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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21

A survey OF the route along the Atlantic coast for the proposed inland
waterway will probably be ordered by Congress- the object being to get an
estimate of the cost with a channel of sixteen feet minimum depth IT is
uncertain What this Congress win do, IS its policy is dictated by a few men
who conceive that cheese pairing is the highest duty and the most effective
appeal to the public sentiment The great waterways conventions that have
been held and the popular interest aroused n the East and West in the de-
as to the real sentiment of the country and as to Congressional duty. Con-
gress has laid u to slaughter the appropriations for the national defense
and the long and criminal neglect Of our insular possessions is to be con-
tnued. But IL the demand o. the country for inland waterway improvements
is to be disregarded by a do-nothng Congress at least the one step Of order
ing a survey of the Atlantic coast route should be taken. That would re-
Congress IF som of the contempt which it is inviting.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
BETTER PROGRESS AT TRENTON.

As the legislative session draws to a close more ginger is put into the
work. Good progress a made this week despite tho interruption and dis
traction caused by the rrohit'',~st assault upon the lawmakers Next week
Interruptions the sessions business viii be well advanced when the two houses
adjourn for the week No bill of Importance has yet reached the Governor,
but in a fortnight hence he will probably receive some bills Of greatest inter
est or will know that they are lost If the program decided upon shall be
adhered to- the time for Introduce Is is limited, while all bills must be
passed and in the Governors hands sin time for him to dispose of them
within five days after adjournment There are % about six hundred bills in
the two houses, which is grst enough to keep the legislative mills going
steadily until April IL.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
GIVE YORK TO THE UNEMPLOYED.

The experience of the Shade Tree Commission in giving employment to
fifty men ot of work is told in a communication to THE MORNING STAR
by me of the commissioners The majority of tho men employed are ntela-
gent m refine and were LII in need for their families The appeal is made
to citizens to give opportunities for work to the unemployed by having neces-
say work done Elm and about their dwellings, and the appeal is timely. In a
city like Newark there is much of this to be done at the end of the
winters n in view Of the need for work it should be done at once The
municipality itself should anticipate improvement work a S much as
quickly a possible. All kinds of construction should be begun without delay.
A few Tvs or weeks nean much 10 men who are out Of work II whose
means are exhausted. But private enterprise a do much more a bureau
Of employment to which could be transmitted applications from citizens for
men, or Won to do specified work and to which thu unemployed could apply
would be a necessary aid. THE STAR presents the suggestion to Mayor
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
REALISM IN ART.

.'The artist Klexter has painted a pic
ture of a winter landscape SO we'll that
if you look at it long you seem to get
quite cold"
That's nothing: YOU ought to sec
SchmlrinslSy's Flight: 1t is so realistic
that, after the first look, you are
Obliged to take to your h~eels.-Phila-
deIphia Inquirer.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
SENSITIVE SUBJECT.

fSpaccr out of a job? why, I thought
he was running a fashion department
in a woman's magazine
Yes, but he caused the magazine to
lose so many subscribers, they fred
him.
"How in the world did that happen
why, the holster headed his column
New Wrinkles for Women. THE
Wasp.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
JApAN ro RECEIVE ouR ELEHr.

There was expectation that Japan would extend to our batteship fleet an
Invitation to pay a friendly visit to a Japanese port and n surprise is felt
that the expected has happened. Under the circumstances, our government
vas fan to accept. A declnahon, however courteous or reasonable, might
have been misconstrued. 1t certainly would have beer maHdouIy misrepre-
sented. So the feet will 90 to Yokohama, where its reception will doubtless
eclipse all previous ones and be N of the most notable and picturesque
events that have been chroniced for the Far East. The eyes of all Asia, as
well as of Europe, viii be fixed upon it, and tho Asiatc mind will receive from
it new and greatly enlarged impressions of the power and majesty of the
American enub
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
ELEVEN DAYS FOR LEGISLATION.

