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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-08
PETITION GOVERNOR TO
PARDON CALEB POWERS.
-Four Democrats and Three Republicans
Circulate Application for Ex-
ecutive Clemenov
ecutive Clemency,y

LEXINGTON. Ky, Jan. S.-A state
ment to tie pgblic was issued by Caleb
Powers today in which he asks the peo-
pie to sign a petition to Governor Will
son for pardon.
Powers's main ground for the petit
ton is that he was tried unfairly three
times, and at his last trial ten jurors
voted for his acquittal.,
A committee composed of four Demo-
Gratis and three Republicans has charge
Of the petition.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-08
JAPAN IS TOO BUSY IN
ASIA TO WAR WITH U. S.
Opinion Expressed in Interview in Paris
Paper from Authorized Source
China and Korea Thorns.

PARIS, Jan. S-The Echo de Parts to-
Gay Prints an interview emanating, it says.
from an authorized Japanese source. +"
with the object Of showing that japan is
so absorbed with the mainland OF Asia
that war with America is impossible.
The entire attention Of Japan says
the interview. us occupied with China and
Korea. where developments are occurring
which are giving Toxic the greatest o
Germ. China has just dismissed a number
of Japanese ingtructors who have been re-
placed with Germans, The Manchuria sit
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-08
HURT BY CAR: ASKS $4,000.
Louis Rosner Plaintiff in Trolley Dam
age Suit.

Louis Rosner is the plaintiff in a suit
TO recover 5000 damages from the North
Jersey Street Railway Company, which IS
being tried before Judge Adams in Cir
cult Court A today.
Rosner alleges that on January ZIG, lYys'
he was driving a wagon along south
Orange avenue when it was run into py
a trolley car. He was thrown to the
ground, it is stated, and so seriously m
iured that for a time his life was oes-
paired OF.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-08
VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT.

Carl Lutz, the defendant in a suit for
$1,000 damages brought in Circuit Court A
by Rose Cimansky and her husband, Leo,
was awarded a verdict this morning. Mrs.
Cimansky claimed that on July 8, 1906.
Lutz knocked her down and beat her.
Cimansky Joined his wife in the case for
loss of services.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-08
u JUICE MISSING.

Samuel Weinstein. Of 80 Camden street,
reported at the Fifth Precinct Police sta
ton yesterday that his saloon had beea
entered some tlmo early in the morning
and that six bottles of whiskey. one bottle
of slerwitz (prpne juice, two boxes Of
cigars. one ring with a red-white-and-blne
stone and 81 IN eulI had been taken from
his place.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-08

uation is full of complications. China de-
mands the immediate integral application
of the treaty of Portsmouth. whwich
would deprive Japan of the possibility of
exercising an eficacious influence in Man
churia."
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-08
BELATED XMAS TREE FIRE.

While lighting candles on a Christ
mas tree some of the decorations
caught -1re and caused $50 damages in
the home of Vito Bonanuelle, 106
Seventh avenue this afternoon.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-08

Make up your mind now that you will In
crease your sales. Advertise in the STAR.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12

don Strong and Mrs Margaret Hub
bard Strong. Mr. Strong is son of
General Henry Strong and member
of the Chicago Union League and On
wentsia clubs.
BY the terms of the compact, which
was placed on record, Mr.. and Mrs.
Strong both release all dover or in
heritance rights from each other, while
Mr.. Strong agrees to pay his wife $1,000
year for the first ten years after July
l, 1908; $1,000 year for the second
ten years and thereafter $1,000 year
until death.
Mr.. Strong declared that the arrange
ment was to facilitate his wife's
| financial affairs. He said that Mrs.
Strong goes to Europe alone frequent.
ly and that he desired her "to be able
to manage her own affairs and not be
left utterly helpless"
The agreement provides that pay
ments shall not be Cancelled by the
death OF Mr.. Strong, but shall continue
| arfobligation on his estate. They shall
cease in the event of the death of Mrs.
| Strong
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12
ARITHMETIC TOO YANKEE.
Confederates Don't Like Examples
That Mention Union Generals.

