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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
KNOX TO SUCCEED ROOT
Mt. Taft Announces Senator as
Secretary of State.
President Iect Fails to Confirm f,
III. Hitchcock as Postmaster-Gen-
eral--Root May Soon Quit.

Augusta, Ga.-Philande G. Knox,
formerly Acknowledgement of the
United States in the Cabinet Of Will
lam Mckinley and Theodore Roose-
welt and present junior Senator from
Pennsylvania, will hold the position
Of Secretary Of State and sit at the
head of the Cabinet of William H.
Taft when the latter assumes the
Presidency on March 4.
Official announcement of this fact
signalized Mr. Taft's arrival in Au-
gusta for period of rest prior to his
departure for Panama on January
rs. The post was rendered Senator
Knox in New York City, when, by
request, he met the President
elect at the home of the latter's
brother, Henry w. Taft. His tele-
gram of acceptance reached Mr.. Taft
here.
THAT is the one and the only
Cabinet appointment determined
upon at this time" asserted the Pres
ident-elect with emphasis. For some
reason he thus failed to confirm that
Frank H. Hitchcock's appointment to
the ster-Generalship haR been
officially clinched. Further, he de-
MED that the post of Attorney-Gen-
eral had been rendered to George w.
Wickersham, of New York City, who
was reported "in reliable quarters"
to have been formally designated for
that Cabinet Office.
Several of the closest advisers of
the President-elect had believed that
the post of Secretary of State would
eventually would go to John G.
Spooner, formerly Senator from Wis
consin, now actively engaged in law
practice in New York City.
II was very glad, indeed" said the
President-elect, ITO receive Senator
Knox's telegram of acceptance. I de-
sired for the post .-of Secretary of
State an able lawyer and man who
had been a figure in the public eye.
Senator Knox is lawyer of unques-
toned ability; he has been promin-
ent figure in our public life and he
has rendered services of great import
to the country"
y 1t can be authoritatively stated
that, according to the plans, Secre-
tary Root is expected to resign soon,
in order to be free of public Office
when the New York State Legislature
names him, in accordance with exist
ing political arrangements. as the sue
cessor to Senator Thomas G. Platt.
BY this course President Roosevelt is
to have opportunity to elevate Robert
Bacon, of New York, present Assist
ane Secretary of State, to the head of
the State Department. Thus Mr.. Ba-
con, whose name had been mentioned
as a possible appointee to the Secre-
taryship by Mr.. Taft, along with the
names of Whitelaw Reid and Senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts,, can be grad
uated with the epaulets and the blue
ribbon when Senator Knox is formal
ly indicted into the Office. Hence,
the country is to have two new men
at the helm of the State Department,
it can be asserted with authority,
within the ensuing few months.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22

New York City.-The coming to the
forefront of the electrical toys in this
years Christmas display is a signal
for the foreign toymakers to watch
out for American competition. Prac-
tically all the devices with motor and
dynamo attachments are of domestic
make.
Until very recent years nearly all
the playthings sold in this country
were imported from France, Germany
and Austria, with a few from Eng
land, but now it looks as if America
were taking up the trade in earnest,
and it is a far larger industry than
the casual shopper would ever dream.
Last year Germany, which leads in
toy manufacturing, exported $751;
100000 worth, while France, which
ranks second, sent out $7,500,000.
Estimated on the fact that we import
ed between 100000 and 12,000,-
900 toys and dolls, not counting a
thirty-five per cent. duty, it is reck-
oned that last years retail sales of
foreign and domestic playthings came
to at least $30,000,000.
1t was with the introduction of ex-
pensive iron toys that America began
to supply some of its own demand, so
that now, while the domestic products
do not equal the imports, they make
a considerable factor, and threaten
more and more to drive out the for
eign makers.
This is strikingly shown in the
new electrical toys, which depend so
largely for their success on the inge-
nuity of the inventor-the forte of
the American mechanic-rather than
on the technical skill of the ordinary
workman weak point here.
AS long as iron toys were made to
run by screws and mechanism, Ger
many was able to hold the market
because of the greater technical pro-
ficiency of her factory hands. A boy
from their trade schools could do the
work which requires skilled man
here, making it possible for the Ger
man factory to turn out cheaper and
better toys.
However, some clever American
mechanic hit upon the scheme of sub
shutting electricity for mechanism,
greatly to the joy of the American
boy, and at the same time greatly to
the advantage of American toymak-
ers.
Now, instead of winding up box
TO keep the Train OIL cars d-nOVluS,
they are placed on third rail sys-
TEN. BY making the cars very light.
battery too weak to shock the small
proprietor will operate the cars sue
cessfully. Besides initiating him into
the mysteries of the switch, sema-
phore and round house, there are
electric trip-hammers, punches, dy-
namos, scroll saws, buzz saws and
chain and bucket derricks, all new
this year, to the credit of American
ingenuity.
A far more skillful piece of mech
anism is the German ferryboat train.
The cars go around the track and on
the boat while the stopping of the
train sets the ferryboat in motion;
then it moves across the imaginary
river, landing the cars at the station.
This, however, is worked by plain
spring.
In vain the demonstration of an air.
ship run by an elastic band does his
duty as barker" shouting that his
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
ROBBED AND HANGED.
Father of Twelve Children Found
Strung Up on Tree.

