the remot peril of infinitely lesser import has excited rehensi But
there is a popular awakening nov The great white plague must HI attached
and conquered. Science and philanthropy are enlisted in the fight. Govern
menhA States municipalities societies and other bodies are uniting their efforts
Our city has not been idle. The Board of Health has dor much in 1t great
cause. 1t will do more. Private effort has lot been spared. Mex Thursdav
might thu Bureau of Associated Charities will meet with esenta of TIN.
city, county and State governmentsa IN civic organizations to discuss Measure
tended.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
Might Have Ballot Now
if Original Wording of Con-
s~titutiOn Had Endured.

and also for all other public officers
that shall be elected by the people
of the country at large
You see, the article said distinctly
that all Inhabitants worth fifty
pounds were entitled to vote. 1t did
not take long for the women of the
State to grasp this fact, and forthwith
they began to lake an active interest
in politics. In the course of time negro
slaves who had been left money by their
masters, or who had acquired fifty or
more pounds on various ways began to
vote, too, for they were as much in
habitants as were the white folk.
Naturally a reaction followed. The
act was repealed in 1907. When a new
constitution, duly ratified by the peo-
pie, 20.276 against 3,526, was promul-
gated August Is, 1874. its article IL, sec
ton 1. declared:
EVERY white male citizen of the
United States, of the age of II
years, who shall have been a resi-
dent of the State one year, ana Of
the county In which he claims to
vote five months, next before the
election, shall be entitled to vote"
etc.
Not until 1873 was the negro again
permitted to vote. AT that time the
constitution was amended, by. striking
out the adjective white" and making
1t read "every male citizen" That is
how 1t reads now. There is a chance
that II the original constitution had
read every white inhabitant" women
would eve have ceased to vote, and
the negro would have received his vote
Just the same, in 1875, when he was
better able to comprehend Just what
responsibilities his voting entailed.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
WHY COUNTRY BOYS SNATCH
PRIZES CITY YOUTHS MISS
AT Home Feel Like Big Frogs in a Mud Puddle and Their Very
Confidence in Themselves Begets Success.
BY DR.. JOHN H. FINLEY.
President of the College of the City OF

President of he College of the City of New FORK. Fl
Up HAVE often wondered why the country boy prove SO successful. It is not
his physique, nor his intellect. nor because lie has dwdt in he midst of
d eternal mysteries OF creation and growth.
The city boy has seen the great bridges span the rivers n has talked to the
who LAY built those bridges. H las seen he skyscrapers built E1ec-
uicfy has beer explained to him. He has mott the I'VE of 1t s the country boy
has oft he'll bolt from the sky which has killed his friend. &
This is thu disadvantage Of tn city boy-the unQuet n pettness n mar
owness which bring home tic him hat he sis swallowed VI In the crowd. a In
significant atom in the hrong Thesear tn forces which how h city boy his
limitations
And the great spaces magnify the Importance Of the country boy. Is III city
boy above the country boy? is a question ofhn asked. 1 nov something of both,
for I was born ant bred ia h country. The city boy is lot SO different from the
country boy. He is better off. I nay said so before, nan tines and have
caused unfavorable criticism in so doing Why the ar of the poorest tenement
is seldom worse than that in a farmhouse in winter.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
7HH MdHr SCHOOL o THH mMldRANr

Night school Instruction the language ant institutions Of the country for
the benefit of the untutoed immigrant vas suggested by Professor Prince, as
senbyman from Passaic, and the next speaker of he House of Assembly, who
vas one of a commission to devise a pMn and draft a law. Schools ave beer
established in Newark Elizabeth and Paterson n last year h Newark enrol
ment was $780, all adults and principally of italian, Russian and Russian and
Polish jew natonaites Coming to a strange land and a strange people, these
immigrants naturally hedw with their kind. Their children learn in h public
that keep them strangers in a strange land, unless the Law shall provide for
them some special means Of acquiring knowledge. The disposition of many t.
learn is made evident by the attendance at the night schools. improvements in
h plan IF education will be suggested from time to time. AS yet these night
schools are experimental but the RESULTS achieved amply Justify the experiment
n should encourage further legislation. 1t should b. made obligatory upon
large municipalities to provide the means for h instruction of h adult immi-
grant, for all Of them contain more or less of this element In their populations.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
COULD STAND ANOTHER.