John B. Hood camp, Confederate
Veterans, at Austin, Tex, has filed u
protest with Governor Campbell
against the action of the state text
book board in adopting for the public
schools a certain elementary arithme-
tic because it contains the following
examples, which the camp holds is an
adroit attempt to foist the names Of
Federal leaders on the youth of the
south:
General Grant was born April 81,
1922, and was forty-one years two
months and seven days old when
Vicksburg, Miss, was captured. When
did he capture Nicksburg:"
General William 7. Sherman was
born Feb. 8, 1920. and finished his
great march through Georgia Dec Is,
1864. How old was he Oh that day."
General Sheridan was born March
6. 1881. and made his famous ride from
Winchester to the BATTLEFIELD at Cedar
Creek Oct. 10, 1864. What was his age
them"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12
VOLCANO AS A GAS RANGE.
How Mrs. {. o. ,Hovey Made Mount
PeIee Cook Her Meals.

Pelee Cook Her Meals.
Camping OH Il volcanoes edge and
cooking over Il crater is the experience
of Mrs. Edmund Otis Hovey, wife of
the assistant curator of the geological
department of the American Museum
of Natural History in New York. They
recently returned from Martinique and
Mount Pelee Mrs. Hovey is the first
woman to spend night on the noun
tain since the eruption of 1902.
"Our camp was on the top of the
mountain and about $50 feet from the
crater" said Or. Hovey. Mrs. Hovey
entered into the spirit of our campaign
with great energy. The crater sup
piled us with heat equal to that of Il
gas range, and we cooked from huge
vents, the steam registering about
1000 degrees.
Mrs. Hovey insisted upon accom-
panying me, even on my most perilous
| journeys. We went to the cone of
| Mount Pelee, and danger attended the
climb, us the slope is covered with
| iOOSC StOlco anu lOChS. AIOuuu lLlt
cone revolves a constant gale.
The volcano has been steadily de-
creasing in activity since 1902, and this
has encouraged the natives to fresh eff
forts of restoration and agriculture on
the eastern side.
After breaking camp at Mount Pc
lee we started for st. Vincent, where
la Sourriere was in eruption at the
time of the Pelee disaster. This vol
cano has suspended. At St Pierre the
ruins We're picturesque, and the place
| looked like ruin of hundred years
ago. A few houses had been cleared
away in vain search for valuables.
Grass and weeds grow over the walls
| that have fallen since 1 was there five
years ago. Our first camp was pitched
about 1000 feet above sea level. The
cone of Mount Pelee, which was 1,000
feet above the mountain in 1908, has
broken off, and the new cone is 5OO
feet lower"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12

them and he intended 10 consult nc
paigns. The danger is likely to he that
few people, whether prominent or
otherwise. are going 10 consult Mr.
HearGt's newspapers as to how they
shall vote next November.
Movement Lacks Vitality.
No one can really tell what the
Hearst moyement-for it is a Hearst
aud not Hisgen movement-may
amount to. One of the strongest fac
tors in Hearst's newspaper organiza-
ton announced cheerfully that they
would poll 100000 votes, but he was
the same newspaper manager who de-
clared that Mr. Hearst would be elect
ell mayor Of New York by 1J0,GO0
votes. Arthur Brisbane, a more eau
tious compiler of political statistics
and not Il less enthusiastic Servitor of
his great chief, is quoted on trust
worthy authority as saying that the
ticket of Iiisgen and Graves will get
in the neighborhOod of 100000. And
yet Mr. Brisbane III making this proph-
, ecy figured that even if the Hearst
ticket got 10000 votes in New York
state it would hurt rather than help
the Republican ticket The last state
| ticket for which votes were cast in
| New York left the Independence league
| candidate the trifling amount of near
| ~ 100000 votes in the rear Prior to
! that time. of course. under fusion
Mr.. Hearst's Independent party plus
| the Democratic party was able to elect
all its ticket save Hearst alone. He
was beaten 10y $1,000 AS result
there is feeling that even though
| Hearst himself is not Il winner as
Il candidate the men whom he Sc.
| lects are even less strong.
Inspired by Revenge.
The really humorous phase of the
Hearst convention came from the ac-
coptance by John Temple Graves of
the nomination for vice president after
the clamorous Kansan had been
thrown out. Mr.. Graves is justly cele-
brated for being the man who at q
| banquet some two years ago warmly
! urged that Mr.. Bryan should arise in 4
Democratic convention and put Mr.
Roosevelt in nomination for the preSi
dcncy. Yet Mr. Graves took Il nOmi-
nation from Il convention which not
merely refused to hear Mr.. Bryan's
name, because he did not happen to be
4 member of the party, but nearly
killed the man who mentioned thai
name. do not know what Il Repub
lican convention would have done un
der such circumstances or what .
p Democratic convention in like case
might have done. My guess is thai
the man might have been rdiculed, bu
that the whole body of delegates would
not have risen as one man to lssaul
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12
Taft Has Had Long Record on Government Payroll