Father of Twelve Children Found
Strung Up on a Tree.
Roanoke, Va.-While going with
his wife and twelve children from
Esterhazy, Canada, to Petersburg,
Va, where they expected to make
their home, Charles Kreicar met a
tragic death near Graham, Va. His
body was found hanging to tree,
suspended by heavy Irvine around
his neck.
The police believe that Kreicar,
who displayed a large roll of money
on the train between Cincinnati and
Bluefield, W. Va, according to the
conductor, was robbed and murdered.
When the train reached Bluefield,
Kreicar left it to get luncheon for
his wife and children. The train
pulled out before Kreicar returned
and he was left behind. He had the
railroad tickets from Roanoke to
Petersburg in his pockets, and when
the train reached Roanoke, after mid
night, Mrs. Kreicar and the twelve
little ones entered a waiting room
and remained there all night. A mes
sage told of the finding of the body.
The railroad tickets, SIS in Amer
lean money and two Canadian coins
were in Kreicar's pockets.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
The Field of Labor.

There are about 100000 laun-
dresses in this country, according to
the last census.
There are fifty-seven active labor
unions in Santa Clara County, Ca&i-
fornia. Of which forty-one are in the
city of San Jose.
In 1928 the Workinmen's party, a
local political organization, appeared
In New York, Boston, Philadelphia
and other large cities.
The Chinese Government has es-
tablished a school at Shanghai to in
Btruct the sons of fishermen in mod
ern methods of fish culture.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22

President-elect Gomez Of Cuba
greeted the people Of the United
States.
King Haakon was the first contrib
utor to Captain Amundsen's Polar ex-
petition. He gave $4,000.
]. Pierpont Morgan belongs to
thirty-five clubs. and his membership
dues figure over $1,000 annually.
The Rev. James e. Moerdyk, Or.
Myra H. Josselyn and Gerrit }. Pen
nings sailed from New York City to
begin missionary work in Arabia, un-
der the auspices of the Reformed
Church OF America
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22

Hardy, Ark. Mrs. Maud Pepoon,
wife of Henry Pepoon, a farmer on
Blue Clay Creek, got up the other
morning and proceeded to search her
husbands trousers, as was her usual
custom, but instead of finding the
customary collection of small change
she grasped a giant bullfrog.
Her wild shrek woke her husband,
who leaped from his bed, intending
to tell her 1t was all a joke, but she
already had rushed out of the door
and into the adjoining woods, still
screaming.
Pepoon pursued her, and both
might have been running yet had not
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
stub Ends OF News.

The Hotel Metropole at Brookfield,
Mass, was burned.
President Castro is said to be angry
over his treatment by the French Gov
eminent.
The French and American consular
agents at Mirogoane gave refuge to
Haitian officials.
Fire in a Williamsburg, N. Y,
building, led firemen and police to a
moonshiners den.
Samuel G. Smith, well-to-do man
ufacturer, OF Canastota, n r., COM
mitted suicide on board steamer at
Kingston, Jamaica.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
The Field Of sports.

