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RICH WOMAN
KILLS SELF
AT HOTEL
Mrs. Herbert N. Sears
Plunges From 18th Story
Of the ST. Regis.

NEW YORK. Jan. 17.-Mrs. Herbert
M. Sears, member of wealthy Boston
family, committed suicide today by
jumping from the thirteenth-story win
dow Of the Hotel ST. Regis, where she
was stopping. She was dressed only in
her night clothing when found dead.
Mrs. Sears had been frequent Wis
itor at the st. Regis for several years.
She always appeared at the hotel ac-
companied only by maid, and fire.
quently remained there several days.
Her actions were described by the hotel
people as erratic, and the maid always
maintained close watch over her mis-
tress.
The body of Mrs. Sears fell on the
roof Of a four-story building, adjoining
the st. Regis, and was terribly crushed.
Mrs. Sears left note to her husband
IN her room in the hotel. Friends here
say that Mrs. Sears had been a victim
of melancholia for some time. For nine
years, at intervals. she had been suffer-
ing from nervous disorder. In April,
1907, she returned from trip to
Europe, apparently restored to health.
Mrs. Herbert M Sears was the wife
of a prominent broker of Boston, the
brother Of Richard d. Sears. former
national tennis champion and twin
brother of Philip S. Sears, also promi-
nent In financial circles there. Mrs.
Sears was Miss Caroline Bartlett,
daughter OF Francis Bartlett, a lawyer,
and she was about 81 years of age.
MIR. Sears and his wife occupied
beautiful residence, built within few
years, IN Boston. The family includes
two children. Mrs. Sears was we'll
known socially in the Hub.
BOSTON, Jan. 17-Friends Of Mrs.
Sears in this city state that she had
been in delicate health for several
years. She seldom Travelled without an
attendant.
MIR. Sears had been connected with a
number of financial firms in Boston for
fifteen or twenty years, but since about
year ago has not been actively en-
gagged in business. Mr.. Sears is a mem
Der Of several prominent clubs, and is
particularly interested in small boat
racing.
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PANIC AT SCHOOL FIRE.
Teachers Lose Self-Control and Many
Pupils Are Hurt.

BEDFORD. Ind, Jan. H.-When the
public school building here caught fire
yesterday while all the pupils were at
their classes, teachers and pupils alike
became panic-striclnen and tried to rush
down the stairway leading to the exits.
Many pupils, especially smaller ones,
were thrown down and trampled upon in
the rush, and some were very seriously
hurt -Four or FIVE pupils threw them
selves from second-story windows, and
were badly bruised and some of them
suffered broken bones.
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WIN said Boels- Ysursts A. F'lpk s
sons Bcim~nt ase~-Adv.
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M,eL a. = MIhloa'.. .. MarEst &c.
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scentiuued ON second pase.D
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COURT CALL.

The call in the Supreme Court Circuit
before Judge Ieisley Tuesday will be:
Nos liza. 80, 81, IS, 90. q, G., Gs, 60 and Ge.
The court expected to sit Monday, but
viii be unable to be present
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-20
INDEPENDENCE OFTEN WON
AT THE PRICE OF WIFEHOOD
Pioneer College Women ~Jeopardized Their Chance OF marriage
and Now the Business Woman Does So Not lnfrequenfy.

