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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
.l25 CONWC7S At
WORK IN ESSEX
PEN F|RE-1RAP
Men Make Handkerchiefs for
Contractor Under Armed
Guard.
JAMMED IN FRAME HOUSE
WITH ONLY NARROW EXITS
To Increase Output They Are
Given Few Cents for Extra
Big Days Work.

In hourly danger of their lives, l25
criminal wards of Essex and other
counties are making handkerchiefs BY
the hundred thousand at the Essex
County Penitentiary.
The building where the haHdlSerchiefs
are made is in the rear of the prison,
and is constructed entirely of wood,
with only narrow exits, making it a
fire-trap.
Packed close together. elbows touch
ing elbows, between rows of machines,
these prisoners labor as hard Us men
in the city's factories.
They make /. 500 dozens OF handker-
chiefs a day.
The work is divided up into three de-
partments. cutting, sewing and exam
ining. Ten men are engaged in cut
ting, 100 at sewing on machines pro-
PEELED by electricity, and fourteen eX-
anime the hgndkerehiefs. About a half
dozen others give out the work.
Armed keepers ON Guard.
The work is under the contract sys-
tenn, and representatives of tho firm
which has the contract are in constant
attendance in the different departments
seeing that the work is being done right
and every handkerchief accounted for.
| The fact that Warden John Desch
makes no distinctions between short and
! Iong-term prisoners in selecting men
| for the work is said to be objected to
by the contractor, who would prefer TO
have only long-term prisoners en-
ployed, because little time would be lost
/ in teaching them the work.
fr-t ,4.. tft,S- Il sF.
one large room, with an elevated plat
form at either end, on which are sta
toned prison guards. with magazine
rifles handy.
prisoners Are AfIucnt.
Among the men engaged on the work
is William Gaines. the negro gambler
and politician. He is now engaged in
the examining department.
The men go to work every morning
at o'clock and stop at HAS for din
ner, At 1890 they resume and stop at
5;45. Saturdays they work only half
day, making 55 hours a week
In order TO stimulate the prisoners
to exertion they are allowed TO make
few cents day if they make more
handkerchiefs than is demanded Of
them
II Is said that When some Of the
men leave in the summer months they
will have enough TO pay their expenses
at the seashore for week or SO to re-
cuperatc after q lons winters confnc-
ment.
While Essex County cannot com
mil Il prisoner there for longer than
eighteen months, any other county ia
the State, which has not a county
penltentiary, may send them for any
length OF time.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
GOVERNMENT TO SEND
WARSHEPS TO HAYIL

WASHINGTON. March i6.-seere-
tary of State Root expresses the deep
est regret over the events of the Hay
tian capital and read the caple an
nouncing them several times. He would
not express any opinion as to what
would be done, but indicated that the
situation was OF a character 70 call for
Immediate attention and quick action.
1t was learned late last night that 1t
is the intention of the government 70
send Immediately on the receipt OF oifi-
eiaI information a war ship OF war
ss1;ps to Port au Prince, in view Of
Are sact that other nations are ex-
pected to have armed vessels there
within twenty-four hours.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
ROBBED SLOT GAS METERS;
20 CHARGES AGAINST THEM

Stephen Polly Years old, of S0i
Highland avenue; James Foley, 16
yeahs old, Of s5i Central avenue, and
Michael Sneeden. iG years old. Of ia
Ridge street. are held ia 500 bail for
the Grand Jury on the charge Of rob-
bing Slot gas meters In the northern
twenty complaints against the boys.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
THOUSANDS RAISE
THEIR VOICES IN
COCAINE CRUSADE
Ministers, Physicians State Officials and WOmen'S
Clubs Appeal in Fight for Right Conduct and
Clean Living by Youth Of New Jersey.
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE GIVES
ATTENTIVE EAR TO ELOQUENT APPEALS
LErom a stan correspondent.i /


officials
in
a hearin
The 1000 Good Tempars New Jersey today Edward Black
OF
TO ONE
of Essex. in
measu
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
GOVERNORS FRIENDS SEE
PLAN TO EMBARRASS HIM.