A commercial traveller tells the fol-
lowing of a little social gathering In
eastern Ontario:
asked the hostess to play something.
Seating herself at the piano, the good
woman executed q Chopin nocturne
with precision. She finished. and there
was still ar interval Of waiting to be
bridged. In the grim silence she
turned to an old gentleman on her
right and said, Would you like a sonata
before dinner?'. He gave a start of
surprise and pleasure. why, yes,
thanksl' he said. I had a couple on my
way here, but I think I could stand an
other"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
san STORY.

"Ah, my poor man." said the ki9d
housewife, lis it really true that ydl
once had a position and lost 1t BECAUSE
you were too tender-hearted?"
Eyes, num-" sighed the tattered way
farer as he brushed away an mag
mary tear. 81 was cook In an eating
house"
"And-and why did you leave?" 4
Because I didn't have the heart Il
smother a beefsteak, mum"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
A S%EASONABLE O

Dunn-This is the time when the
greater is subordinated to the less.
Gunn-How do you make that out?
Dunn-Doesn't the Christmas tree
owe It's Importance entirely to the
(olive) branches?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12

IN RIPPING GOOD HUWOR
HER SCHEME.

Marion-Grace tells me that she has
begun to gather her Christmas mistle-
toe already.
Myrtle-Yes. You see, she has to- be-
gin early. She has a scheme to cover
the ceiling of every room In the house
with 1t.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12

that same year., twenty-four hours
after the convention had come to 9
close.
That constitution said:
Sec. 1That all inhabitants Of this
colony, of full age, who are worth
fifty pounds, proclamation money,
clear estate In the same, and have
resided within the county in which
they claim a vote for twelve months
Immediately preceding the election,
shall be entitled to vote for repre-
~sentatives in Council and Assembly;
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
A REFLECTION.

Fuddy-Do you really believe that
drummers are as smart as they are
said to be?
Duddy-I never believe in impossi-
bilities. They never succeed in selling
me anything.
Fuddy-It does look like a reflection
upon their alleged smartness to at
tempt 1t.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
NATURAL INSTINCT.

Does the little boy take after his
mother ?"
Yes; he takes after her every time
he wants a piece Of pie"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
ONE GOOD TRAIT.
Katie-I don't like Mr.. Rox.

hdtle-l uOn ike MI. rNoA.
Katie's Mother-Why not?
Hes got money, and, though he has
been coming to see me for a year, he
never gave me anything in his hfe."
81 don't know about that. He gives
you a chance to get to bed at a rea-
sonable hour, which can't be said of
some of the other young men I know"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
TWO WAYS OF KEEPING THEM.

what is double entry bookkeeping,
pap
Refusing t lend your own and bor-
rowing others and falling to return
them"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
THE RESOLUTION.

do you intend to make any resoiu-
lions on New Year's9"
mo; I'm going to keep the resolu-
ton I made last year"
what was that?"
mot to make any moro resolutions"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
THE MOTOR CRAZE.

He-Don't you sometimes envy these
very wealthy people their enjoyments?
She-No. I never cared for the smell
of gasoline.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
AN EYE.DEAL M

Smith-Did Bings take much Of a
risk when he invested In that spectacle
making firm?
Brown-I think It was something of
a speculation.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
THEY

She-You're just hateful.
He-You're more so.
She-You're a regular stick.
He-You're as cross as two.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
AT LEAST NOT pROFANE.

