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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
HASKELL BRANDS
AS FALSE ALL THE
HEARST CHARGES
Repeats His Willingness to Quit
if Any of the, Accusations
Are Proved.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Sept. o.
Charles N. Haskell, Governor of okla
homa and treasurer of the Democrats
committee, passed through Kansas City
last night en- route to his home in Ok
lahoma from the East, where he has
been making speeches for tho Demo
cratic ticket. Mr.. Haskell was asked
IL the charges of William r. Hearst
that he was connected with the Stand
ard Oil Company would cause him to
resign from the national committee.
Said he:
Resign? Positively nonsense. Why,
| was indicated of those charges in
the State campaign last fall when l
licked the whole bunch.
Now, / brand Hearst's statements as
~falsehoods. / said l wouldn't resign a
minute ago, didn't L? Well, if Mr..
Hearst can prove a single statement
Will quit at once
AS his train pulled cut Mr.. Haskell
shouted: And don't forget to say thai
the campaign fund is growing fine. ]
am going home for a few days, and then
Will go back again to Chicago. Yes,
I'm satisfied with the outlook"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
MACE ~CONTRADICTS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Denies Receiving 100000 from
Former Chairman Taggart.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Norman e.
Mack, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, addressed a tele-
gram to President Roosevelt today, in
which he said:
81 notice you are quoted by Timothy
L. Woodruff in a New York newspaper
as follows:
incidentally the President remark
ed that no considered 1t significant that
$780, 900 had been found in the treasury
of the Democratic party after Judge
Parker had declared throughout the
last national campaign that the party's
treasury was receiving nothing from
corporations. The President said that
he thought it looked queer that such a
large sum of money should turn up
after Mr.. Haskell was appointed treas
urer of the Democratic National Com
mittce.'
IF o are quoted correctly, no doubt
YOU have In mind the publication re-
Gently that !, as chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, received
$500, 600 from former Chairman Taggart.
said to be left over from the 1904 cam
paign. I desire to say to you now that
there Ia not a word of truth in this
statement. 1 havc not received one
cent from Chairman Taggart or anyone
else connected with the last campaign"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
ROOSEVELT SAYS
TAFT REPUD|ATED
SENATOR FORAKER
Presidential Candidate Refused,
1t Is Said, Joint Indorse-
ment in Ohio.

OYSTER BAY, Sept. 22.-The Hearst
charges against Senator Foraker, who,
he alleged, was employed to influence
legislation in Washington favorable to
the Standard Oil Company, has brought
forth a letter from President Roosevelt,
who repudiates Foraker, and makes a
further appeal for Taft, who, he says,
also repudiated the Ohio senator.
President Roosevelt in his letter de-
clares that Taft's defeat would bring
Lasting satisfaction to but n set of
men, namely, to those men who, as
shown in the correspondence published
by Mr.. Hearst, We're behind Mr.. For
aker, the opponent Of Mr.. Taft, within
his own party, and who now are be-
hind Governor Haskell and his asso-
ciates, the opponents OF Mr.. Taft in
the opposite party"
The statement embodies a letter writ
ten by Mr.. Taft to a friend in Ohio on
July 20, 1907. in which the present Re-
publican candidate for the presidency
refused to acquiesce in the plan of the
Ohio State Central Committee to in
dorse Mr.. Taft for the presidency and
Mr.. Foraker for reelection to the sem
ate In q single resolution, because he
did not care to have his name coupled
with Foraker's.
The President points out that Mr..
Taft's attitude has always been direct
ly opposed to that charged against
Senator Foraker by Mr.. Hearst regard
ing the moneyed interests. The Presi-
dent cites the Brownsville affair as a
case where the agitation was a phase
of the effort 'by the representatives of
certain law-defying corporations to
bring discredit pom the administra-
ton" 1t was, he says, In large part,
not a genuine agitation on behalf of
colored men at ALL"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
100 IN PANIC AT
FIRE BLACK HAND
SET FOR REVENGE
Apartment House Ablaze, Tene
ants Are Carried Down Lad
der-One Man May Die.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-One man was
seriously hurt, a dozen or more were
rescued from impending death and the
lives of a hundred or more persons
were imperlled when members Of a
Black Hand band today sought to
avenge two of their fellows who are
now serving terms in prison for at
tempting to %blackmail tenants in the
big apartment house at 1888 West 18th
street.
A policeman saw smoke pouring
from the street door and opened it, to
find the hall a mass of flames. The
tenants, finding exit by the stairs cut
off, crowded fire escapes. Many of the
weaker mes were overcome before they
could get through windows. Nicola
Devilo. panic-stricken. sprang through
a third story window to the street. He
may die.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
HEARST REFUSES
HASKELL'S PROPOSAL.
Editor Says He Will Not Submit
Charges to Arbitration.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-William Ran
dolph Hearst. who has returned to New
York after his swing around tho circle
with Candidate Hisgen, during which
he created a sensation by making ac-
cusations against members of both
branches OF Congress, will not accept
the challenge of Governor Haskell. of
Oklahoma, inc submit the charges that
he made a few days g against Mr..
Haskell to a board of arbitration COM
posed of newspaper editors.
In recent speeches Mr.. Hearst
charged that Governor Haskell, now
treasurer iof the Democratic National
Committee. sought, in 1899, to influence
Attorney General Frank S. Monnett,
of Ohio, to dismiss certain suits then
pending against the Standard Oil Com
pany. In answer to this charge Mr.,
Haskell offered to submit the case to
newspaper editors.
Mr.. Hearst said this simply looked
like a proposition to arbitrate, which he
refused to do.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
OLD HANGMAN
DEPRIVED BY LAW
OF OCCUPATION
Killing of Fred Lang Was to
Have Been James Van Hise's
Last Execution.
HE HAS OBLIGATED AT
EIGHTY.FOUR DEATHS
Contends That ElectrOcutiOn Is
Less Humane Than the
Moose.