TRENTON. March 16.-Enem.es of
Governor Fort in the Legislature are
planning TO embarrass the chief eXecu-
tive, it is said, by passing the Crosby
local option excise bill and putting It
up to him for a definite expression OF
his stand on the question. It is ex-
pected that the bill viii be reported by
the committee OF municipal corpora
tlons tomorrow.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
HITCHCOCK IS
ACQUITTED; GIRL
SAYS SHE LIED
Court Orders Action on One
of Several Indictments
Against Comedian.
.lspeoial to the EvenIng starl

NEW YORK. March 16.-Raymond
Hitchcock was acquitted today, by di-
rection of Justice Blanchard in the
Supreme Court ON one of the indict-
ments against him. as a result Of
charges brought by several young girls.
The acduittal was on the indictment
growing out Of charges made by Ellen
won Hagen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
SUNSHIN

Indianapolis News
Let us alonei" the cry sounds loud
From some chaps who make up the crowd
And each time in a louder tone
They join that cry, Let us alone!'
The In-Bad club lifts up its voice
To tell how It would much rejoice
II seeds OF trouble were not sOWn.
One boon is asked, Let us alone!"
Likewise there's Predatory Wealth,
Which is not in II for its health:
It TOO, demands, 'twould have it known,
The safer way, Let US alonei'
And. Undesirables, who walk
In other paths. are for such talk.
The butter-in breaks forth the grOan.
Hence they repeat, Let us alone!"
And there may be some other gents
Whose business to all intents
Is ruined by those who are prone
To block the graft, Let US alone!"
Let us alone, for life is CAV.
There's nothing like the good old way.
On US let sunshine e'er be thrown,
The searchlight? Nix Let US alone"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
CONFUSED CONTEMPORARY

Cummins' term Of office-tl5o years in
IOWa-Win expire next January. 1t would
be a strange turn of the wheel which
would bring Allison and DOlliver. in sup
plant role to President Cummins of the
senate looking for places on their favor
tie committees. And yet il is among the
probabilities, as a result of the cOnVen-
tion's actiOn.-Butte News
It would be a strange turn of the
wheel, indeed, when we take into con-
sideration the fact that the senate Sc
lects its own committees, and that his
superfluous highness, as Ben Franklin
proposed to call the vice president, has
nothing to do with the matter. Any
how, Cummins wasn't nominated, and
Allison and Dolliver are thus doubly
protected from eating humble pie. In
the meantime it's up to the Butte News
TO read up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
ZINE FINANcIERING.

When the council was debating its
bond ordinance. Councilman Hall OBJ
jected TO making the interest rate AZ
per cent because money can be had
cheaper. He was voted down by the
Americans" who seemed TO think it
good business to make the interest
charge excessive.
In the Springfield (Mass) Republi-
can, one of the best authorities on fl
nance in this country, the following APP
pears:
The AIS. 600 of Boston bonds sold
at 1O6.4 are 4 per cent securities, and
thus the city gets the money at a rate
very considerably less than 4 per cent.
THIS beats the terms at which New
York city made its last large sale of
bonds, and reflects the very easy state
into which the money and capital mar
ket has drifted for borrowers possessing
undoubted security. Less than a year
ago such borrowers were finding it
next TO impossible to sell per cent
bond at par. The bond market is show
ing great absorbing power for first
class issues. indicating that the float
ing supply OF capital. whose exhaustion
forced the panic and reaction, is rap
idly becoming quite abundant again. q"
In other words. Boston was able to
borrow money on the basis of $40 per
cent, yet Salt Lakes council insists on
paying Az per cent, or about One-fifth
more than is necessary. Surely the
Americans would not have us believe
that Salt Lake is not emitted to as
good credit as Boston.
If the bond proposal carried. the city
would be burdened with an annual
charge of from $1,000 to 81. 500 more than
need be-which is about such financier-
ing as could be expected from a Tom
Black administration.
But then the bonds won't be ap-
proved. so there is not much occasion
to worry about the interest rate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
DOLLAR BILLS EoR s5 CENTS.
MIMI Rock Gazettel