A decided brunette, by name Pickens
Was arrested for stealing some chick
ems,
When they asked her to swear,
She replied, debonair,
1T only know deuce darn and dick
ems"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
CRIJEL HUSBAND.

What Is a joke without a point,
dear?"
9TH kind a oma tells"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
GIRL-MADE.

How does a cynic strike your"
81 always wonder what the girl wa
like"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12
AS TO TAXATION.

You say stupidity is taxed?"
We'll, 1t Is the same thing. II you
are shrewd you aren't taxed"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-12

Act. /. Time, Dec. "a, after dinner. Sc
the club.
Mr.. Oidports "Been reading Dick
Christmas Carol lately. Teaches great les
Of benevoIence. Going out now 'mons che :
m needy to carry comfort m cheer into
homes of poverty. Goo night"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11

stances for the improvement OBJ
ject to seeing this money sent out
of the country when it is wanted
here.
The club formulated strong pro
test and appointed a committee to
present 1t at the city hall. They
ask that only actual citizens be EN-
ployed on public contracts.
The kickers also want permits
sion to erect a hall in Union park
where public meetings for that sec
ton of the city can be held. They
are willing to stand the expense OF
the building If the commission will
give them room in the park.
Attention is also to be called to
the children's playground for Lib.
erty park. Sidewalk work and 9th
er improvements needed were dis.
cussed last night among the main
topics of the evening.
The Kickers' club Is about the
liveiiest civic organization going,
end it will do the city great bene.
fit if 1t can start a movement that
will discourage the present prac-
tice of hiring anything but an
American citizen on city work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11
CITY CONTRACT
MUST STAND

The controversy between the
board of works sidewalk contrac-
tors inclined to graft was renewed
this morning when City Engineer
Ralston submitted to the board
some proposed changes In sidewalk
specifications, recommending use Of
screened gravel instead of crushed
rocks. The board called on the cor
portion counsel for an opinion and
was told that when assessment
rolls had been prepared with crush
ed rock in the specifications 1t was
not legal to do the work with
screened gravel.
1t seems that an expected breach
between City Engineer Ralston and
the board Of works has occurred.
The engineer has desired the privi-
lege Of having charge Of the accept
ance of all work. But this is more
power than the city charter evident
ly gives to any one man in the en-
tire city government. For what
reason is best figured out when it
is known that the engineer pre-
pares the specifications.
Although the board has not en-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11

The trouble over the armory
price for state conventions of the
republicans and democrats is still
unsettled and neither party has yet
concluded to use the big building
at the rate of $3.50 per day. They
declare the price fare-faced hold
up perpetrated OH building that
was built with public money for
public uses. The county paid
$1,000 for the site and the state APP
proprated $4,000 for the build
ing.
But the big grievance now is the
claim that the armory was rented
to the Chicago Symphony Co. for
SIS per day. The conventions will
bring great deal of money into
town and add to local prestige in
the coming campaign immensely,
whereas the entertainments at the
armOry take money away and &C
commodate outside enterprises
solely.
This idea has made leaders of
both parties wrathy, and they have
appealed to Gov. Mead.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11
CRUSHED BY
BRAKE BEAM

A string of freight cars propell-
ed by switch engine in the Great
Northern yards opposite the crema-
tory this morning knocked down
and crushed w. II. Harkins, a
switchman who was looking for a
job. He was not run over on &C
count of the quickness with which
a switchman signaled the engineer
to reverse his engine. Harkins was
crushed by the brakebeam. 1t was
thought he was dead at first, but
when the patrol wagon reached the
scene he revived sufficiently to in
form the police of his name and
ask that his relatives, who live in
Sarney. Ontario, be notified if he
was badly injured. He has been
working in one of the Milwaukee
construction camps near Lind. He
is about 35 years old.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11
ROBBED GIRL
NOW IN JAIL
"HANDSOME DAN" CASE TAKES
QQUEER TURN ON ARRIVAL
OF ACCUSED MANS FATHER
TO DEFEND HIS SON.