-Four Tally sessions a week are promised by the Legislature, to be kept
up until final adjournment. No bp o. any Importance has vet been sent to
the Governor, and all the principal business of the session is in embryo Ad-
1ournmeu is planned for April 10 which allows for about eleven working
days, or three full days each week. if the Legislature adjourns Thursday
afternoon. Much and little can be done in that period. The really impor-
tant bills of the session can be put through or disposed II oil they can be left
in various stages If legislation while the members push through their pa
rodnal bills. In the next eleven days the leaders in The two houses can
show what kind or stun they are made Of
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
OBTAINING PATENTS.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
l would be very much obliged to
you if you would please inform me
through THE EVENING STAR if a
certain article can be patented on a
plan before the article is finished.
FRANK J. d.
TIT can. If the theory Of the inven-
ton is worked out completely and
proper specifications are submitted, it
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
NATURALIZATION OF MINORS.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star;
VIII you kindly publish in your vaiu-
able paper il a gerson who came to
this country under the age of p years
can take his full papers out at one
time, and If he is entitled to a vote
next presidential election?
A CONSTANT READER.
Tan alien minor may take out his
first papers on attaining the age OF
Is years. but lie can only become a
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
THE LUCKY PART OF IT.

"a fool and his money are 0
parted" quoted the Wise Guy.
"Yes, but they were lucky ever to
have gotten together in the first place.
added the Simple Mug.-Philadelphia
Record.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
HIS E SACRIFICE.

And you promise to give up club
life altogether when we are married?'
Absolutely, darling"
How many do You belong to?
only one. the Bachelors Club.
Boston Transcript.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
LENGTH nE STREETS.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Kindly let me know through your
EVENING STAR. if Broad street, of
the city of Newark, is one mile longer
than Bergen street, of this city, aud if
rot, what is the difference between
same streets? MIKE CORRIGAN.
TBroad street is 9.22 miles long and
Bergen street is $50 miles long.-Ed.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
STAR 5

tAnonyHnous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names OF correspondents are not required for
publication, but as a guarantee of good faith.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
ALWAYS A SUBJECT.

IF there was no weather what would
people talk about?'
Seems to me the absence of weather
would be strange enough to really be
worth comment philadelphia Ledger.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
PAST H LIMIT.

Did YOU ever soc any one so
homely?"
mo; why he's so homely that auto
mobile goggles are actually becoming
to him."-St, Louis Times.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
HAVE A LAUGH WITH US
STATIONARY

Gibbs-I don't believe that you can
mention a single necessary of life that
hasn't gone up.
Dibbs-Yes, l an, and a mighty Inn
portant one, my salary.-Boston Tran
script.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
SHAME. ARGUS!

At least SO people say
(We'n bet he led the rubber guys
Upon a rainy day.)
Buffalo News.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21

citizen after having his first papers at
least two years and having resided
within the United States five years.
n having attained the & of Il
years-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21

is not necessary that the invention it.
self be completed in order that a patent
may be obtained.-Ed.]
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
A TEACHER IN DEBT.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
II a teacher contracts a bill and fails
to pay, can the bill be presented to the
Board of Education and collected out
of he teachers salary?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21

lit can not. 1t can be collected only
through the regular legal channels
Ed
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
GOOD BOOKS.

GOOD BOOKS.
My books are borrowed. not returned,
Much to my discomfort.
They're like good Christians at this
time
Resolved on keeping Lent
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
MRS. HAsHINGToN's DIFFICULTIES.

Boarder-You can divide a chicken
with mathematical accuracy. Mrs.
Washington.
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures it is easy
enough. | wish I could multiply it,
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-08
UNC' J0E'S BIRTHDAY HOUSE WISHES SPEAKER CANNON MANY HAPPY RETURNS. A Massive Basket of Flowers Crowned With a Ssik Flag, Was Pre-
 scented by the Illinois
 Degenatf0m.

