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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-04
BALANCE SHEETS
SHOW STARS BIG
QUAKE DONATION

Preliminary balance sheets of the
funds handled BY the American Relief
Committee in Rome. received today.
show the following contributors to the
work Of relief for the survivors of the
Messina earthquake. The lire has the
value of about 20 cents in American
money:
Lire.
American Red Cross for re-
lief ship ...................... lS,Oo0.o0
American Red Cross for gem
eral relief work. k....,...,..... 103,0o0.00
American Red Cross, Mr.. Cut
ting's balance ............-.... 39,932.35
Citizens Permanent Relief
As. citation. Philadelphia. 167,s57. 80
Massachusetts State Commit
tee ....................... l00,00e.00
Massachusetts, State Commit
tee. through Mr. Billings.... 100000
New York Chamber of Com
nlerce SlsSSb.o0
Newark STAR tthrough Amer
lean Express Compady)... 51,lsS7S
Mr.. Ellsworth ,................. 25,VuO00
Mayor OF Philadelphia Cheat
r.cal benefit) ................ 11,4ssso
J. +. Morgan. n.................. 100000
George A. Kent Company,
pubic collection at Bing-
hamton, n. Y................. s,05I.40
The Rev. Pasquale Maltese,
for the Italian Relief Com
unittee, Portchesters ........... 5,42l00
Arthur T. Kemp. .............. 5.140.00
Countess Clara CALI. ....... 100000
American Express Company. 100000
Grace Church. Brooklyn.... s,s57.oo
Collection received from the
Rev. Walter Lowrie, rector
OF St. Paul's American
Church in Rome. me.........-...- 2,e4S.l0
Private contributions through
w. Bayard Cutting. g.......... 2.S7Si51
Augustus Gurnee ............. 2,o66.0o
H. Davis Ives-................. 2.54S.0o
The Chattanooga Times....... $4,000
Bessener Committee, through
J. A. zeppegno. =. c........, l,1s5.oo
Contributed B. M............. 1,00S.oo
w. Fl. iman............... 100000
Italian residents of Middle
town, through Cornelius
Macardsll ................... s5s.1sl
Miss Drayton ..s............. 53oa5
Miss Susanne MacEwen for
the Doctors Daughters. San
Francisco ......s......s.. s1S1oI
Mrs. Mathilde Legget.. $3.50
Other smaller contributions aggregate
5000 lire
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-24
HAVE 4 BIG
PIANO SALE
ID. s. JOHNSON PIANO COMPANY
HAS RENTED LILLIs BUILDING
AND SHIPPED IN SEVERAL
: CARLOADS OF PIANOS.

w. J. Killen, special representa-
tive of the D. S. Pohnson Piano COM
pany, Seattle, is in the city and has
leased the Lillis building, formerly
occupied by the Ship & Learner bar,
and will conduct special piano sale
for the coming month. Two car
loads of pianos have been shipped to
this city and these are being opened
up in the building today and the sale
will commence tomorrow.
Mr.. Killen states that it is the in
tention of his company to establish
branch store at this place just as
soon as it is possible to secure the
right man for manager of the house
here. While the special advertising
sale will be continued here for the
coming month, it is possible that the
company will be able to find good
man for manager of the store and
that it will become one of the es-
tablished business houses of the city
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-24
CLARK TALKS TARIFF
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, March 24.-The in.
terest in today's tariff discussion In
the house centered on the speech OF
Champ Clark of Missouri, leader and
ranking democratic member of the
committee on ways and means. He
commanded great attention and was
frequently interrupted by applause
Clark had kind word for every
member of the committee on ways
and means. 1--WE worked like galley
slaves trying to ascertain the truth, "
he said. He denied that the COM
mittee bullyragged any witnesses, as
he said had been charged. He de-
clared that If any witnesses had re-
ceiyed an indecent word in the COM
mittee room it had been provoked
by his own acts.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-24
Prof. III. A. Howell, Of Havana, Cuba,
Recommends Chamherlain's
Cough Remedy,