Especial Washington Correspondence of
The Argus.)
| Given Norman f. Mack. the owner
of the Buffalo Times, for chairman;
lUrey Woodson, the owner of the
lOwensboro Messenger, for secretary,
land Governor Haskell, formerly n.
newspaper man of Oklahoma, for
treasurer, it would look as if the Dem
ocratic party was going into this cam
paign pretty we'll fortified by working
members Of the press. Mr.. Bryan
himself has not been lacking in his
newspaper activities. Sometimes, in
deed he has been jeered at by the op-
position because in 1896 before he was
nominated he was writing articles for
the Omaha WOrld-Herald. Ii seems
curious that the only thing n man can
do without being ridiculed by the Re
publican press is to he Il federal Judge
and issue injunctions against labor, as
did Mr. Taft, or to be Il corporation
lawyer and take fees from the stand
lard Oil company. as did Mr.. Tafts as
Isociate on the Republican ticket, Mr..
sherman
a Persistent Job Holder.
So there go into. the campaign two
parties, one of which stands, 50 far as
Its candidates are concerned, as the
representative of the working clement
iof this country We can match at any
time Mr. Bryan against Mr. Taft rs
Ia man who has fought his own fight,
won his own way, never held IN ap-
lpointive Office of any sort. and who. if
never yet elected to office, except in
his early days to congress, has made
his way successfully by individual
land intellectual effort to his present
position. Ii is not necessary TO say
anything hostile to Mr.. Taft. Ii is fair,
however, to recount his record. For
eighteen years he has never failed to
be on the government payroll. Once
only he ran for an elective office. and
that was after lie had held that same
position by the power of presidential
favor. AS Il persistent and long time
occupant of federal jobs there are few
who can equal his record. There VIII
be boys almost able to vote in the com
ing election who were born when Taft
twas holding his first federal job and
who have not seen him out of one. As
a pet of fortune Mr.. Taft certainly
leads the list. As Il real executive he
has yet to be tested. because he has al
ways served absolutely under the di
rrection of Il bigger man, or at least a
more dominant man. who told hin
what he had to do. And l have found
that in the middle west Mt least tile
feeling that the more dominant man
will continue TO dominate is hurting
the Taft chances very materially. One
mans acquaintance, even -nlomGh hC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12

tries to extend it ~ far as possible, is.
after all. but slight index to pubic
sentiment. But l think that here in
Chicago which | should regard as not
at all friendly city to the Democratic
ticket. | have met not less than thirty
Republicans who have resented the
Taft nomination more because they
felt 1t an al'ront upon their party ana
a violation Of the right of the party
itself 10 picl; its standard bearer than
for any other reason.
: Hearst's Secession.
: The Democratic party goes into the
campaign facing, OF course, serious
lack Of funds. for that is always It's lot.
Bat it goes in this time with absolutely
no apparent dissension among its lead
ers The Hearst secession was made
only ridiculous by the convention held
in Chicago The Republican conven-
ton was held Mt the Coliseum. which
seated 1900 people. The Democratic
national convention was held ut Den
seven more and was packed to the
doors The Hearst convention, held
Hast of al in Chicago, was in Il hall
that seated SEQ people. and one man
WaS able to make so much of 2 clamOr
against the Hearst programme that
the convention was nearly carried
away. and it became necessary to call
but the police reserves to save the sin
-le delegate who asserted himself from
.he riot and the wrath of the Hearst
employees. There was never so trivial
or so futile Il convention held. But its
features are worth chronicling here be
cause Of then humorous character. \
delegate who offered resolution de
claring that the convention was free
and untrammeled by any Individual
WAS howlcd off the floor by delegates
! from Arizona, Missouri. Arkansas and
| other states. most of whom were rec
| pgniZed to he drivers of the Hearst de
! liyery wagons in Chicago. The unfor
/ tunate delegate who dared To mention
! Mr. Bryan's name was so roughly han
| died by the same forces that it re
quired Il detail of police to protect him
! A One Man Party.
And yet at this writing. only a few
days after the convention of the St
called independent" party has al
iourncd, one cannot find in any Chi
/ cago newspaper the most casual ref
| erencc to its recent existence or to tbs
! ticket it put in nomination. Doubles:
/ pne could discover information of thi
| sort in Mr.. HeaGsts own papers here
! but people in politics have long ceased
/ 20 look to them for the expression o
hny public sentiment whatsoever. l
! was Mr.. Hearst who said not SO man.
years ago that he didn't want an.
because he would have to consul
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12
Safety Valve For Vesuvius.