Washington, May "A touching trib- ute was paid in the House of Repre- sentatives today to Speaker Cannon upon the occasion of the 12nd anniver- sary of his birth. The usual roll call on taking a recess at the close of the day had proceeded for some time. when it was interrupted by Mir. Champ Clark of Missouri .Mr. Speaker he inquir- ed, lis not this the 72nd anniversary of the birth of the Speaker?"
 The Speaker. seemed taken by sur prise, and modestly bowed that it was.
 well" remarked MT. Clark, amid applause. T wish to say we all wish you many happy returns" :.
 Cries of speech" speech" followed and the Speaker said:
 ''Except by unanimous consent it ought not to be in order for anybody to interrupt the roll call. but in the absence of objection, sincerely thank tha gentleman from Missouri-my friend, personal friend. as l am his political opponen4 as am his--for his .istggaksIa anassssaxstfasnzsa- on this, the 2Ra anniversary of my birth, ! sometimes wish I could forget it and everyoody
 Here the House broke out Into ap- plause and laughter. "But," he said aafter all, 1t is sene compensation TOT being 72 when friends recollect the birthday with kind words and thought" ,
 on motion of Mir. Macon, of Arkan- sas. the roll call was vacated m nonor os the Sneakers birthday" and tho tIouse took a, recess. A massive bas' Lei of flowers, crowned with a silk f5a0 hearing the words "Birthday TsreetIngs." in gold letters. the gift of the Illinois delegation, adorned the Speakers private room.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-08
APPEALS TO WOMEN
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHAR
 TIES AND CORRECTION.
Many Addresses of Interest are Made by Prominent Speakers and Re- ports of Various Divisions
 are Read.

Richmond. Va. May 7.--Mrs. John M. Glenn of Baltimore, at the general session of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. tonight made an earnest appeal to the women of the South to lift themselves above the aristocratic conception that 1t was wrong to extend g helping hand to those requiring their generosity and love.
 Her address on "The Working Force of Organized Charity contained sound and practical advice as to how the orr ganization, tempered as 1t is with love and religion, could become the main stay of needy families.
 Before the conference began it's night program. unanimous consent was given for tile presentation of 2 resolution pro- viding for the appointment of com mittee of eleven to investigate the ad- visibility and feasibility of federating the philanthropic societies. allowing each to have individual charge of it's respective section meetings. Whether this opens the way for kindred branches to come in under the main plan was not made clear, although 1t was explained that the conference had outgrown the expectations and purposes of the orig inal founders. In a way 1t was made clear that each of the sections would prepare and manage it's own line of work, still remaining. however, under the wing of the parent society.
 Devoted to Needy families, their homes and neighbors." the merger meeting at St. Paul's Church was full of interest to members and the large audience which crowded the church. After Mrs. Glenn, who presided, had read her report. President Herbert Weleh of the Ohio Weslyan University and President of the Methodist Fedora tion of Social Servicc Rev. W. J. Kerby a professor of sociology in the Catholic University at Washington, and Miss Mary s. Richmond, Secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity, spoke on various phases of the evening topic.
 At the public health meeting. Dr. Charles R. Grandy of Norfolk read a paper on "The Consumptive Negro" in which he showed that the death rate had largely increased. Pointing out the fact that this disease was prac- tically unknown in the days of slav- cry, he held that the spread was due to tions and an unwillingness to use pre- cautionary methods for prevention.
 Frank J. Bruno of Colorado Springs Colo. read q paper on "A National Sanitarium for Tuberculosis" urging establishment of such an institution in the Rocky Mountains by the charita ble organizations. The question of govern ment aid was informally discussed.
 Judge Julian W. Mack formerly of the Chicago Juvenile Court. spoke on Juvenile Courts as Part of the School System of the Country" Be- fore the section devoted to the care of criminals. J. A. Leonard. Superin- tendent of the State Reformatory at Mansfield O.. discussed "Reformatory Discipline and Industries"
 Francis Fl. Mclean, Secretary of the Field Department for Extension of Or ganized Charity, read a paper at to- nights session on How Can We Raise Our Standards of Efficiency in Dealing With Needy Families?''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-08
LIVES ARE IN PERIL
LIFE-sAVING CREW UNABLE TO
 REACH SHIP.
Four-Masted ship Rickmers, With a Hundred Men on Board, Lies in
 a Perflous Position on Short Beach.