Little hOcK GaZeLle-l
One-doliar bills marked down to 80
cents was the bargain Main street
clothier advertised In his show window
last week. One hundred bills Of the
denomination offered for sale were
scattered about in the show window.
and 400 more were piled up near by.
The manager of the store placed them
there bright and early and then pre-
pared for the great influx of bargain
hunters. He decided to place a limit
on the amount that one person might
buy, so that no one would be tempted
TO bull the market and take them all
Strange to say. however. the market
was dull. Passersby whose attention
was attracted by the display of bank
notes either hurried on after taking a
look at the display or else studied them
carefully, as though wondering how
any one had succeeded in making such
perfect counterfeit of a dollar bill.
for they were too wise to believe that
they were real.
AS a result at the end of the day the
clothier had sold only two of the bills.
In disgust he gave up the attempt to
gain a little advertising by such eX-
travagant means, concluding, perhaps,
that the people were not looking for
such bona f!de bargains. but preferred
rather to go to his competitors and
buy dollar shirts marked $3.50 shirts
today for SIPS"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
A SIMPLE SHELL GAME.

In their proposal for bond issue the
Americans" set forth some statements
that need explaining further. For in
stance. they say that $4,000 Is to be
used to pay the balance on the big
water main on Fifth South street.
That main was completed months ago
and is all paid for.
II is stated that $4,000 is to be used
for the intercepting sewer. That sewer
was completed months ago and some
900 has been paid for its compile
ton
Six thousand dollars is alleged to be
necessary for the north bench sewer,
recently completed on Main street in
front of the temple block. This is paid
for.
The council asks for S125.OO0 with
which to build new sewers when, as a
matter OF official record. 5000 viii pay
fol. all the sewers now planned by the
CITY engineer and council, so that the
council is asking for $4,000 more than
n plans TO spend on this work Doubt
less some means of dissipating the $780,
600 surplus would be found if the bonds
were voted, but do the citizens care to
place a 500. 900 temptation in the path
of Black and Martin and men of their
type?
why should the council ask for a
bond issue with which to build a pump
ing plant and pipe line for the connec-
ton between The intercepting sewer and
the gravity sewer when the contracts
for this work have already been let
and amount to only $4,000?
Is that what is meant by $4,000 for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21

no sense a gambling game. Men do not
go TO see a baseball contest for the
purpose of winning the prize of box
at the theatre, a suit of clothes or an
elaborate dinner with a party of
friends. No betting sheds are found
in baseball enclosures. There are no
bookmakers with odds on the different
teams posted up. And practically all
of them forbid the sale of any drinks
more harmful than soda water, root
beer and similar soft" beverages. Low
ers Of baseball do not turn out in order
to drink or gamble. They go because
they are really fond OF the sport.
The marked diminution in the attend
ance at the race tracks in New York
demonstrates one thing conclusively.
People have not been going TO see races
for the fun they could get out of wit
Messing a field of magnificent horses
straining every muscle to pass first un-
der the wire That was all a secondary,
even an unimpOrtant matter. The aver
age raCegOer cares no more about i'm
proving the breed of horses than he
cares about the identity of the chief
of any savage tribe in South Africa.
He goes to the race track to bet his
money in t hope of winning money
from somebody else. That fact has
been absolutely demonstrated.
The baseball fan" goes because he
likes to get out into the open air, to
sit in grand stand or on bleachers for
an hour or two and see efficient ath-
letes contest for the mastery. There is
no brutality about baseball, nothing
that is debasing or demoralizing. And
il is the most popular sport in the
United States today, as for many years
past. 1t will be popular long after pub
lie sentiment has closed every race
track at which gambling is permitted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
HOW STARS ARE COUNTED.
Use Made of the Microscope and of
Photographic Plates.
lLondon MaIll