<A~wH HE first women who insisted OF going their W way, instead of
" that prescribed by society, paid a very cruel price for thr liberty.
h Most people "a remember when women who went to college be-
thereby social outcasts The pioneer college women jeopardized, If they
cid not indeed sacrifice, their chances for marriage. 1t was a cruel price they
paid-a pnce which very few paid voluntarily The normal woman does lot
lightly sacrifice herr chance Of wfehood and motherhood.
THE cartoonists and the jokeders made free use of these brave pioneers.
Little did they reaize-ntte did the laughing public eahze-tha many oi "se
we're martyrs.
"some of them were stern and ulovdy. Maryrdom does not foster the
light ad airy feminine graces. Social outcasts are not apt to be entertaining
socially. Women who arc Stunned by men are not apt to BIZ skilled in feminine
accomplishments
"These stern pioneers have 10 given place to the sweets girl graduate she
pays n prce for her education beyond her term bill, which her father pay Tor
her Even the society girl may now 20 to college without hurting her chances
socially
But here is still pioneering to be done, in this particular and Inc
pioneer still pays fol her liberty. Society has reconc1ed Itself to WON IN
certain professions No longer does hi woman writer have to hide her mani
but courts the woman who writes. together with TIL woman h paints and
the wom who acts But te business wom is still looked at askance.
"a woman may write for money without social stigma, but she may not sell
merchandise IF stocks bonds for the same purpose says Mrs. Lucy M
Saunders in the n Appleton's. Hence many Of the women who succeed IN
business do so at h COST IF a husband, children and a home. n hsher you
go in the social scale the stronger are the prejudices against feminine activity
outside womans original sphere.
among the poorest of the poor such pejudices are naturally xdude ~
stern necessity. There is, however a tenacious conservatism among ne com
Portable poor which howns upon women working except at their Nv house-
work
bg up to offer her a chair. If h, did he wouldn't have time for anything else
He can't stop smoking when she is in he room. II he i'd ne might as wen give
up smoking altogether.
1T seems pertinent to ask how long, under the old regime 1t took married
men to find out that they had no married saints and goddesses? Did 1t make
for marital happiness an stability fr men Ito marry impossible ideals and IN
them only women after all? If dismusonment after marriage is better har
establishment before marriage. then the odd order va better than the new:
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MRS. GUINNESS DEAD? WELL, NOT
WHILE The WORLD HAS POLICE

rested Mrs. Guinness. She said she was
glad the French police got her, because
she had lost the $4,0 900, 900 she had OBJ
tanned from her Laporte victims, and
felt sensitive about starting another
death farm among strangers.
ALGIERS, May 20.-Mrs. Guinness,
with sever trunks, all heavily weighted
with gold, arrived here today. She was
conducted to Raisuli, who Immediately
married her and then posted this bulle-
tin on betting board:
ITS a 200 to 1 shot that the next
time I'm killed it s a 60"
SYDNEY, Australia, May 19.-The
Mayor and city officials. gathered on
the dock today when Mrs. Guinness ar
rived. She was told that while un-
doubtedly the country afforded an UNI
limited field for her peculiar talent, the
people did not take kindly to her ideas.
They said they would have no objection
to her practising on the kangaroos.
She declined, and was furnished trans
portation to Hong Kong. They bade
her a fond adieu.
LONDON, May 20.-It was reported
today that Mrs. Guinness was seen at
Buckingham Palace. King Edward
is much worried. The guards have been
increased. Scotland Yard
she will be arrested at 6:17 p. m. with
a signed contract to show n week at
the Kensington Museum.
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SUBMARINES.
Editor of the Evening Star:

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Will. you please give a brief history
of the invention and practical employ
ment of submarines and oblige?
1.-THE first steps toward the practical
adoption of submarines In modern
fleets were taken in France. The
Gymnote of 1886 was the earliest ex-
ample. This vessel was followed by
the Gustave Zede in 1891. Many diff
culties arose on the trials and several
years were occupied in overcoming
them. Ultimately success was attained,
and the experience gained helped for
ward the rapid development of sub
marines in the French navy that fol-
lowed upon the Fashoda incident in
1898. france possessed two completed
submarines at that time and another
was building. March 81, 1907, the com.
pleted submarines of that country mum
bered forty, and there were fifty-nine
others building. simultaneously with
the movement in France attention was
directed in the United States to the
performances of submarines built by
Holland. In 1S96-after twenty-one
years continuous work-the Plunger
was laid down from Hollands designs
under a contract with the Navy De-
partment.-Ed.l
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CAN A pRoHls,1loNlsr BE SOMETHING ELsH7