OSWoAA ASS9N
"As long as can remember my
mother was a faithful user and friend
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, but
never in my life have I realized its
true value until now" writes Prof.
H. A. Howell, of Howell's American
school, Havana, Cuba. "On the night
of February our baby was taken
sick with very severe cold; the
next day was worse and the follow
ing night his condition was desper-
ate. He could not lie down and it
was necessary to have bim In the
arms every moment. Even then his
breathing was difficult. I did not
think he would live until morning.
At last I thought of my mothers
remedy. Chamberlain's Cough Rem
ejy, which we gave, and 1t afforded
prompt relief, and now three days
later. he has full yrecovered. Under
the circumstances I would not hesi-
tate a moment in saying that Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. and that
only, saved the life of our dear little
boy" For sale by all dealers.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-24
HORSE SUPPLY
WORRIES BRITISH
DECREASE IN BREEDING HORSES
FIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE
SERIOUSLY AFFECTS BRITAIN.

London, March PA very seri-
Gus problem is arising in the army
with regard to the supply OF horses
for war. The falling off in breeding
in this country has many years af-
fected the military service, but this
disadvantage has been intensified by
the increase of motor traction which
gives the war office a reduced num-
Der of horses to draw upon. Firms
and omnibus companies who former
ly registered thousands for war serv-
ice at foe can only offer hundreds
now. Steps have been taken to as
certain the numbers available in this
country, ana from all sources its Is
now quite apparent that If the first
and second line armies were mobil-
lied England should be faced with
one of the most pressing of military
difficulties in the supply of horses to
keep them in the field. A rough CEN
sus of the animals available in Eng
land made with the assistance of the
board of agriculture, masters of
hounds, county authorities and the
remount staff, shows that we have
about 100000 available horses of
all kinds. Of these fewer than 200,-
600 are up to the cavalry standard.
To place the expeditionary force of
six regular divisions and one cavalry
division in the field as a commence
ment, 10000 horses would be neces-
sary, and in addition, $4,000 would
be needed for the territorial force.
At the present moment England has
not in hand these $4,000 to COM
mence a war with. The problem Is
much more serious than that of men,
as an army is immobile and passive
without remounts. AS replacement
during the first year of a war 400,-
600 other horses would be necessarw.
In these numbers the question of q
supply from abroad arises. No ade-
quate arrangements have been an
nounced for such a supply, and the
foreign market in the next war, it is
stated, will be closed against Eng
land. At the present moment the
prices abroad are 20 per cent higher
than they were at the time of the
Boer war; There will be a horse
ring against the next nation which
requires to drain the supply. That
country can only be England as the
continental nations have enriched
themselves from English stock. 1t
is reported that there are some thou
sands fewer brood mares now in the
country and that the birth of foals
has dropped by 10000 a year. All
this, added to the motor traction,
is thinning the ranks of serviceable
horses by many thousands annually,
and the war Office Is unable to get
upon its registers anything approach
ing the numbers necessarw for war
purposes. The regular army at pres
emit had, excluding India, about 3D.
900 horses on charge, no fewer than
half the number required before the
army could take the field. About
5000 are required for the artillery
alone. Large numbers of the ami
mails available are of poor quality,
and the type is inferior to that Sc
lectei for continental armies.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-24
WOMEN ROOSE-
WELT WILL MEET
PROF. STARR SAYS THEY HAVE
SAME MORAL INSTINCTS AS
WHITE WOMEN OF q. s.