The gigantic but fascina ting task
which j. franklin Adams, F. r. A. S,
has undertaken of counting the myriad
stars in the heavens and assigning to
each its proper magnitude is one which
demands the quality of almost infinite
patience.
Mr. Franklin-Adams has already Sc
cured Photographic plates covering
the whole of the southern hemisphere,
and these, with the series dealing with
the northern hemisphere, Will number
more than 200. Each plate, which is
fifteen inches square, records from
10000 TO 100000 starry images, and on
a rough calculation the total number
of stars photographed will prove to be
about 28.000,000
The task of counting the stars on the
plates has already been commenced.
and that work, together with the cata-
lOguing, Will take another ten years.
The method of counting the stars on
the plates was explained yesterday by
r. J. Mitchell. Mr.. Franklin-Adams
chief assistant.
First taking one of the plates" said
Mr.. Mitchell, I'VE move it across q
graduated grating, contained in the
field of a high powered microscope. A
horizontal strip i'm the grating is then
examined and the stars i'm this small
area are then counted from left to
right. Of course. it is impossible to
insure absolute accuracy, for there is
the possibility that a star may be
counted twice or missed altogether.
Then there is the difficulty presented
by mechanical specks on the plates,
which may at first be taken for stars;
but Mr.. Franklin-Adams has a method
by means of which all stars above the
tenth magnitude can be differentiated
from dust specks. Mr.. Franklin
Adams and his assistants check one
another in the counting, but there is
always a slight difference in the to-
tails, due. of course, 10 the personal
equation as represented by the oper-
atOr.
Merely to count the stars on an
average plate. apart from noting theiI
Photographic magnitude occupies the
time Of two men for more than a fort
night if they work seven hours a day
In taking the plates Mr. Franklin
Adams used a triple achrOmatic ten
inch lens working at F4. In the north
ern hemisphere the minimum exposure
was two hours and twenty minutes
and i'm the southern, with its clear at
mOsphere. two hours
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
JUST A SUGGESTION.

Nashville CTenn.) American)
Re there on pay day, rain or shine,
with other workers get in line
And draw your modest little bit,
Perhaps you may find use for IT,
Bv coming you'll impress the clerk
That YOU take interest in your work.
Let no attractions far or near
With your attendance interfere,
Don't let a ball game or a play
Keen YOU on their account away
But be there, Johnny on the spot
And draw your pay while 1t is hot
Don't say, although it may be due
I'll let il 90 a week or two
Be game though il may disarrange
Your schedule or your program change
CAL at the stated weekly date
And help to keep bookkeeping straight.
With lust a little extra care
You can remember TO be there,
Ii may perhaps an effort take,
Fngagements you may have to break,
But try to be there il you can.
If not. be sure TO send a man
So tie a string around your thumb,
Quite frequently these pay days come
They're quite a bother. Still YOU know
one can't have everything just so.
So try to be on hand until
The boss says. Nothing doing. Bill
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
(LOndOn Globe }

The bee can outfly the pigeon.
The mole will starve to death in
day.
Fish hooks have been made on pre-
cisely the same design for 1000 years.
The oldest Roman Catholic college in
the United States is Germantown col
lege. Georgetown, D. c
Hasheesh, which i'm its effects is much
the same as opium, is prepared from
the gum taken from hemp.
Australia's largest cattle herd is that
running on the Victoria river station.
northern territory, 800 miles south Of
Port Darwin. It numbers 10000 head.
BY the death of his mother the Rev.
DR.. David Gregg, president of the
Western Theological seminary I'm Allie
gheny City, formerly pastor of churches
in Manhattan and Brooklyn, has come
into property valued at nearly $4,000
The one hundTedth anniversary of the
opening Of the port of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. to international commerce is to
be celebrated next year by a national
exhibition of Industrial. pastoral and
art products from June Is TO Sept. l.
The most remarkable clock weight in
Maine is that of the Baptist church at
Cherryfield, an old smooth bore can
non. The old cannon was one of the
old smooth bore type, and was brought
by Gleason r. Campbell from Boston
on one of the return trips of lumber
vessels.
Mrs Howard Gould of New York and
her sister, Mrs. Sun Yue, wife of a
San Francisco Chinaman, were be-
queathed 81 each by the will of their
father, Soloman Perry Clemmons. His
$4,000 estate is left to his widow dur
ing her lifetime.
Dr. Francis Brown. director of the
American School of Oriental Study at
Jerusalem, was elected president of
Union Theological seminary Tuesday to
succeed the late DR.. Charles Cuthbert
Hall. He will return in September
to assume the post.
A romance which began in New Brit
ain. Conn, has just eliminated in the
wedding at the Kambul mission sta
ton, i'm British East Africa, of P. Her
bert Hassler and Miss Florence j.
Pierce, young missionaries sent out by
the Gospel society of Connecticut.
German not long ago invented a
horseshoe of paper, prepared by satu-
ration with oil, turpentine and other in
gradients. Thin layers Of such paper
are glued TO the hOof till the requisite
thickness is attained. The shoes thus
made are said TO be durable and i'm
penetrabIe by moisture.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21