New York, May 7.-Bufeted. by seas which a bowling southeastcr sent surg ing over the shallows of Short Beach until she was all broken up an1idsh ips, the four-masted ship Peter Rickmers, with hundred men on board, lay in a position of extreme peril tonight.
 When closed in and shut off the view, the vessel was being swept from side to side by white seas. Only her jug ger remained and on board were her crew of forty-odd men and the sixty wreckers put aboard to jettison the cargo of case oil and to kedge the big Dutchman out into deep water. Once lines were flung across the boat, but the wind and seas swept them away.
 All day llfe-savers awaited a calm ing of the storm which would enable them to send their sarfboats to the dis dressed vessel. The rough seas, how ever, continued. and the wreck had not been reached by night. At late hour. the Sandy Hook life-saving crew, known all along the coast for feats of daring. boarded the revenue cutter Mo- hawk and taking their famous power boat Rescue in tow, headed for the Riekmers. Presently the. cutter was forced to turn back and at midnight, the life-savers returned to the Sandy Hook station. It was then announced that they would again board the Mo- hawk at 3:3O o'clock tomorrow morn ing and make a new start. They hope to reach the Rickmers by daylight.
 Although the wind began to die down after sunset, it still hung south of east and the vessel Is doomed with out doubt. In the opinion of lifeSsav- CTS and bay men. It Is impossible to reach her off shore and whatever suc- cor the five score men may expect must come from seaward
 Those who know the trGaClerOuS Long Island shore know that there Is no hope of the seas subsiding for an- other twenty-four hours and it is cer- tain that the Rickmers cannot last that long unless by a miracle.
 In command of Captain Bachmann. the Peter Rickmers sailed from New York April 30, bound to Rangoon, Bur nah, with a cargo of 10000 cases of crude petroleum. She cleared Sandy Hook during the day and started on her voyage eastward. During that night, however, she ran Into storm which drove her on the sand bar at Reachs Inlet. She was unable to work herself off the sand, and wreck CTS were employed to float the ship.
 In order to jettison the cargo so she could be foated easier, the wreckers yesterday placed sixty men aboard the Rickmers. These men were aboard yesterday when the storm broke and prevented their return to the wrecking steamers. The wrecking steamers l.. J. Merritt and Rescue are tonight standing by the stranded ship.
 The Rickmers was built at Port Glas- gow. Scotland, in 1889, and Is vessel of 2.95S tons gross register. She is designated as four-masted bark abroad. but is classed as a ship here. She is a steel vessel and was under charter of the Standard oil Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-08
FOUR PERSONS
 LOSE LIVES Twelve Others Injured in New York Fire. BIG TENEMENT HOUSE BURNS Many Exciting Scenes Enacted on
 Fire Escapes. Policemen and Bremen Work Heroic- ally and Save the Lives of Scores
 of Women and Little
 Children.
BIG TENEMENT HOUSE BURNS