'If the courts eventually decide that
Fred Lang. convicted of the murder OF
his niece, Katie Gordon, is sane, l will
of1ciate at his hanging, which will be
the last one in this state said James
Van Hise, of so New York avenue, this
city. today. the official executioner of
New Jersey, who has a record of
eighty-four executions TO his credit in
this state. New York and Pennsylvania.
With the abolition Of hanging, Van
IIise, who is 20 years old, can consign
to the junk heap two complete death
dealing scaffolds. which, with appur-
tenances, represent an outlay of $1.20O,
unless the Legislature repeals the cleo
~trocution bill.
IT hardly think that Lang will escape
the moose" said the veteran execu-
toner.
II nave never had a hitch in the past,
although / officiated at eighty-four ex-
ecutions, and / do not want anything to
60 amiss this time.
ct advocate hanging in preference to
the new electrical chair method. 1t is
quicker and less painful.
1T speak from nearly a half century
experience in the business My first
banging, in this State, was %hat of u
woman, Bridget Dugan. who was exc
cuted for the Murder of Mrs. d.
Coriell, at New Market, forty-seven
years ago.
MANY people deery the business, but
1t is as legitimate as that of the law
yer. who lands the murderer within the
shadow of the moose.
IT have sympathized with many un-
fortunates, and never fastened to rush
them out of the world, n put them
out of their misery quickly.
New Jersey and New York have
passed electrocution bills, but Pennsyl-
vania and many other States still exc
cute by hanging.
"I am strongly opposed TO e%lectrocu-
ton, having witnessed the first execu-
ton, under the new method. at Sing
Sing prison, New York, when Electri-
clan Davis oficiated."
Mr.. Van Hise, by occupation, is a
carpenter, and resides at 80 New York
avenue. He has lived here over a half
century. His family never allow the
mention of an execution 10 be made
within the family circle.
Frederick Lang killed Katie Gordon
at Piscataway, Middlesex county, in
April, 1906. His execution was set for
next Friday. but his counsel yesterday
obtained a writ carrying his Ease to the
Supreme Court on the ground that he is
insane.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
LIEUT.. E. j. V0GEL ELECTED
CAPTAIN OF COMPANY F.
Popular Officer of First Regi-
ment Is Unanimously Chosen.

