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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
ORANGE AMATEURS GIVE
VAUDEVILLE EVENING.
success Prompts Them to Next
Try "The Red Cross Nurse"

About 800 visitors to Columbus Hall,
orange last night saw the vaudeville
snow put on there by the st. Johns
Dia'natic Society. The entertainment
was under the full charge of Joseph
easner and Thomas f. Flanagan. as
was the dance held downstairs after
the performance.
nose who had charge were: Joseph
eiley' Joseph Smith, Jack Hill, Will
,am Lauriet, William Fielding, Thomas
Fltten, Mart King, Byron G.. Harlon.
opiliane' with Burns's orchestra
,o.L' napanying the singers. On october
son tue society win give, under the
.%.a's nnanagement, a drama entitled
The Red Cross Nurse"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
MISS HASSEN BECOMES
BRIDE OF KERN FOLEY.
Montclair Couple Married in
Immaculate Conception Church.

Kern Foley and Miss Sadie Hassen.
ooth OF Montclair, were married yes
in the Church of the Immacu-
iate conception yesterday, by the f,ev.
father Mitchell, assistant recor of TIE
church. Miss Marjorie Foley, sister of
the bridegroom, was bridesmaid and
william Foley. was best man.
The bride was gowned in white sill,
anu carried a bouquet of bride roses
anu hiies OF the valley. The brides
maid was dressed in white tuIle over
p,hh SILK n carried an arm BOUQUET
Oh PINK carnations. After a wedding
Trip MI. anu Mrs. Foley will reside in
Montclair. 4"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
COUNTESS GLADYS SLIGHTLY
HURT in AUTO ACCIDENT.

LONDON, Sept. 1S.-A news agency
dispatch from Vienna says that the
Count and Countess ~Szechenyi have
suffered an automobile accident in
Hungary. Their injuries, however,
were confined. to shock and a few
bruises. The our and the countess,
who was Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, of
New York, We're returning from the
Hungarian army maneuvers when their
a ran into the pillar of a bridge and
was wrecked. The occupants had a
marvellous escape.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
GOMPERS REFUSES TO
ANSWER; CASE HALTS.
Leader Mum on Editorials in La
Dor Publication.

Washington, Sept. 1S.-The taking of
testimony in the contempt proceedings
against Gompers, Mitchell and Morri-
son, officers of the Federation of Labor,
came suddenly to a temporary close
today. As Gompers was being inter-
rogated concerning editorials printed
in the current September number of
the Federationist, OIL the advice Of
counsel. he refused to answer because
he ~tterances had beer made since the
Ming of the contempt petition. A num-
Der of questions bearing upon This is
sue We're put to the witness and it was
agreed that they should be certified TO
before Justice Gould TO determine
whether they We're relevant. 1t is
probable that they will be presented
to the court on Monday.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
BISPHAM'S WIFE FLEES
IN AUTO WITH CHILDREN.

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 1~S.--Fearful
of pursuit by Pinkerton men employed
by David Bispham, the baritone, Mrs.
Bispham. with the two children taken
In Connecticut from the home of her
husband August 20, fled In an auto nt
night from heI home in Westchester,
Pa, to the seashore to join her mother,
Mrs. Annie Josephs. at the latter's
cottage. The children want to remain
with their mother.
Her lawyers said she will have to
produce them in S. Davis Pages office,
in Philadelphia. today.
Mr.. Bispham will be there and may
make a charge against his wife.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
FINE NEWARK MAN IN
NUTLEY POLICE COURT.

Joseph Brauer. of 462 Springfield ave-
nue. Newark, was arrested last eve
ning, on the complaint of Ernest n
Faith, of Passaic n Nutlev On
a charge of disorderly conduct. When
arraigned before Recorder will;or :. I5
Parry last night he was found e,,;,t,,
fined 50. which he paid undar :
Jest ana claimed that he would carry
the case to a higher court.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
FINGERS BADLY CRUSHED.