New York. May -Four persons today in a fire believed to be of incenN diary origin. which practically de- stroyed the fve-story tenement house at 10I Orchard Street.
 This building Is within q stones throw of Delanecy and Allen Streets. where twenty-six persons were burned to death in a tenement house fire three years ago.
 The dead are: Fla Berg, 6s years old: Samuel Sachs. 10 years old; Hattie Koplemann. Ia years old; an uniden- titled man.
 The fire was first seen by a police man who turned into Orchard Street when the flames were shooting from windows in the lower part of the house. His call for help brought several other officers to his assistance and in . mos ment, nearly every ofie in the house had been aroused and the fire escapes were choked with frightened tenants. The policemen carried several children to the ground before the hremen ar- rived. By that time. the condition of the fire escapes were almost hopeless. Men. women and children were packed so closely on the narrow platform that no one could get down.
 W nite persons LII tuc buifutHA WAU had been unable to get out because all the windows leading to the fire escapes were crowded. struggled for exit on one side. the firemen on exten- sion ladders, Iabored on the other. One by one women and children were drag ged from the overloaded platforms by the firemen and carried down the exten- sion ladders to the streets safely. More than a hundred persons were taken from the fire escapes in this way
 In the meantime. those who had been forced to remain in the blazing house had been having a serious time, Some of them, finding escape by windows and stairways blocked, sought to get out on the roof. Not one of them succeeded in reaching the roof. how ever, as the flames had swept up the stairwaya andh spread all through the upper part of the building. IL was while attempting to reach the upper part of the house that little Hattie Kopiemann lost her life and her mother had . remarkably narrow escape from death. Mrs Koplemann had gone out on fire escape intending to make her way to the roof as the flames were sweeping around the lower part of the iron ladder. She had the child in her arms when she stepped through the window to the platform. A mis- step caused her to fall, and as sl 6 struck the side of the platform, Hattie fell from her arms and rolled through the opening in the platform to the platform of the floor below, which was ret-h There the child was burned to death before any one could reach
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-08
CUSTER SUIT BEGUN.
International Harvester Company Charged With Violating Anfl-
 Truef LMVwa.


 Jefferson City. Mo-, may 7--TakinG of testimony in the custer suit of Att torney General Hadley against the In- ternational Harvester Company of America. on the allegation of violating the antitrust laws. was begun here to- day before Special Commissioner Theo- dore Brace.
 The company admits doing business in Missouri as agent of the Interna- tional Harvester Company of New Jer- sey, but denies 1t Is violating the stata antitrust laws. The directors and of- ficers of the company are the same as for the New Jersey Company and the stock Is held by the trustees, c. A Deering. George W. Perkins and c. + Mccormick.
 Attorney General Hadley contends that this showing Is evidence that the company attempts to control the out- put and prices for the sale of agricuit- ural machinery. Cyrus Fl. McCormaek of Chicago, president of both compa- nies. was a witness today.
 After testifyinE that he knew noth- ing of the organization of the trust, MT. Mccormack admitted that when the International Harvester Company - formed with his company and Tour other companIes as members, with 6 capital of s12O. .o00 GOO. he was made nresident. He testified that when ha consulted with GeorgS v. Perkins ln regard to enlarging the McCormacE business. MT. Perkins suggesteo tnes Mccormack sell out saying he wouia finance the proposition.
 "DId he tell you he was going to tatn in the other leading harvester eompaniesY'' asked Attorney Genera1 Hadley ,..,,.,, ,s
 He did not. but inferred as much. renlied Mir Mccormack.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-08
ONE MAN KILLED.
A Severe Wind and Rain storm Visits
 Chicago.

a Severe Wtuu MMN S@%-N-H
 Chicago. M
 Chicago. May lone man was kiiieo. many pedestrians were put in peril oy faIiine live wires and others were bIown down and injured dus3nF ter rife wind and raln storm which ser in early today. ....A.
 Windows were broken. electric wires carried away. and trees blown down.
 The official report of the weather nu- raau was that the winds attained a rnaxImum velocity of forty miles. but I'm inc suburbs and along the Lake shore. the force was much greater than this.
 John Lucas. e5 years of age employ ed by the Belt Line Railroad, was blown down several times by the ylnd at Seventy fifth and Halsted Streets He died within a few minutes. Mrs Henry Biggs was blown down at the corner of South Water and State Streets. sustaining injuries which com pelIed her removal fin an ambulance.
 Frank Jti as, tea mster, was blown from his wagon at State and Randolph Streets and seriously injured. Police- man Herman Schlater was badly in- jured by a live wire at One Hundred and Nineteenth and Sangamon Streets. The wire had broken loose in the wind and Schlater while attempting to warn people. slipped and fell Into hole of water which at the same moment .1ae touched by the live wire.