First Lieutenant Edward j. Vogel
has been elected captain of Company
+, First Regiment. N. G. n. J., to sue
coed Captain Roland ID. Croker, who
was recently elected a major. The cleo
tion was held last night at the armory,
and Lieutenant Nogcl was the %unani--
nous choice of the company. Second
Lieutenant James Lamble was unanl-
mously elected first lieutenant to sue
coed Lieutenant Vogol. An election to
I'LL the vacancy of second lieutenant
will be held IN the ncar future.
Captain elect Nogel enlisted in 1897
and served as a corporal and later as
sergeant during the war with Spain.
Captain-eleCt Nogel has the distinction
of serving Uncle Sam in two ways, as
he is a mail carrier with n route In
the busy section of the cityY.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
PASSAIC PASTOR DECLARES
PREACHERS EASY MARKS.
[speclal b the Evening star.l

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Dr. James d.
steele, of Passaic. N. J.. made an ad-
dress to the ministers at the opening
or the fall conference of the Presby-
terrain Ministers Association at 156
Fifth avenue yesterday, in which he
summed them up as easy marks"
The ministers, the preacher said, were
used for all sorts of bunco purposes,
from being compelled to pose iii the
background of responsibility for pro-
noting range groves in Florida,
worthless mining schemes and other
bunco transactions to becoming vic
tins of fake charitable objects.
AT the fall opening of the Baptist
Minister'S Association the resignation
of the Rev. George M. Shot, secretary
and treasurer of the conference for
twelve years, was presented. Mr.. Shot
was pastor of the Lyons Farms Church,
Newark, N. j., and has accepted the
third call made to him to Ike charge
of a church at Warrington, w. Va.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
MANIAC RUNS
AMUCK AND KILLS
KEEPER AND GIRL
inmate of Washington Asylum
Brains Victims with an
Iron Bar.
HE FLEES TO SWAMP
AND FINALLY IS SHOT
Tried to Kill Another Woman,
but She Escapes with a
Broken Arm.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-In de-
moniacal fury, Andrew Lightfoot, a
muiatto inmate at ST. iElizabeth's
Asylum for tho Insane, today killed
Patrick Maloney, the overseer of the
grounds, and Millie IFollin, a young in
mate of the asylum, and severely IN
jured Miss Robinson, another inmate.
The murderer fed to the swamps near
by, where a Gordon of police quickly
surrounded him. He was finally caught.
after the police shot him in the leg, ana
he was taken back to the asylum.
Lightfoot, 40 years old, has been a
patient at the hospital for eight years
been serving as an assistant to the
Today Lightfoot became sud
denly insane. G%rasping an iron bar
which was close at hand, he struck at
Maloney and the blow landed on the
overseer's head. crushing his skull and
instant death. Immediately
the murderer sought to effect his es-
Mile Foliin was in his way and
he struck at her, also crushing her
skull. She dropped dead.
He encountered Miss Robinson and
tried to kill her, but succeeded in in
ficting only a slight scalp wound and
a broken arm. Lightfoot ran away.
The police chased him from the
swamps and he fed into the grounds OF
the city poorhouse. There he fought
the police with stones and sticks. Not
until he was shot in the leg was he
finally subdued.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
BOY BURGLAR,
WHEN 10 YEARS OF
AGE, SHOT SISTER
Police Make Discoveries Re-
garding the Career of Young
Thomas Andreaci.

A further investigation into the
record of Thomas Andreaci, the alleged
boy burglar who yesterday was ordered
held for the grand jury, has been made
by Policemen Smith and Crawford, who
made the arrest, and it was learned by
them that when the boy was 10 years
old he caused the death of his sister by
shooting her with a revolver.
{ 1t was thought at the time that the
deed was accidental and he was not
prosecuted.
The boys father asserts that young
Andreaci has always had a passion for
firearms, and that he has frequently
been compelled TO take revolvers away
from him.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
GHOST CLUB TO TALK
WITH DECEASED MEMBER.
Professor Collins Left Key to
Conversation in Diary.

LONDON, Sept. 22.-Believing that it
Is possible to communicate with the
dead, a body of occultists. known as
communication with the late Professor
Collins, who was a member of the club,
and had, when he died, a compact with
a score of his fellow members to try to
visit the survivors after death.
The members of the club who will
make the test propose to use certain
passages in Mr.. C~ollins's diary as tests
of messages from him. These passages
are unknown to anybody except inti-
mate friends of the Collins family.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL
IN ATLANTIC CITY,

ATLANTIC CITY. Sept. 22.-Atlantic
City Democrats are jubilant over the
report that warning factions of the
powerful Republican ring may cause a
split that will allow the election of
Councilman John Murtland, only Dem
ocrat in the city governing body, who
probably will be nominated for Mayor
at the primaries today
The Republicans have decided to
support Mayor Stoy after a factional
battle. and he has no opposition
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
UNITED IRISH LEAGUE
CONVENES IN BOSTON.