The Prohbitionit candidate for Governor in 1907 who received 5255 votes
in a total voeo Of S942S4, is me of the State delegates to the Prohibitomst|
convention. But, al We rad the Prohibtonist platform adopted at
Trenton yesterday, he is an errng brother in thu faith. The platform repudiates
the Bishops aw, Is well as local option a heresbs When the Rev Mr.. Mason,
the candidate in question, was running, or tryng to m for Governor he in
dorsedt the Bishops law and promised to use all of the power of the autocrat
to enforce it and to prevent it's repeal When the Crosby bill was before the
Legislature he was zeanus and outspoken min favor of local option. If the Rev.
Mr.. Mason has recanted these hetrodox views the fact is OF publicly known
And are Prohbitionst platforms nothing, that leaders and candidates can go
completely back upon the principles enuncated?
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WOMAN surrRAan ave WOMAN

AS long as women like Mrs Lydia Kinssmin Commander g o about advo-
eating female suffrage it will make little progress even non womanknd, in.
believe that it is philosophy teaching by example" History ellis us that
women are incapable of political government, and that I'M oft the worst evils
have been inflicted on mankind when women were permitted to hold he REIN
of power The Victorian era "a an exception. because under Queen Victoria
Great Britain was ruled by a Premier and Parliament The brilliant ministry
of Elizabeth, not the capices of that naughty princess, made he successes of
her reign, which were mared by her excuses. French history presents som
melancholy examples OF women in politics Mrs Commander subHmey ignores
recorded experience. She could pick out ever so many women. herself included,
who would max as good presidents as Washington and Jefferson. That good
old soul Elizabeth Cady Stanton, would have been The equal of Washington.
tut the ideal government. Mrs Commander allows would De where man and
woman or, more correctly speaking, where a woman and mar, rule jointly.
These childish ideas OF government serve to edny, and they certainly do no
harm. Women an men have the sam interest in good an capable govern
ment How many women in the land would consent to see a woman president
of the United States? Instinct would recOl from such a N experiment in our
government.
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A PATERSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Something has been needed o stimulate public interest and organize pub
lie sentiment in Paterson. Steps have been taken o form a chamber of COM
mepe m the style of the Trenton body that has given a new tone etc the thought
Of the State capital Newark has had for years a Board of Trade, the mem
bership of which represents all civic interests and it is a recognized Drum for
public discussion Of all questions relating to the ctys welfare The judgments
Of this board have always carried due weight in local affairs and have also
helped to shape legislation at Trenton. Paterson cannot expect to establish at
once a board of this high character but it can max a good beginning and pro-
vide itself anyhow with a civic centre toward which all the currents of public
thought will naturally be directed. Any organization OF the kind will be a big
improvement on the irresponsible judgment that has misrepresented or maed
public sentiment n Paterson in important affairs.
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BISHOP LINES ON SUNDAY RECREATION.

Bishop Lines, in his annual diocesan address, treats of m currents State
questions in a practical way. Speaking OF Sunday observance, the bishop says
in rebuke Of Sabbataran intolerance: I'VE must accept greater liberty as re-
CARDS the use Of Sunday for recreation. It does not offend m to see great
companies of men and boys. who have been shut up all the week in the shops
and factories, at play IN Sunday, a it does to see men and women who have
large liberty as regards the use of their time turning way from the churches
to the golf links on Sunday" And that's the wa it strikes the average man
and woman. II lar was made for Sunday and for a divine ordinance, there
would be logic in the inststment that the toier of the week. pent up in fac
tories and in crowded neghborhoods should avoid recreation OF Sunday as
IMMORAL But, then, the ordinance would not exempt any class such a the
golf player, while bearing heavily upon the laboer.
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LAPORTE, Ind, May 20.-It has
been established beyond h remotest
doubt, the authorities announce, that
Mrs. Belle Guinness was burned TO
death in the fire which destroyed her
home and moderated its cellar ceme-
terry of her victims. The dentist who
filed her teeth has sworn that the
gold filled molars found in the ashes
of the cellar were Mrs. Gunness's
teeth.
Despite this identification, so eager
are the police authorities of the world
to really arrest the greatest woman
criminal in the history of the United
States, that dispatches similar to the
following may be expected hourly:
ST. PETERSBURG, May 20.-Chief of
Police Irkoutsoffsky has arrested Mrs.
Guinness here. She admitted the La
porte crimes, and said it was her inten-
ton to rome in the Car. That would
have been a cinch,' said the chief; but
he laughed like a chess player.
BERLIN, May 20.-Mrs. Guinness sur
rendered herself today. She turned over
several bones and cried bitterly as she
parted with the tender m~ementoes, ooh,
to lose all the sweet reminders of a once
happy life!' she sobbed.
PARIS, May 2O.-Scenes almost re-
| peating those of the Commune occurred
| today when Inspector Feuilleton, of the
Department of the Seine ct Disc, ar
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Is MRS. GUINNESS ALIYH2