Cleveland, O., March 24.-The
women of the Congo and the women
of Chicago are actuated by Identical
ly the same moral instincts. says Prof.
Frederick Starr Of the University of
Chicago, who has vacillated between
the drawing rooms of civilization and
the matched huts of barbarism to
find out.
And now Mrs. Gabriel Mcguire, one
of the few American women who
knows the heart of Africa as she does
the cities of civilization, goes even
| further and declares that the Afri-
can often shows even finer feelings
than her more favored sisters.
| On her honeymoon trip, Mrs. Ma
guire accompanied her husband, who
was Baptist missionary to the May
ombi tribe, on 300-mile journey up
the Congo. She was carried two hun
dred and five miles in hammock.
81 have seen Mayombi girls sold
in marriage and they cried and beat
their arms in an agony of protest, y
she said. "But have never seen one
who would. sell herself as some of
our American girls do. And mother
love-I shall never forget the first
exhibition we saw over there. On the
ground lay a boy with his neck in a
thick wooden poke. An old woman
was writhing on the ground beside
him. The boy was to be sold beyond
the mountains.
"Of course, we brought him and
gave him back to the mother. The
price was an old coat, worth about
SO cents.
"Those women dressed only in a
necklace of beads or copper and iron
bracelets and anklets are as modest
as our women. Shame doesn't result
from scantiness of costume or the
lack of it, but from leaving off what
we are accustomed to wear. I have
seen little girls blush with shyness
when spoken to by stranger, just
as our little girls do. Oh, yes,
mean blush. It's a general mistake
to believe that the interior African
is black. He Is the color of new
penny.
GAS to vanity, there isn't much diff
ference between savagery and civil
ization. Society women suffer the
tortures of the beauty doctor. The
Congo women submit to the knife of
the medicine man who ornaments
them with artistic welts.
"And how they love anklets and
ami bracelets. The women smear
their skins, looking into pools or bur-
nished metals.
"All wives are bought. Sometimes
for a pig. Often for a hen. The only
time a man will work is to buy a
wife. The more wives he has the
richer he is. One can only support
herself and husband All the others
make a profit. The man with more
than 80 wives is a jungle multimil-
| lionaire.
"And the same coQuetry that makes
woman try to attract a man here
| is also in the makeup of the savage
woman.
"The bargain counter rush is also
ingrained, think. When we discard
ed old clothing we didn't dare to give
to anyone for fear of hurting feelings.
Mr.. Mcguire would throw 1t in the
air and such a scramble. They would
pull and tear to get piece. The next
Sunday the successful ones would
come to church with just a vest or
sash of cloth on"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-24

identified woman said to have been
seen with the Whitla suspects now
in custody committed suicide today.
Willie Whitla identified the man and
woman In custody as the couple who
acted as his caretakers while kept in
an east end apartment building.
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FOR KIDNAPPING BOY
(By Associated Press. }

by Associated fTeSS.)
Cleveland, March 24.-~Aman and
woman were arrested as suspicious
characters. They had $3.50 In
their possession but refuse to ex-
plain the possession of the money or
reveal anything to identify them
Whitla has identified the money as
that which he gave to the kidnapers
returning his boy BILLY" The
statement of "Billy" that he read
the words "Stone Church" and ''Thor-
/ pes HOTEL from the window of the
room where he was held captive led
to the arrest of the couple. The wo-
man admits that she has intimate
knowledge of the Whitla family and
their relationships.
Sharon, Pa, March 24.-For the
purpose of Identifying and getting
possession Of the man and woman
arrested in Cleveland in connection
with the Whitla kidnapping, Chief of
Police CRANE and Detective Kemp
Ter, District Attorney Lininger. For
mer District Attorney Cochrane and
Willie Whitla, his father and uncle
have gone to Cleveland.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-24

Mrs. Crider has accepted the po-
sition of cashier at the Ellis-FOrde
store.
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Cleveland. March 24.-The un-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-15
EXPERIENCE TAUGHT HIM PITY.
Wealthy Man, Forced to Go Hungry,
Now Feels for Unfortunates.