BOSTON. Sept. 22.-The convention
OF The United Irish League was c"oued
in Faneuil Hall today with prominent
Irish Americans present from all parts
Of the country. John IL. Redmond. NJ.
r. Joseph Devlin, NJ. p. and John
Fitzgibbon wero representatives of the
Irish branch Of the league. National
President Michael J. Ryan, of Phlla-
delphia, presided. The convention will
last through the next two days.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
POLICE RAID
SUSPECTED HOUSES.
Especial to the Evening star.l

{ ASBURY PARK. Sept. Getty
in the West Side district. Within a
week over a dozen raids have been
made upon houses IN and ear Spring.
wood avenue, charged with being dis
orderly and selling liquor illegally.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
HEIREss ADOPTS RESCUE WORK.

BURLINGTON, Sept. 22.-Miss Ma
rion woolman. the young heiress, will
enter the training school of the Saliva
ton Army and prepare herself for
active work in that cause. h is en-
gagged to Captain Hewitt. a Salvation
Army worker.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
MAXIM TO MAKE NoIsELEss GUNS.

TRENTON. Sept. 22.-Articles of in
corporation were granted to the Maxim
Silent Firearms Company, of Jersey
City. formed for the manufacture of
the noiseless gun invented by Hiram
p. Maxim, together with muffiing at
tachments for gun Of other kinds.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
HAVE YOU LOST A ROLL?

Frank Holman, of 2o5 Highland ave-
nue.. says he found a roll of bills at
Bloomfield and Belleville avenues,
which the wner may have by proving
his right to 1t. He will not ia how
much there was in the roll.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-22
Visiting Cards

In addition to our big display of ap-
propriate Hebrew New Years cards and
tokens we will print at the following
prices your name and this salutation in
Hebrew:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-04
The Island of jersey.

There was time when q reverend
bishop always walked from France to
Jersey on a plank. This sounds some
what like modern Blondin perform
ance and one could imagine the crowd
that would assemble to witness such
feat. In reality ii was an event of
common occurrence during the sixth
century. Existing documents relative
to the monastery OF Mont st. Michel.
in Normandy, reveal the fact that the
island was separated from the French
district Of Coutances by narrow
stream only and that the stream was
bridged by single plank. The inhab-
itants OF Jersey were compelled to
keep this plank in good repair. for it
was used by the bishop Of the diocese
when he made his periodical visits TO
that portion OF his flock. and the
worthy preiate desired to make the
crossing in safety. In the year T09
and again in the year S24 there were
seismic disturbances. called by ancient
writer's "cataclysms." which submerg-
ed towns and forests on the French
coast, thus widening the stretch OF
water and making the separation OF
Jersey more omplete.-London Stand
ard
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-04
RurQlar's Notebook.

Here ia an interesting find" said
LecoQ, the detective. 1T is a burglars
notebook -instructions for the burgiari-
GUS young. Listen. and IN read you
some extracts"
He opened the little yellow book and
read:
ITO keep from sneezing, close eyes
and open mouth and press upper lip
till desire vanishes.
Use turpentine to drill iron If it is
hard
Put hard soap into cut when saving
off padlocks.
BLACK the face when doing job and
carry soap and piece Of mirror to wash
of with: also carry towel
Put rubber washer on bottom Of
wise to make soundless.
Garry vial of tincture of arnica for
cuts and bruises.
TRY all chise!s before using.
Use elec+vic lamp; never the old
fashioned o.. lantern.
ITO break window. cut with dia-
mond and hen spread thick white
lead on flannel and press from.
Hold lamp always at arm S length
when lit Then, If it is shot at. you
win not be hit."-St. Louis Republic.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-04
The Oath In NORWAY.

The most curious European oath Is
administered in Norway. The witness
raises his thumb, his forefnger and his
middle finger. These signify the Trim
tty. while the larger of the uplifted
fingers is supposed to represent the
soul Of the witness and the smaller
to indicate his body. Before the oath
IS taken a long exhortaton is delivered.
the most material parts of which are
as follows: 'Whatever person is SO
ungodly, corrupt or hostile to himself
SIS to swear Il false oath or not to keep
the oath sworn sins in such a manner
Is if he were to say: IF l swear
falsely. then may God the Father. God
the Son and God the Holy Ghost pun
ish me. so that God the Father. who
created me and all mankind in his
image. and his fatherly goodness. grace
and mercy may Got profit me. but that
|. as perverSe and obstinate trans
gressor and sinner. may be punished
eternally in hell. If I swear falsely.
then may all l have and own in this
world be cursed-cursed be nv cat
tie. my beasts, my sheep. so that after
this day they may never thrive or BEN
eft me-yea. cursed may be and
every thing l possess
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-04

Paris Journal Publishes an
AIarmist Story Creating
Much Excitement.
NO DANGER OF WAR.