The world is reluctant to believe that Mrs. Guinness the arch fend of La
porte Ind who made a trade of enictng men o her. pretty farmhouse, murder
ing them for their money and then dismemberng them and burying them in
her private cemetery, IA burned in her house. There las been no positive
Identification of the female body found in the ruins as the head has not been
found. The theory that the monster, after firing Ter house to get rido Of her
children and make IL appear that she persisted in the flames, fed to enjoy in
other scenes and under another a he fruits of her awful crimes, is, how
ever. disproven by he finding of her false teeth in the debris of the house But
tce may reach her
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-20
COIN VALUES.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
kindly tell the value: ID One cent,
liberty head facing left, thirteen stars,
1913; CD half cent, liberty head facing
right, no stars, 1904; one coin Amer
lean flag with liberty cap with this
inscription, 1.-THE flag of u country"
1863, and on the other side, IF anybody
attempts to tear it down shoot him ON
the spot.-Dix." HENRY c.
LQ) No premium on it. (2) There is
a ten-cent premium on it. go We cam
not find 1t catalogued.-Ed.l
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The faded felt hat turned a pitt
ful face
To the merciless, %blistering sun,
And asked, in a weary and fall
tering voice
If Summer had really begun.
why, sure!'' said the Sun, with
a cognizant wink
At the tattered and tear
stained freak.
But a cloud took offense at the
planets remark,
And it rained for the rest of
the week.
Then the luminous hat of the
pineapple straw
And the three and a half inch
Gave vent to a cry of
despair
And its water-soaked face
grew grim.
But the faded felt hat danced a
~jocular jig,
And the rain played a patter-
ing tune.
While the luminous straw with a
heart breaking sob
Skunk away to its lair till June.
-E. DE ROY KOCH.
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Sn 2\aMtsome MOOD
HIS FIRST VISIT.

Stubb-Why in the world did Uncle
Hank Green start to follow that auto
mobile?
Penn-He heard the horn.
Stubb-What of that? The horn went
"Honk! Honk!"
Penn-Yes, but the old mai is a little
deaf and he thought it said Hank!
Hank."-Chicago News.
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HOPELESS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Splasher seem to get
very badly"
YES" answered Miss Cayenne. ITS
one of those hopeless cases where a
man thinks he knows all about horse
races and a woman thinks she knows
all about bridge. w Star.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-20
THE OCEAN CABLES.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Are the cables laid in a straight line
across the ocean? j. T. B..
[They are not. The Pacific cable.
5000 miles long, between Vancouver and
New Zealand, was time and again de-
flected from a straight line in order to
avoid submarine mountains, craters
and ground that was otherwise unde-
sirable as a resting place for the cable.
This is also true of the various Allan
tic cables. AS in building a railway, en-
gineers are first sent out to make a
careful survey of the proposed route.
With piano wire for sounding lines
they determine the level of the ocean
bottom, note all obstacles, and secure
samples of the solid formations for dis
section.-Ed.1 ,
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HOW TO STRAIGHTEN THE SCHOOL FINANCES.
City Counsel Nugents suggested plan of reconciing the finances Of the
Newark Board of Education and HI State n solving thu problem of the
use b " the board Of the $612O0 obtained ron the State for the use of the
schools opens a way ot of the existing dilemma. The city counsel would
fund the temporary debt incurred by advances made to the board for expense
the six months prior to July 1 this veal leaving to the board the use
for the year beginning July 1 of its entire appropriation. This would d o away
with necessity of putting the temporary debt in the tx levy, while the
OF the funded debt would OF exceed the interest on the temporary
loans. The great advantage would be that the board would not in the future
have to anticipate its appropriations six months in advance each year. If
thu choice lies between putting more than a million dollars in the tax levy
and adding the amount to the permanent debt the average taxpayer will
favor the city counsrss suggestion.
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CHANGE.