Chloroformed AMI robbed of
$1,000 worth of diamonds and then
thrown into Jail are the rather dis
couraging circumstances in the
history of Jennie Smith, the woman
in the Handsome Dan" case.
A few days ago Officer Chester
Edwards arrested Guy Morris, the
robber, in Austin. Mimi, and
brought him out here to face the
charge of robbing Jennie. Last
night w. II. Morris, his father,
reached the city and straightaway
sought out Jennie, and, the police
say, endeavored to induce her to
marry his son so as to save him
from the penitentiary.
The police got word Of the efforts
of the elder Morris and arrested
Jennie and put her into Jail so that
she might not succumb to the al
legged endeavors to marry her to
her assailant anu thus save him
from sure confinement on his own
confessions.
1t was thought that Morris in
tended to make plea of guilty,
but his father has engaged Nuzum
Il Nuzum to defend him and he will
plead not guilty and make fight,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11

guide and sympathizer He has
been almost constantly in her so
ciety. He knows women well. and
was able to say the right things at
the right time to soothe her ruff
fed feelings and quiet her un.
strung nerves. Madame Gould be-
came deeply touched with his APP
! parent devotion. More to the point,
he neither censured her, as did her
family, nor abused her, as did the
count. Back of it all, though, was
the schemer's thought always.
The prince comes of an old fam
ily. Generations of azure blood
flow in his veins. His family is as
noble in Prussia as in France. PrinZ
Won Sagan is his German title.
Eventually he will succeed to the
duchy of Sagan in Prussian Silesia.
now held by his father, the Due de
acknowledgment. The income
was 100000 a year until the old
dukes creditors got hold of it all
save $4,000 year.
He comes of family of profit
gates, and is lineal descendant of
the famous Talleyrand, star liar,
renegade and cynic of French his
tory A dazzling line of debauchees
preceded him, but he has outdone
them all In all Europe he proba-
bly, is without superior in extrav-
agance and loose living. But for all
that, he can play the polished gen.
tleman to perfection.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11
SLEEPY PORTLAND
OvERL0OKS CHANCE

PORTLAND, April 11.-This city
stands an excellent chance of being
entirely ignored by the Atlantic
feet when it visits the north Pa
cific coast. Relying upon the fact
that Portland is one of the largest
ports on the coast. the rose carnival
committee failed to send the navy
department special invitation ask
ing that vessels be sent here. and
as result the program of the
fleets visit is made up without
Portland on the itinerary. Today
Rear Admiral Pillsbury said:
mo invitation has come to us
asking that any ships be sent to
Portland during the rose carnival
or at any time. In fact, we have
no Off knowledge when the rose
carnival is to be held. Unless Port
land advises us shortly we may
find 1t impossible to comply with
any request for ships"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11

time the prince was engaged, had
posed in the nude for GerveX's ia
nous picture, The Woman in the
Mask" Barbour had him arrested
and fined 500 in the police court,
but ignored his challenge.
Following the recent encounter
with de Castellane the latter de-
clared there would be no duel as a
result of it, as nowadays Prince lie
Sagan can find no seconds to repre-
sent him" There was no duel.
De Sagan several years ago de-
nounced Prince de Chalais, who
married Miss Beatrice Winans of
Baltimore, as an impostor, claiming
the title for himself. Later he chal-
lenged the prince, who declared de
Sagan beneath his notice. The
prince still bears the title.
& In the height of his career de
Saga nadded spice to his existence
by hunting up provocations for is
suing a challenge. When the excite
hent of other pleasures palled, he
would, If necessary, deliberately
give the insult to invite chal-
lenge. In recent years he has fig
ured in few such meetings. Lack
of funds has curbed his i'm
petuosity.
His wooing of Madame Gould has
been systematic and carefully de-
termined. From the beginning of
her trouble with her husband the
prince has been Madame Gould s
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11
MIDNIGHT FIRE CAUSES
MILL LOSS OF $4,000