n.ee myers on the right hand OF
reroihand Figueroe. of 249 Runyon
sereet' We're crushed under a patent
Up hammer in the factory of G. Mer-
So hrothers in Jelliff avenue last
sss'i.. he went to the City Hospital.
"nsre u was thought it might be neces-
20 amputate one Of the injured
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kirby, who have
spent the summer abroad visiting the
large cities inc points of interest in
Europe, have returned to their home,
in Raymond avenue, South Orange. Z
Miss Lillian Currier, of this city, IS
in the Catskill mountains, where she
is spending two weeks. She is stopping
at Cairo.
Miss Ethel Agnew, of Bloomfield ave
nue., is spending her vacation at the
Delaware Water Gap. She will return
to this city next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H.. Jones and
Miss Edna A.. Jones, of East Orange,
are at Buffalo and Niagara Falls,
where they are spending two weeks.
Mrs. L. S. Wheaton, of Tichenor
street, is entertaining her niece, Miss
Augusta Louise Sidell, at her summer
home, at Spring Lake. where she will
remain until October J..
Mrs. G. w. Godfrey and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. L. J. Calhoun, of the Rose
Vile section, are at Fallsbury, Sullivan
county. N. Y, for three weeks recrea-
ton.
Miss Louise Day, of North Seventh
street, has returned from Boston.
Mass, where she spent several weeks.
Mr.. Charles S. Ryno and her daugh-
ter, Miss Lillian Ryno, of South Four
leenth street. are at Hobart, N. Y,
for a few weeks recreation.
Among the recent engagement am
nouncements is that of Miss Louise
Copley, of 100 Newton street, to Henry
Trixler, of this city. No date has been
set for the wedding
Miss Marie Ward, of Gould avenue,
has returned from Block Island, where
she spent the past six weeks.
Alfred Lannan, of the Joseph Hensler
Brewing Company, went to Columbus,
O., today on his vacation.
Mrs. ]. Vanderveer Shurts, wife of
the Rev. DIR. Shurts, a retired member
of the local P~resbytery, has returned
to her home, 1874 Third street. after an
absence of several months in Carthage,
N. Y.
DIR. Charles l.. Ill and family. of 1888
! Clinton avenue, have returned from a
four months trip to Europe.
Charles A. Heinsch and Thomas F.
Daily. of Newark. registered at the
New Bingham Hotel Philadelphia, to-
day.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
GIRLS GO UP HIGH
CHIMNEY in BUCKET.

CAMDEN, Sept, 1S.-Eight young
women employees of the Victor Talk
ing Machine Company yesterday as
cended to the top of the new 2S0-foot
smokestack, of the plant n from a
narrow platform waved American flags
at the gaping crowds below.
The girls were taken up n at a time
in a big bucket. The new stack Is the
tallest chimney in South Jersey.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
DETECTIVE GETS
FUGITIVE FOR SCRANTON.

Recognized as u fugitive from justice
for four years after his flight from
Scranton, Pa, Isaac Posner was ar
rested at Mulberry and Commerce
streets today by Detective Harris.
Posner tried to escape in Il nearby
saloon. He is wanted on u charge of
larceny.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
NOT A DRINK, BUT
KEG ON THIS MAN.
Krasowski Buried Under Load
of Brewery Product.

1t wasn't a case of being on the kes
with Charles Krasowski, sc Nj old,
of SO Jones street. The key vas on
him.
He was carrying a quarter barrel
of beer from the cellar to the saloon
of Mrs. Katherine Oertel, at Spring
field avenue and Bergen street, yester-
day when it Slipped and fell ON him,
breaking his right leg at the knee.
lie was taken to st. Michaels Hos
pital in the police ambulance.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
WOMEN IN pEANU? SCRAMBLE.

Alta well-attended meeting of Camp
No. 23, Patriotic Order OF Americans.
in Eagles Hall, Orange. last night, the
women enjoyed a lively peanut
scramble" Winners were awarded
prizes. During the evening plano num-
bers We're given by members.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
JOHNS HOPKINS LIBRARY BURNS.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 1S.-McCoy Hall,
II of the finest buildings of the
Johns Hopkins University, was badly
damaged by fire last night and a part
of the library, together with priceless
manuscripts and archaeological treas
ures were destroyed. The tiremen
saved the great Sargent paintings of
Doctors Osler. WEIGH, Halstead and
Kelly. and also that of Miss Mary
Garrett.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
ELIZABETH DEATH-TRAP
CLAIMS NEW VICTIM.
[speclal 10 the Evening star.1

ELIZABETH, Sept. 18.-John Ayl-
ward. of 9S7 Anna street, is today in
the General Hospital here with many
severe injuries resulting from his be-
ing struck by a Central train at the
grade-crossins deathtrap in Schiller
street.
Aylward's right leg was severed, his
body was badly bruised. one of his
lungs was pierced and numerous LAGER
atoms followed the accident. 1t Is
feared hat Aylward will die.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
SILVER WEDDING

Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Miller. Of % Ban
street, Orange. will observe their sil,e,.
wedding anniversary Friday night 81
next week at their home. Mrs. MIL
before her marriage was Miss 49,
M. Wakin, daughter of Mr.. ana No
william Wakin, of Washington street
Orange. street.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
CORDIALLY GETS STOLEN
HORSE FROM GYPSIES,

TRENTON, Sept. 1S.-Detective Ser
geant CORDIALLY, of Newark. made a
single-handed raid on a gypsy camp
here today and recovered a horse that
had been stolen from George B. Fish,
of Somerville. The gypsies claimed
they got the horse in an exchange.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
BELLEVILLE FORESTERS
ELECT THEIR OFFICERS.
William Amous Is Made Chief
Ranger of Court Phil Kearny.

Court General Phil Kearny, Foresters
of America, of Belleville, has elected
these officers: Chief ranger, William
ANGUS; sub-chief ranger, Richard
Lister; recording secretary, Thomas
Lally; treasurer, John F. Flanagan;
financial secretary, James j. Salmon;
senior woodward, Martin H ley;
junior woodward. Daniel Reardon;
senior beadle, William Sager; junior
beadle, Frederick j. Noonan.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
TAFT AND BRYAN WILL MEET.

CHICAGO, Sept. 1S.-Judge Taft and
w. j. Bryan will meet at the Chicago
Association Of Commerce banquet in
this city October 7. after all, according
to an announcement made today by
Chairman Dixon, of the Republican
speakers bureau.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
STOLEN SHOES TAKEN OFF
GOES TO JAIL BAREFOOTED.
Especial to the Evening start

ELIZABETH, Sept. 1S.-Clarence
Clark was sent to the county Jail bare
footed today by Judge Mahon. Clark
had a pair of shoes on before being ar
raigned, but they were o his, and
so they were taken from his feet. The
shoes We're the property of Michael
Reagan and had been removed as
Reagan slept under q tree.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
RUNAWAY BOYS DROP
PISTOLS AND SURRENDER.
Newark Youngsters Caught by
Trenton Police.
special to the Evening Start

TRENTON, Sept. 1S.-John Thomp-
son, of 276 Warren street, Newark, and
Walter Schmidt. of 2S1a Providence
street, Newark. both about Is years old,
were caught mere today, after running
away from their homes.
They bought two big revolvers, and
when found today threw the pistols
over a fence. They will be held for the
Newark authorities.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
SAYS STRANGER ATTACKED HIM.

Hugh G. Buchan. of 129 Sherman
avenue, was found by a policeman at
Orange and Plane streets at 5 a. m.
today with a bad cut on the left side
of the head, which he said was in
iicted by some man whom he did not
know.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
JULIUS LORENz HOME.

julius Loronz, former eader of the
United Singers Of Newark, INT leader
of the Arion Singing Society, has re-
turned on the Hapag steamer Pretoria
yesterday from a prolonged trip to
Europe.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
EUcHRE TOURNAMENT

a euchre tournament to cont,r,,
during October and November viii ~
started tonight at the mee,;nr y
orange Conclave, Improved Orde. :,
Heptasophs, in Eagles HalI orsueS y
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
HALF MLLIoN GOLD FOR ARGENTINA

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-The National
Bank of Commerce engaged $500, 900
gold coin for shipment to Argentina.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
CHOLERA SEXES SOLDIERS.

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 1s,-The
Asiatic cholera has taken a strong
foothoId In the garrisons at St. Peters,
burg, and over 400 soldiers have been
stricken. -
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18

Mr.. and Mrs. William Ii. Jones and
Miss Edna A. Jones, of East Orange,
are at Buffalo and Niagara Falls,
where they are spending two weeks.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18

Miss Ethel Agnew, of Bloomfield ave-
nue., is spending her vacation at the
Delaware Water Gap. She will return
to this city next week.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
MOVING BIG SHOW
COSTS LARGE SUM
Sometimes -Four Hundred People
Have TO Be Transported
and Fed.