rive been in a good many tight
Places" said the New York broker,
but only once in a position which
caused me to cinch up my belt, as the
Indian does when his stomach begins
to clamor for food.
my wife and l. recently took q trip
up into Canada and out west, return
ing by way OF Buffalo. When we
reached that historic city I found my
self suddenly and Unexpectedly broke,
owing to a combination Of circum-
stances which it is not necessary to
relate. OF course we had our tickets
home and I was anxious to get back
at nce I had a few cents in
change, so we took coffee and rolls
before boarding the train, to avoid .
dollar breakfast on the car. This sus-
tanned us satisfactorily and we re-
garded the matter as q good joke,
which would furnish us a laugh all
the way home. We took our seats In
the car with just ten cents in my
am at home and busy my income 10
anywhere from nothing a day to .
hundred thousand dollars . year, and
we are rather good livers. AS the day
on. our habits began to assert
themselves. especially when other
people began eating. We thought
about broiled quails, French arti.
chokes. mushrooms au beurre noir, as
paragus salad. and other little lunch
con items Of which we are fond. Moth.
ing doing.
Would 1t be possible to get any
thing for ten cents at . station?'
asked my wife. I know there are
people who spend only a few cents a
day for their food. What are the
necessaries Of life, anyway
Il decided to investigate, 80 1t Al
bany l got OF the train and made for
the poorest looking lunch stand l
could see. I wanted the largest guam
THY for the least money-a luncheon
for two people. Meat, fruit, butter,
eggs or coffee was out of the que
ton. I confided in the proprietor.
After considering deeply, he dragged
forth from under the counter a basket
OF antique and decrepit soda biscuits
and sold me six of them for a nickel.
These. he assured me, would be fill.
Ing. He supplemented them with two
apples for the other nickel.
Since that experience l have been
contributing rather freely to all the
societies that make = specially of
feeding people"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-15
Foreigners in American COLLEGES.

Foreigners in American COLLEGES.
It Is estimated that more than
twelve hundred young men and WON
en- from foreign countries are this
year studying In American colleges
and universities. This is more by
some hundreds than ever before and
has been generally commented on.
particularly in the east, as indicating
the widening influence of American
teaching.
1t is not chiefly scholastic teaching,
however, that these welcome visitors
from the countries Of the world will
absorb and take back with them to
their distant homes. However assidu-
ously they keep to their text books
and however much they may try not
to imbibe the ideals Of government, of
liberty, Of conscience and of conduct.
they are bound to be Influenced by
them. Returning to their homes after
completing their courses of study,
they will become travelling advertise
ments Of what America has to offer
to the people of the earth. They will,
whether they intend to or not, be the
means of spreading Americanism over
the earth. The colleges of the United
States are doing missionary work of
lasting value in encouraging and vel.
coming this foreign patronage.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-15
The

w. B. Patton, as the peculiar
comedian, is an inveterate
smoker, q pipe being his favorite
smoke. His well colored and
much beloved Meerschaum, and
an enormous box of his favorite
Arcadia mixture. are always at
hand, when writing. travelling,
rehearsing, and even when act
ing. But l had the usual boys
experience when learning to
smoke" said Patton. Il was
quite 9 small shaver, when with
several chums of about the
same age, / resolved to conquer
the alluring weed. We had
started with cigarettes and were
getting along fairly well, 1 had
only been slightly sick once or
twice, and felt very proud Of my
ali. We used to meet behind a
kHhsboard fence at the end OF
oar garden. One day while put
1ine away brayely on our cigar.
settes, W each told what we
wou|d 10 IL discovered by our
mrents. I remember I was
anftetl le bravest of the lot. and
s61lelly declared that il my
30 found neept. 1 would tell
ze1 heala smoke f I
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-15
sHERIFF's SALE.
Eloi D. Broussard VS.. Isaac A.
Broussard. ct als-18th Ju-
dicial District Court, La
fayette Parish, La.
No. 4834.