Ketchel now says that he will not
fight Papke again.
Strict rules were adopted to gov
ern the next Briarcliff auto race.
The Associated Cricket Clubs of
Philadelphia received an invitation
for team to tour the West Indies in
February.
James Gordon Bennett has pre-
sented to the French Aero Club an in
ternational aviation cup, valued at
$4,000. as we'll as three sums of
$4,000, to be added as prizes in the
first three annual competitions.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
Jewels in Goose's Gizard.

This is the goose that laid the
golden egg, said Mrs. Durward Cor
nelius, of No. $50 Highland avenue.
Beloit, Wis, to her little daughter
Theresa as she was preparing a goose
for dinner, Mamma, let me take
the gizzard to look for the gold
pleaded the little girl. She dissected
the portion which her mother gave
her, and to everyone's establishment
found two diamonds worth about $12
each and a piece of gold, evidently
from a setting.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
Halls OF Congress.

Senator Hale was elected chairman
of the Republican caucus.
A bill providing for the protection
of aliens in the United States was
passed.
The bill providing for Government
investigation of labor disputes was
killed in the House.
A resolution fixing the boundary
between Colorado, New Mexico and
Oklahoma was adopted
The annual report of Secretary of
War Wright called for big increase
In appropriations for the next fiscal
year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22

2,Ooo,OOO DINER WorISnnen I'M
Washington, D. C.-Between 3d.
900 and $4,000 deaths and 100000
injured is the accident record in the
United States during the last year
among workingmen, according to a
bulletin on accidents issued by the
Bureau of Labor. OF those employed
In factories and workshops it is as
serted that probably the most exposed
class are the workers in iron and
steel. Fatal accidents among electri-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
JOKES ON WAY TO cALLows.
Spgrns Clergy, Saying He Wants to
Go Hades For Purpose.

Charlotte, N. c. Henry Harvey, a
negro, who was hanged at Rocking
ham, N. c., for murder, refused the
attention of the ministers, telling
that he desired to go to hades for a
special purpose.
On the march to the gallows a
chicken few over the heads of the
party, and the condemned man ex-
claimed laughingly:
Somebody catch that chicken"
Harvey's crime was the killing Of
Hugh Prince, also colored, at Rock
ingham, last summer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
Third NIarriage at 0s.

At Norristown, Pa, Joseph Monroe
and Josephine Hoff, both of Phila-
delphia, attracted attention at the
Court House when they applied for
a marriage license. The bridegroom
gave his age as sixty years and the
bride as sixty-eight. The bride adj
mitted that it was her third matri-
monial venture,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
WE ARE FOND OF SWEETS.
Americans Eat Half Their Own
Weight of Sugar in Year.

Washington, d. C.-Figures gath
cred by the Bureau Of Statistics show
that the average American citizen
consumes half his own weight In SUI
gar every year, and that the peoples
sugar bill is a million dollars day.
The total consumption Of sugar In
this country in 1907 was 7,0S9.667.-
975 pounds, worth, at FIVE and half
cents pound. 1912 100000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
Thirteen Hunters killed in Maine.

In the game season in Maine thir-
teen persons met their death, twelve
by firearms and one by drowning.
Two were shot by brothers, two by
companions, five shot themselves by
accidental discharge of their weap-
ons, two were shot by being mistaken
for deer, and one man was shot by
a hunter when he was aiming at a
deer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
s25o,ooo WILL IN TUB.
Missing Document of Boston Man
Found Nailed in Sub-celIar.

Missing document OF Boston Man
Found Nailed in Sub-cellar.
Boston Enclosed in red envel-
ope and nailed to the bottom of a
washtub the will of the late Patrick
Monahan, of Charlestown, disposing
of property valued at S250,000, was
found in the cellar. Monahan was a
grocer and was not married. When
he died in September no will could
be found, and John Monahan, of Chi
aago, a brother, was made admins
TRAITOR.
OF the estate 100000 is left to
John Monahan, 100000 to sister
ln-law, Margaret Mullen, of Boston;
$4,000 each to three sisters in Ire
land, and smaller amountsto nephews
and nieces.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
$4,000 KILLED IN LAST YEAR.

red Ina United states Factories
clans and electric linemen and coal
miners are said to be excessive, while
railway trainmen were killed in the
proportion of 7.46 deaths for 1000
employees.
The bulletin says much that could
be done for the protection of the
workingman is neglected, though
many and far-reaching Improvements
have been introduced in factory prac-
tice during the last decade.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
HANNAHAN TO RETIRE.
Grand Master of Railway Order to
Join Big Corporation.