An Italian scientist proposes to sup
ply a safety valve for Eesugius by
boring a tunnel in the base of the
mountain and letting the lava escape
into the sea. His idea is to bore the
tunnel while the crater is III Il state
of coma, and he believes that when
the volcano becomes active such 4
channel would be sufficient to carry
away the lava, says Popular Mechan-
les for August. His whole proposal,
however, is not to let the lava escape
altogether. but to run it into molds
and make it into blocks for use in the
streets and quays of Naples.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12
English sparrows to the Front.

New York State Entomologist E. ?.
Felt says the English sparrows will
take care of the white winged linden
moths which recently infested New
York city and which have reached Al
bany and Troy 1t was to rid the
country of this moth that English spar
rows were introduced in 1850.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12
Historical Revelation.

"How did you distinguish Achilles
from The girls?'' asked the Greeks.
"How could you see that he was a
man in woman's garb?"
HE didn't" explained Ulysses.
drop his handkerchief every time he
turned around. kansas City Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12
Russian Marine Enterprise.

An expedition is being equipped, I'M
der the auspices of the Russian minis
try of marine, with the object of dis
covering 4 northeast passage between
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12
Credit Poor. Doctor Won't Come.

Atlanta physicians have formed an
association the purpose of which IS TO
have report made on the credit of a
person summoning medical aid before
Il doctor responds TO the call
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12

him nor that the Police reserves
would have been necessary for his pro
lection. And that incident more than
any other seems to me to Justify the
belief that this widely heralded move
ment for absolute independence in pol
iticS amounts as yet to nothing, be
cause it is not truly independent, but
wholly under the control of one man
and his hired men.
Parties. like poets, are born and moi
made They cannot be created for the
purpose of justifying the whim or the
malice or even the revenge of a mil
lonaire. even if he owns number
of widely circulated newspapers.
Opening the Campaign.
have not the slightest doubt that
many readers of this letter will Won
der ut what may seem to them and
has seemed to others the delay in open
ing the formal campaign of the Dem
ocratic party. At this moment the
Democratic national headquarters are
open at the Auditorium Annex. Chi
cago, and any Democrat who desires
TO cooperate will receive courteous re
Spouse if he communicates either with
any of the officers whose names are
mentioned in the first paragraph of
this letter or with me. Thus far the
Republican headquarters have not been
opened; but, as that party is always
well fortified with funds, they have
maintained a certain organization be
| tween the campaigns. In what shape
| the Democratic party will be as to
funds will depend upon the individual
Democrat. At Mr.. Bryan's Instance
| and with the very hearty and sincere
| cooperation of the national commit
| tee it has been determined that N
contributions will be received from
| corporations, that no individual contri
| buttons of over $4,000 shall be re
ceived and that all contributions II
| excess of 800 will be reported to the
| public press prior to the election. II
| | may urge upon Democrats who ma!
| read this letter the absolute necesSlt!
| of contributing in accordance will
their means, however small, | would
suggest that they send those contri
buttons either direct To the Commone
at Lincoln, Neb. or, if their local Dem
ocratic paper has started in respons
to the appeal of Mr. Bryan himself
campaign fund, send it rather there
Slips will be sent out from the nationa
committee as fast as contribution
come in, giving full credit to ever.
contributor Moreover, every news
paper Joining iii this effort to secure
campaign fund which shall not y
drawn from the Golfers of trusts an
monopolies will be given q place o
the roll of honor.
Hearst and Gompers.
The issue raised between Mr.. Con
pers. president of the American Fec
Grafton of Labor, and Mr.. Hearst is
curious one. Mr.. Hearst sent Il bite
message to his papers, purporting t
be i'll answer to 4 message sent b
Mr.. Gompers. The latter says h
never cabled Hearst on any subjec
Query: Who sent the forged Gompel
cable message? Was any Hearst ell
ployee capable of doing. such thing
either to deceive his chief or to get
good bit Of news? Certainly that is ii
lonly way in which the invitation
Hearst to attack GomperS and Brya
from Paris by cable could ever hav
| i.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12
a Dime Novel Reader