A company was formed 10 produce on
the road a New York musical comedy
success OF the previous season Il was
by no means a second-cIass organiza-
tion-the comedian was paid $50 a
week. the second comedian was paid
Sl00 the soubrette SO The chorus men
received $16 a week. the lowest salary
paid any Of the sixty-five members Of
the company. and the chorus girls SIS
"a fair salary several years ago. when
this tour was made They were on the
road forty and a half weeks, actually
Travelled 5000 miles anG played over
seventy One-night stands. Most OF the
travelling was done at night and in only
P very few Instances when the Jump"
was over a day We're there sleeping cars
attached TO the train.
While doing the one-night stands the
entire company slept in the common
cars at night and although the prin-
Ctpals sometimes went 10 hotels in the
daytime the chorus men and women
slept either in the train or al the the
ater. The amount Of money paid out to
the railroads by such a company is
enormous II il Is necessary 20 carry sew
eral cars OF scenery and effects The
regular charge is = cents a mile for
each baggage or Scene car and cents
per capita for each member Of the com
pany. The cost Of transporting a show
like "Ben-HUr," which carries two hun
dred and ten people and nine carloads
of scenery from New York TO Chicago
would be considerably over S6Op0. and
about One-fOUrta this sun to Boston.
There was one spectacular show on
the road the past season that carried
nearly four hundred people. and the
cost Of transporting them and the seen
cry 70 Chicago from New York was
just UndeJ SO 000 and this exclusive OF
sleeping accommodations COmpanies
Of this caliber, however, play only the
larger cities and then for long engage
ments- This tends 10 the formation of
secondary companies 70 produce the
same play. out or a much cheaper
scale. These are sent TO all the small
cities and towns, al d the actors must
do an enormous amount Of travelling
The outing Magazine.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
OCCUPANT IN THE REAR.

rs there a young lady by the name
of Evans living in this hOuse?" inquired
the strange women Of the timid-appear-
ing man at the front door.
YES" returned he, with a sudden
respectful and serious demeanor. 'She
occupies the rear Of this house, so
you'd best step round to the rear door
and knock gently, ma am"
II did, but no one answered"
"Ah, then, didn't you notice a sign
on the door in the shape Of a neat
placard?' asked the man in tones OF
awe and admiration
Yes The placard said Out
Then she's out. That's her sign
ma am"
'Do you know when she viii re-
turn2'
NO: we never know that, ma'am. In
fact, she comes and goes whenever she
takes the notion. and wants none to
interfere with her dOings or habits IL
any way shape, or manner, ma am
shes rather a mysterious and inde-
pendent sort Of person, l take it2"
well, rather. You see, ma am, she s
our cook Judge.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
BETTER ATHLETES
THAN ANCIENTS
Americans and British Have More
Stamina Than Old-Time
Greeks.

II the great Alexander could be in
vited to compete in the Olympic ESmes
today ne would complain. I suppose.
that track sport had become too much a
business TO be possible as a gentleman s
pleasure-the Greek athletes only spent
seven months exclusively In training
for the games after several years OF
general 0reparation-that tbs eligibility
rules were not strictly enough enforced
and that the names OF the men who
won everything sounded. TO a pure
blooded Helene at least, extremely
queer.
Times undoubtedly have changed.
The Pindaric odes have gwen way TO
sporting pages and wOOd-pulp supple
mentS. and when the victor in the hun
dred-meter sprint returns 10 his native
Harlem X doesn't occur TO the fiat
house dwellers TO issue forth with flow
ers and garlands and lift their voices in
apDlauding song against the roar Of the
street And yet, If we could send a
team back 10 that ancient stadium in
the PelOpOnneSus-With their spiked
shoes and CrOuChinC starts and Ameri-
can nerves. suppose there is not the
slightest doubt that man for man, leaV-
ing out beauty and sentiment and, also
the more brutal semi-glaoiatOrial con-
tests, they would win as surely as that
when the Olympic games were revived
twelve years ago. Everything that we
know Of the performances OF the an
Client Greeks leads TO this belief-that
we can run faster. jump higher and
farther than they. An English team
might make the same assertion and
with almost as good reason. say
American, because this is sport at
wL-ch Americans have been nOticeably
successful, and because this success has
res Ilted not from mere chance but
from a combination Of characteristics
W. ich are more typically theirs than
they are British or French or Russian
This is especially true OF the sprints
and short distance runs. To win in
these, as they are run today, requires
great technical finish, an extreme
amount Of nervous energy, physical
alertness. and a rather special power
nerve, sand, grit or whatever YOU
choose to call it-whiCn enables an ath-
lete 10 concentrate in one short su-
preme effort. every ounce Of energy and
effectiveness he has IN him. This mar
ticular make-up-a large amount Of i'm
mediately available nervous energy and
the alert power of concentration-is
rather Enthusiastically American fylst
as the enduring vitality and steady
pluck which wins the distance rms is
ratne- enthusiastically British. And
the track achievements Of our athletes
are, therefore, in their small wav-
American achievements.-The Outing
Magazine for July.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
How Much Do You Know?