new" sewers? And isn't IL raw
bunco game for the representatives Of
the people in the council to spring on
the people they are supposed to repre-
sent?
Why can't the Americans be hon
est about il, admit they are on the
verge of financial rigor mortis. and can
didly say they want this $4,000 to save
them from imperiling the eity's credit
in a hopeless effort to meet their OBJ
legations? Until they decide TO tell
the truth. tte whole truth and nothing
but the truth about the condition OF the
treasury, they are not entitled to be
trusted with a dollar of borrowed
money, much less with 100000 of it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
rHE MleHTIEsr Ole.

CV. J. Hampton. In the New York World)
Had Theodore. our Theodore,
Lived in those other days
When mighty men of history
Were showing off their ways
His record as compared with theirs
Would be as haWser-llne TO hairs.
Had he been Julius Caesar when
The Rubicon was nign'
He would have dug a dam canal
And drained the river dry.
Had he been Caesar when the gang
Closed in TO knife the Boss,
He would have. slugged them IN the STATS
To their eternal loss.
Had he been Alex when he Wept
For other worlds to do,
He would have hit the universe
sounding whack or two.
Had he been Antony who fell
To CleOpatra's vile,
He would have sunk her golden barga
And chucked her in the Nile
Had he been Bonaparte, who was
Compelled TO climb the Alps
He would have showed the Alps one slde
And took them dagO scalps.
Had he been Washington VINO dld
Those revolution stunts
For eight long years, he would nave
banged
The British all to once.
Had he been Adam at the time
The devil jumped the wall.
He would have done that party up
To beat the band, that's all
TITS well our Theodore must be
The greatest of the greats
For never vet was nation big
As these United States;
And Theodore wants all 10 know
He's bigger than the whole darn snow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
HIS GLIMPSE OF BROADWAY
The Lone Passenger on the Bob
Tailed Car.
New York Post.)

When the bobtailed car of the Church
and White street line of the Metropoli-
tan Street Railway company turned
eastward into Park place the other
morning on its regular daily trip,
lone passenger rose from his seat and
gazed eagerly over the backs of the
horses toward Broadway.
He had the look of the far west
about him. His broad brimmed felt
hat. blue flannel shirt and corduroy
coat suggested the ranch of the mining
camp. He might have posed for a
Rough Rider" anywhere. He was so
tall that ne had to stoop to gaze out
of the dusty front window, but the
glimpse he got of the citys great
thoroughfare caused his face to light
up with eager anticipation. His lips
moved and one could almost hear him
say: so that's the Great White Way"
is 1.-THE street I've heered the fellows
tellin' about out In Oklahomy?"
The car stopped with a jolt.
Broadway" bawled the conductor
with a grimace.
The passenger took an involuntary
step forward and halted Then he slid
forward to the front of the car and sat
by the window staring out, with dumb
wonder, one imagined at Broadway
inquiry seemed to come over his face
as he watched the driver unhitch his
horses and lead them around to the
other end of the car.
He rose, shook his great frame. and
STROBE TO the rear door. which had
now become the front. The horses
were hitched, the driver gathered up
his reins, and the conductor rang the
bell
The passenger hurried back to the
conductor and began to talk with him
geStiCulating wildly and pointing back
toward Broadway. The conductor
shook his head vigorously. The passen-
ger took off his felt hat and mopped
his brow with a red handkerchief. As
he sat down again in the middle Of
the car it seemed as though a wistful,
almost despairing, expression settled
over his features. He leaned to look
back at the street he had not reached,
as one who had looked from afar upon
a promised land, and knew that its
joys were not for him.
Half way back to Church street the
car came to a stop in front of a big
truck A sympathetic OnloOker. who
had observed the passengers apparent
disappointment, made his way to the
street and asked the conductor:
Where is your passenger going ?
Why didn't he get out at Broadway
"Him?" exclaimed the conductor
with a grin mOtfoning with his thumb
toward the man i'm the car. He ain
no passenger. He's jes' one Of the
yard men takin' a mOrnin' ride"