"Did you tell Johnny to split that
kindling?'
"YeS"
But he didn't do it"
mo; he said he'd swim in blood
first" Washington Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-12
STRANGE FAMILY COMPACT.
Though Entirely Harmonious, Couple
Make a Financial Agreement.

Make Financial Agreement.
Lake Forest society was given a
surprise the other day when two wide
~ known residents of the Chicago
suburb filed for record compact
which in other cases might be ex-
pected TO accompany proceedings for a
legal separation. But in their case it
is nothing of the sort
The persons involved are Henry Cor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
Origin of Precious Ores.

Men sometimes dream of enormous
wealth stored deep in the earth, below
the reach of miners but. according to
an eminent geologist, there is little or
no ground to believe that valuable me-
tallic deposits lie very deep in the
earth's crust. Such deposits, according
to this authority, are made by under
ground waters, and owing to the pres
sure on the rocks at great depths the
waters are confined to shell near the
surface. With few exceptions, ore de-
posits become too lean to repay work
ing below 5000 feet. Nine mines in ten,
taking the world as whole, are poorer
in the second thousand feet than in the
first thousand, and poorer. yet in the
third thousand than in the second
Chicago Record-Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
aa1Ier shoes.

Ballet shoes fit like a stocking. They
are of leather, with a thin leather sole
about an inch wide and with the up
pers sewed 50 that they come under
the foot. The ballet dancer wants no
rubber heels. instep arch supports nor
any other of the foot supporting or re
forming devices which are commonly
used by ordinary mortals. The toe
dancer desires a hard box toe on her
ballet shoes, but the ordinary dancer
seeks only shoes that will give perfect
freedom of movement of the joints and
muscles of the feet 1t is a rule of good
dancers, a shoe man of experience says,
to wear shoes that will allow for space
between the toes. 1t is a point of good
fit that all persons should heed, he
says. High heels are put on to stage
shoes for effect, not to promote good
dancing. Many stage shoes are made
with short fore parts and high heels
to make the feet look smaller and the
person taller.-Boston Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
water md Life.

OF all the conditions preparatory 10
life the presence Of water, composed of
oxygen and hydrogen, is at once the
most essential and the most worldwide,
for if water be present the presence OF
other necessary elements is probably
assured. If water exist, that fact goes
bail for the necessary temperature the
gamut of life being coextensive with
the existence of water as such. 1t is
so consequentially life being impossible
without water. Whatever the planet,
this is of necessity true. But the alb
solute degrees of temperature within
which life can exist vary according to
the mass of the body, another OF the
ways in which mere size tells. On the
earth 212 degrees Z. limits the range
at the top and 80 degrees (. at the
bottom in the case of fresh water, p
degrees f. in the case of salt. On
smaller planet both limits would be
lowered, the top one the most. On Mars
the boiling point would probably be
about 10 degrees +. Secondly, from
the general initial oneness of their con-
stituents a planet that still possesses
water will probably retain the other
substances that are essential to life
gases, for the reason that water vapor
is next to hydrogen and helium the
lighteSt of them all, and solids because
their weight would still more conduce
to keep them there. Water, indeed,
acts as a solution to the whole prob
lem.-Professor Lowell's "The Evolu-
ton of Life" in Century Magazine.