New York City.-John J. Hanna
han, known as The Peacemaker,"
from the number of strikes he has
settled or averted as Grand Master of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Engineers, and who was one
of those invited to the recent Labor
Dinner at the White House, is about
to leave the ranks of organized labor.
On the first of the year he win be-
come vice-president of the American
Automatic Stoker Company, backed
by Edwin Hawley and Theodore P.
Shonts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22

John H. Waterhouse has been elect
ed Mayor or North Adams, Mass. He
received 1874 votes; Marshall r..
Ford, 1893, and William G. Cady,
S26. The city voted in favor of licen-
sing liquor selling by 1927 to 1902
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
WHAT BECAME OF THE FROG THAT CAUSED THE RUCTION2
Jump INTO to Thema
EIOus is

their wild flight been suddenly halted
by big black bear rushing ferocious-
ly at them from the opposite direc-
ton.
The Pepoons whirled instantly and
rushed for their dwelling, the bear
after them and gaining. Just as they
neared the clearing they noticed their
house was on fire, probably due to
the overturning of a kerosene lamp
in their hasty exit.
To escape the bear both jumped
into we'll, from which, almost dead,
they were rescued after neighbors
shot the bear. The dwelling was
burned to ashes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22

Receipts of cheese continue light
and market slants upward the best
quotation being fourteen and half
cents. All grades are in steady de-
mand and supplies sufficient, although
quantity of choice lots is strictly linn
tied
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
Ts our snpscrrper,

When you wish to change T.
Of your paper be sure and
present address as well as the
II this is not done it is imI
make the change promptly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
Plumbing, Timing, Steam
and Gas Fitting

at their OFFICE, Al Mill street, tele-
phone 284-l, or at the store Of William
a. Hibler, South street, city,
The Senior member of this partner
ship, JOHN J. CARROLL, has been
plumbing In this city for twenty-nine
years, and his reputation as plumber
is too well known for any further COM
ment. 2538.
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Watson (Populist) ............. 1891
Gilhaus Socialist Labcr) ......... 1921
Total for all candidates. IA 1852 ,239
This grand total exceeds by / 3 41,-
531 the total number of votes cast in
the Presidential election of 1904,
when the grand total was 13,510,708.
Compared with that election, the
candidates of the Republican, Demo-
cratic and Socialist parties increased
their votes this year. The reverse is
true of the candidates of the Prohibit
ton, Populist and Socialist Labor
parties. The Independence party did
not figure in the Presidential election
of four years ago.
The greatest difference in a party
vote is shown in an increase for
Bryan of 1,315,2H over the total
vote cast in 1904 for Alton B. Parker.
Judge Taft received 14,190 votes
more than were polled for President
Roosevelt in 1904, and Debs ran 49,
368 ahead of his predecessor on the
Socialist ticket.
The heaviest loss is shown by the
Populists, who, with the same candi-
date, registered S3,312 votes less this
year than in 1904, when their total
was 117,183. The Prohibitionist can
didate, Chain, ran 1924 votes be-
hind the 1904 mark of his party, and
Gilhaus, the Socialist Labor cand1-
date, received only about fifty per
cent. of the vote given to Corrigan,
which was 31,249 in the previous
Presidential race.
New York (870,070), Pennsylvania
(745,779) and Illinois t629,932)
gave Taft the greatest number OF
votes among the States, while as to
Bryan the order was New York (667,-
468), Ohio (502,721) and Illinois
(450,810)
The votes cast for Taft and Bryan
were almost identical in number in
Maryland and Nevada. In the first
Taft received 111,253 and Bryan
111,117, and in the other 1924 and
10, 655, respectively.
Debs received his largest vote in
Pennsylvania, 39,913; Illinois, 49,
I'll, and New York, 38,451. Yer
mont was the only State in which not
a single vote was cast for the Social
list candidate. Delaware gave him
only seventy-five votes.
Hisgen's vote in New York 1885,
SID and in his own State OF Massa--
chusetts (19,237) together formed
nearly two-thirds of all the votes he
received in the whole country. In six
States not a vote was cast for him.
Nine States registered not a single
vote for the Prohibitionist candidate.
The Socialist Labor candidate re-
ceived votes in only thirteen States,
and in only nineteen States were
votes cast for Watson, of the Populist
Marty
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
POPULAR VOTE IN
NATION COMPILED
Principal Nominees Gain Over To-
tails Received by Predecessors.
Mr.. TAFTs FIGURE is 763z676
Reports From All States Give to
Bryan 6,303,182 - Full Count
For Debs 447,651-RepubIican
Total Exceeds Roosevelt's.