Dr. Edward Breck, in The Way OF
the Woods has a quiet laugh at his
reader in this wise:
Does II not seem ridiculous Che says)
that 90 per cent OF American youths
graduate from school or college taking
with them the fond beliefs that the
pOrcupine throws lts quHls, that the
cat sucks the baby's breath and that
every hawk Is a ''hen-hawk2'' .
II would be waste or words in this
business age 20 speak Of the aesthetic
side Of the subject preservation OF the
birds)r but IL does seem wonderful
and disgracefuI thing that most Of
us go through lige cheek -by-jOwl with
thousands OF animals and birds. while
at the same time nine-tenths Of US
could probably give a less accurate
description OF their habits than we
could OF the harpies. or the phoenix
or the chimaera! A ''weIl-educated''
person would scorn a feIlow-man who
displaved ignorance Of the latter beast.
but ould be more than likely himself
20 be quite unable to distinguish be-
tween weasel and ferret. or a junco
ana q chickadee"
How much Of 81 that do you know
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
Keep Alive and See.

The Incorporation Of a company in
Boston for the purpose of manufac-
turing and operating aerial devices
and establishing aerial routes for
the transportation of freight and pas
sengers in the United States, Canada.
and Mexico, is a reminder that the
world Is at the threshold of a new era.
1t will startle many of us to read that
within eighteen months the new COM
pany expects to be carrying freight
and passengers by "air line" between
New York and Boston, in seven or eight
hours.
While it may happen that this com
pany will never actually engage in the
business Of aerial transportation, it
may not unreasonably happen that it
will We must guard against skepti-
cism. Youngsters OF fifty antedate
many commonplace inventions that in
their early lives would have been re-
garded as absurd dreams. Consider the
telephone, the Phonograph, the electric
light, the moving picture, and the other
less popularity understood but none the
less remarkable electric devices in com
mon use today. What would a man
have said forty years ago to the sug-
gestion that he might be able to step
up to a little tube and talk TO some
one a thousand miles away-or even
half mile away2 Compare the gas
lit mansion (if you can remember how
it really was, or can find one still in
existence) with the electrically iIumi-
mated palace; and, if you are not too
starched in your dignity, sit down in
a Scent moving picture show for a
few minutes and think.
We are talking now to young men
of fifty OF over-not to the babes of
forty, thirty, OF twenty, VINO were born
to all these things, and take them as
matters of course. We are Just now
smiling at airships, exactly as we
smiled at telephones, and at electric
lights and the like; and as our fore
fathers smiled at railroads and steam
engines. But the air is the least OBJ
structed route from place to place, free
of friction, free of obstacles. The birds
will soon be companions Of our jour
Ineys. It behooves US to remain alive
a while longer and see this thing.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
FLOURISH OF GUN
LANDS HIM IN PRISON
William Westbrook, Of Sparrows
Point, AwOke This Morning a
Changed Man.

With plea for mercy and a request
to be allowed TO so 10 his wife in
Sparrows Point, Nd, where he says he
has work, William s. Westbrook. Of
81 Main street, San Antonio, Texas.
pleaded guilty TO a charge Of Carrying
concealed weapons
WestbroOk, who served under the
President. according to the mans story,
IN the charge up San Juan hill, came
20 Washington yesterday with g little
money a large thirst. and a revolver
about the size Of q miniature 13-inch
coast defense gun.
Upon entering a saloon at Twelfth
and c streets last nig11. he fourished
his artillery and said ne was a rough
rider
This morning he was a changed nan
and he promised TO 90 al once TO HIS
wife IN SparrOws Point He says thac
he VIII stick 10 his trade as an iron
worker
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
HE GOT THE DOG.

a minister, on coming from n walk.
came upon crowd Of youngsters. who
were in heavy debate about a dog
which was in their midst
On inquiring the cause Of the com
motion. he found that WbiC never child
tod the biggest lie was TO - me owner
OF the dog
When he heard this the minister re-
buked them, saying My dear Children
you should never tell an untruth When
was your age l never uttered any
thing but the truth
For time there was strict siIence
broken only by the heavy reathine OF
all present
Then one little sandy-haired younEster
cried out Come on, feIlers- Lets
give him the dog-"-Judge's Librarx