Just what started the fire which
at midnight threatened the whole
section of the city near the Wash
ington mill on Sharpe and Walnut
is a question which Fire Chief
Myers and the insurance adjusters
are today trying tot determine The
chief said it was possible it was
of incendiary origin, or detective
electric wiring or a hot box.
Property to the value of about
$4,000 was destroyed. When the
flames were at their highest, a few
minutes after discovered. it was
thought the entire plant was DOOM
ed. The fire department worked
until 8 o'clock this morning and
succeeded in saving most of the
building and the warehouses,
where was stored thousands of dol
lars worth of hard wood.
The usual peculiar circumstances
which surround lumber mill fires
were present. The night Waterman
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11
PAY UP OR SHUT
UP SAYS GROVE
Armory Rent Stands at $3.50 Per
Day for Conventions.

Capt. D. M. Grove, of this city, is
a member of the armory commits
sion which has charge of the state
militia buildings. He says the
commission has fixed $3.50 per day
as the rate of rent and folks can
pay that or let it alone. He says
the politicians don't know what
they are talking about when they
say the armory here has ever been
rented for less.
And furthermore Capt. Grove
says he does not care whether the
conventions are held in the armory
or not.
But the men who boosted the pro.
ject strong and advanced it's use
for conventions and gatherings OF
that nature as one of the principal
inducements in working for the To-
cation of an armory here, are sore
Having made the most Of public
sympathy and assistance to secure
the armory, they now claim the
state guard has resortel to exor.
bitant rent for the building, regard.
less of any obligations they are un'
der, especially to the politicians.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11
DISPUTE CLAIM

Evidence In the case of the fight
for the administration of the will
of Laurence Stutler, a farmer OF
Paradise prairie who for years lived
alone on his ranch, was taken to-
day before Judge Sullivan, who dur.
ing Judge Huneke's absence is at
tending to probate matters. Slut
Ter left an estate which it is said
is valued at about $4,000. Before
he died he expressed the wish that
the Deaconness hospital share
equally with his brothers in Ger.
many and one in Canada.
This oral will Is about to be pro-
bated, and those who were with
Stutler at the time he made the
statements are being heard in
court. The hospital has asked for
administration with power to name
the executor.
They are opposed by Henry Drew
and Elizabeth Alexander, who
claim to be the only living heirs.
Judge Sullivan is merely taking
the statements of witnesses and
will leave the final consideration
of the case to Judge Huneke, be-
fore whom it was started.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11
NEW YORK SPLIT
ON HUGHES

NEW YORK. April 11.--Early in
dications following the converting
of the New York state republican
convention at Carnegie hall today
pointed to a serious hitch in the
program of the followers OF Hughes
to have delegates to the national
convention at Chicago pledged to
vote for his nomination. At eau
Gus OF delegates last night 1t was
decided to vote against any resolu-
ton endorsing the governor for
nomination. This action. however,
was merely formal, states William
Ward, national committeeman, and
no flight will be made In conven-
ton. The Hughes delegates still
declare they will secure endorse
ment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11

says that he had made his rounds
without discovering any evidences
of fire when suddenly he was aware
that the whole place was bursting
into flames. He turned in an alarm,
but already someone else had seen
the blaze and sent for the depart
ment. By the time the department
reached the scene lumber piles and
buildings were inflames. The heat
was intense, but firemen fought
successfully and prevented further
spread of the flames by hard work.
Where the blaze already had
Roadway the department did not en-
deavor to fight it, but devoted ev-
cry effort to saving the rest Of the
property and preventing spreading
to residences. 1t is said today that
this good judgment saved not only
numerous residences. but the w.
w. P. carbarns and the j. A. John
son cabinet factory.
The property will be restored.
1t was covered by insurance.