Paris, Jan. 1.-The Patrie in its is
sue of this afternoon, asks in big head
lines, "Where is the Japanese Fleet?"
and publishes an alarnIst story based
on reports that it has been seen cruis-
ing off Hawaii
There Will be no War.
London, Jan 4-Sir Charles Dixie,
NJ. P, in an interview today expressed
the opinion that there would not be a
war between the United States and ia.
pan. why should there be?' asked
Sir Charles. You can not have war
unless one side wants it. What posi-
bly, could be gained by war? Japan is
supposed to covet the Philippines. but
she has not yet digested the slice OF
Manchuria that the Russo-Japanese
war gave her, nor has she even settled
FOrmOsa. Does she not know that ev.
en- if she did defeat the American
fleet, her triumph would not befor
ever, since the United States would
build a new fleet. and Japan's expen.
diture in blood and treasure might be
for nothing"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-04
"Put Into n Book"

Thomas Milton was Dickens sole
itor as well as his schoolfellow and
used to say that he was the only one of
all OF "Charlie's" friends whom the
novelist had never put into a book
MittOns hearers smiled inwardly. be-
cause they recognized obvious pieces
of Milton in several of the novels. the
most conspicuous fragments being in
Wemmick C'Great Expectations and
Tappertit C-Barnaby Rudge'D. Not
much in common, il may be said. be
tween these two eccentrics. <o-ertte.
less. life being more various aud more
inconsistent than fiction. there be was
visibly. Dickens was greatly and log
attached to him. and it was in Il letter
10 the lawyer that he described most
admirably the friGhtful railway acct
dent from which he escaped physically
unhurt, but gravely shaken in nerve
London Chronicle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-04
BESSEMER STEEL.
Just What II Is and What IL Has
Made Possible.

Most persons are unaware OF the rev
olution created in industrial circles by
the introduction OF the bessemer proc
ess OF making steel. This process be-
longs in the same category with the in
vention of the printing press and the
introduction of the steam engine in its
rela ton to human progress.
Steel is compound OF iron with a
small percentage of carbon. which Is
rendered malleable by being cast while
in a state OF fusion. Cast iron is iron
with a much larger percentage of car
bon and other impurities. Bessemer's
process converts cast iron into steel by
blowing blast of cold air through
melted cast iron. The oxygen of the
air burns out the carbon. silicon and
other unwelcome elements until the
right proportion is reached. and then
the steel is cast.
The effect OF the process was at once
to cheaper steel and to increase Its use
enormously. In 1865, when Bessemer
took out his first patent, steel sold in
England for FIVE times its present
price.
Sir Henry Bessemer shared the com
mon lot Of inventors In encounterinG
incredulity when his discovery was
first announced, but he was more for
tunate than most inventors. He lived
to enjoy the rewards of fame and for
tune and to witness the worldwide
adoption of his process.
The first bessemer steel rail ever
laid down was at Derby. England, in
1857. 1t was placed at a point where
it had been necessary to renew the iron
rails once in three months because OF
incessant wear. 1t was not taken VI
for sixteen years, during which time
1.250 900 trains passed over It
1t is to the bessemer process that We
owe the rapid development of our sreat
railway systems. The giant locomo
| tives that draw long trains across the
! continent and the steel rails upor
! which they run are due to it's dlscov
cry. 1t is estimated that the bessemel
! process has reduced the cost of LAND
transportation two-thirds, and 1t ha:
also greatly cheapsned transportation
by water. 1t has opened great tract!
! of fertile country which could not have
been reached otherwise and has giveI
the farmer good markets. In the de
velopment of electric railways 1t Is al
the time bringing together scattered
villages and giving new opportunities
! for intercourse.
We owe to Sir Henry Bessemer tn
! improvements in our modern steam
! ships. the strength and lightness o
! the bridges which cross our rivers
countless modern forms of machiner,
and their cheapened products and tn
/ skyscrapers. which could not have beer
built save by the use of steel.-Nev
| York Herald.