you must be gone!" we used to cry
Unto the trusts. That cry is through,
please let us stay. we humbly sigh"
Good trusts, on the same earth with
you!"-Washington Star.
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DUST AND GASOLENE.

Il had to sell my auto, but 1 haven't
missed it yet.
'How's that?r
You can get most of the sensations
by cleaning rugs."-Louibville Courier
Journal.
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y y THE EVENING STARS TWO PAGE MAGAZINE
FROM STAR READER ;

Anonymous communication cannot ot
printed. Except on political subjects the
names Of correspondents are not required foi
publication. but as a guarantee Of good faith
Ed
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GREAT

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Kindly state length yer all OF
steamship Great Eastern and oblige,
INQUIRER.
[Her extreme length was $50 feet
Ed
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Awa HE first women who insisted IN going their w way, instead o
" that prescribed by society, paid a very cruel price Tor their liberty
h Most people cn remember when women who went to college be
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-09
Fayetteville. W. Va.

1t affords the greatest of pleasure
to have an opportunity to speak a
word in behalf of the candidacy of
my friend, the Hon. William E.
Glasscock, for election to the highest
position that is the gift of the electors
of our great state.
have been personally acquainted
with him for the past fifteen years
or more and have always found him
to be a man IN its truest sense. AS
bsuinesfs man, I have found him
to be scrupuously honest, fair and
square. AS a lawyer, LEARNED and
courteous and a foe worthy OF your
steel. AS citizen, loyal to his God,
country and friends. AS an accept
able candidate for the high office OF
Governor. he Is without a peer. If
elected he viii be GOVERNOR.
Every man and interest will rece!fa
what Is due them respectively, ne
more. no less. He will hew to the
line and let the chips drop where
the may.
This Is a critical period in the
many great questions now pending
before US. We need a man for our
chief executive who has the courage
of his convictions. who will go forth
fearlessly and enforce the law. one
%-%---->--N----@----1--
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Point Pleasant. W. Va.
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Huntington. W. Va.

william E. GlasscocR should be
elected Governor:
First Because he possesses all OF
the essential qualifications. in the
superlative degree, which are neces-
sary for an ideal governor. A native
West Virginian. whose sole object
as Governor will be to promote the
best interests and welfare of all the
people, administer even-handed JUS
tIce to all classes alike. and all In
every way possible In the moral and
material development OF his State.
"A man OF rugged honesty. the highest
character and integrity. who has uv-
ed a model life, and whose reputa-
ton Is above reproach. Industrious,
sober, kind, patient: man of exper-
fence in the business affairs of lifei
a good lawyer, and a practical COM
mon sense. broad minded West Vir-
gilman.
Second Because he Is a Republic
can in all the word imports, and viii
stand by, and carry out. in every way
possible, the policies OF the Republic
can party. He believes, as does his
party. in the development and growth
If this country, and that the public
burdens should be borne equally by
all people: that all classes of proper
ty should bear its just and equal pro-
portion of taxation; that all public
and humane institutions should be
literally supported. and that no poll
icy should be adopted that would re-
tard the growth and development OF
West Virginia.s natural resources.
Being a lifelong Republican, and
believing in It's policies, together with
his other qualifications. entitled him
to the support of all good citizens of
the state, and especially every Re
publican.
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