By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale issued out of the 18th Judicial
District Court in and for the parish of
Lafayette, Louisiana, in the above en-
titled and numbered cause, bearing
date Jan. II, 1909, / have seized and
taken into my possession, and will
offer for sale at public auction to the
last and highest bidder at the front
door of the court house between legal
sale hours, on
Saturday, Feb. ~, 19O9,
for cash to satisfy judgment and
costs in the above entitled and num-
bered cause, the following described
property, to-wit: Two certain contig-
uous lots OF ground together with
all the improvements thereon and
thereuntoe situated, situated in
the McComb addition to the
town OF Lafayette, parish of Lafa-
yette, La, being lots three and four in
square sixteen in said addition, each
measuring twenty-five feet on Grant
avenue by a depth, between parallel
lines, of one hundred and twenty-fiv
feet, bounded northerly by lot number
two OF said square, sOutherly by lot
number five of said square, easterly
by Grant avenue, and westerly by an
alley.
LOUIS LACOSTE,
Sheriff Of Lafayette Parish.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-15
when the Almanac Originated.

The origin of the word almanac Is
derived from the Arabic words aland
manah-to count-and thus aptly ap-
plies to the measurement of time. Al
manacs in ancient days were en-
ployed by the Alexandrian Greeks, but
1t n uncertain when they were actual
ly introduced into Europe.
In 1850 A. d. Solomon Jarchus pub
lished an almanac, but the first printed
one was brought out in Vienna in 1457
by the great astronomer Purbach. The
most celebrated almanac maker was
the dabbler in magic, Nostradamus,
and since this time almanacs with pre-.
dictions have been in vogue, and their
weather lore and pictorial prophecies
have invariably appealed to a large
number of people who are apt to put
answering belief in the cryptic re-
marks of Zadski and Old Moore.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-15
Demand of Administration
Succession of Melanie Jean Meen and
Sosthene Duhon, 18th Judicial
District of Louisiana, Parish
Lafayette, No. 1852.

Whereas Felix Duhon, residing in
the parish of Lafayette has made ap-
plication to be appointed administra-
tor of the aforesaid estate.
Now. therefore, all persons are
hereby warned and notified to file their
opposition to the application in writ
ing with the clerk of court at his Office
in the town of Lafayette, ten days
after the first notice hereof, otherwise
the said applicant will be named and
appointed as such administrator as re.
CURED by law and in accordance with
law.
Witness my hand this oath day of
December, 1908.
j. GILBERT ST. JULIEN,
Clerk of the District Court.
12-25-3tw.
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liked, and he could not forbid it
as he smoked too. Just at that
moment a face appeared over the
fierce and a pair of piercing gray
eyes took in the guilty group.
William" said papa. for it was
he. william my son, what are
you doing?" Fathers voice was
like rolling thunder, and my
knees knocked together, but the
boys were looking at me, and l
had to make good my boast.
Smoking. papa" said l trying
to control my trembling voice.
And don't you think you are
rather young to do so?'he asked.
mo father" l replied, (my
voice would wobble in spite OF
myself mo, not at all too young;
l am quite old enough to smoke,
you do and I want to Also" For
q moment father was silent, then
he said sternly. Come at once to
my study, SIR" With trembling
limbs and visions of eating meals
off of the mantel piece. l crept to
fathers study. He was seated
in his arm chair, a box of cigars
IA recent present from a Cuban
friend) open. on the table beside
him. He smiled kindly and
motioned me to take a chair.
MY son" said he, i have
been thinking of your words,
and perhaps you are right, you
may be old enough to smoke.
To be sure, I have not noticed
your arrival at maturity, but l
have been busy of late and may
have overlooked it, so [ am glad
you have called my attention to
the fact that you are old; as l
look at you now, I think you are
far too old for cigarettes, SO l
want you to smoke with me, one
of these fine cigars" l was
game, took the cigar, lit it and
pulled away. Good Lord. that
cigar was strong enough to pull
a freight train; my head grew
dizzy and the room spun around
me. Fathers awful eyes
watched his victim as I grew
white and faint but I kept
'bravely on resolved to die before
I would beg for mercy.
Finish that and have another
said papa, I'VE will always smoke
together" But the end came
soon and a very sick sad and
little boy fell off that
chair and was petted and put
to bed by a loving and indignant
mother who told father in good
plain language that he was "a
great big BRUTE.
Mr.. Patton will appear at
The Jefferson Theatre. Sunday.
Jan. II, in his latest, best and
most successful play, The
Blockhead."