Washington, D. C.-The total pop
ular vote Of the various Presidential
candidates at the last national cleo
ton was made known in an official
form by the filing of the last Of the
official vote, that of Michigan. The
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-22
NOTICEy

JOHN J. CARROLL. who for years,
mas been in the firm Of LooNEY s. CAR
ROLL, has formed partnership with
his son, WILLIAM J. CARROLL, and
they are now ready to receive orders for
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-27
FIRST STEP TOWARD SUFFRAGE
Advocate Says Women Must Convince
Men That They Want It.

Miss f. L. Todd. the first woman in
ventor Of an aeroplane. spoke hope
fully, at a luncheon in New York the
other day, OF woman suffrage.
We shall get the vote" she said
las soon as we convince man that we
want him to give it to us. Show man
that We like the type Of male whc
favors votes for women, and he will
become that type, as he is now chiv'
alrous because he thinks We like the
chivalrous type.
We women don't appreciate our
power over man." said Miss Todd
and yet things continually happen to
reveal this power. Thus. while l was
calling on a young matron recently,
her little son came in, wet UP to the
knees.
His mother snatched away his hat
and bundle Of books. and shook him.
What do you mean she said. by
coming home from school in this con-
dition?'
"'Ah,' said the boy. the girls don't
think nothin' of Teller what's afraid
to wade in the gutter
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-27
NEAR-sEER EXEMPT.
Legislature Can't Prohibit Sale OF
Non-lntoxicants.

RICHMOND. VA, Oct. 26-Judge
T. w. Harrison. OF Wine ester.
handed down an opinion In which
he interprets the Byri law as applied
to alleged Notwithstanding beverages,
and In doing so he dismisses man
from custody on whom a fine of $500
had been imposed for selling near
beer the state contending that the
stuff could only be sold by thebrewer
to the consumer, AID that a license
of $3.50 is necessary 70 sell to the
consumer. The man was fined for
selling less than half dozen bottles.
the minimum prescribed in the BYRD
law, and the fire was imposed.
Judge Harrison's decision Is, the
near beer being a non-intox.cant, the
legislature had no right to prohibit
its sale in any quantity or to In any
way regulate traffic therein. basing
his ruling on section 62 OF the consti-
tuition. as follows:
THE general assembly shall have
full power to enact local option or
dispensary laws. or any other laws
controlling. regulating or prohibiting
the manufacture or sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors.
This seems to be intended to en-
large and make certain the powers
OF the legislature in cealing with the
liquor question. and does not seem
in any sense to be a restriction OF its
general power to deal fully with any
subject of legislation not expressly
prohibited by the constitution. The
construction which has been put upon
this section Of the constitution in the
Winchester case would seem to hold
that the legislature could not enact
a law to regulate the sale Of coca
cola or any other beverage which
might be deemed harmful. though not
intoxicating.
The case will nnQuestionably go to
the Supreme Court Of Appeals for H.
nal Interpretation.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-27
VIRGINIA DEMOCRACY Al
MOST A UNIT.

The Journal. on the eve OF the
presidential election, after carefully
watching and checking every point IN
the State. on the basis Of dispatches
in the local pres and publications
in all the Virginia newspapers. takes
pleasure in announcing
First, that there is not a Democratic
newspaper in the State supporting the
Republican national ticket
Second. that outside Of Richmond,
there is not a Democratic paper in
the State that Is not giving HEARTY
support to the Democratic ticket.
Third, that outside OF Richmond
there is no organization. brotherhood.
group or collection OF individuals act
ing together under the style Of TAFT
Democrats" or independent voters,
or any other designation, for the pro-
motion of the candidacy of the Re-
publican ticket.
There are one hundred counties and
seventeen cities in Virginia, and Rich
mond alone boasts an organization OF
Taft Democrats. Richmond Journ-
al.