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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
SMITH TELLS
Of LONG PLUNGE
WITH PARACHUTE
Amateur Aeronaut Drops 1000
Feet After Ascension in
Hillside Park.

From a point 1900 feet over Hillside
Park yesterday afternoon Lem Smith.
a local newspaper artist, cut loose his
parachute and sailed back to earth
again. This was Mr.. Smiths first as
cension and satisfies, for the time being,
a craving which had long possessed
him.
Il want to go up about seven or
eight thousand feet mex time" said
Smith after he had disentangled him
self from his basket yesterday. II was
pretty well up as it was, but the higher
the better. ] had been used to hang
ing on ropes way up in the air on
~shipboard," continued Smith, $50 the
sensation when the balloon left the
ground was not a particularly novel
one. I enjoyed the Journey up to the
top of those three thousand feet i'm
mensely, though. There was not a
breath of wind stirring.
Having no ballast ] went up very
fast. but managed before I got too far
away to take two snap shots of the
receding landscape. 1t was when ]
cut loose the parachute that I got the
thrill.
ut was just as though I had been
leaning over for a long time and sud-
denly Strengthened up. There was a
rush Of blood to my e When the
parachute opened it was great going
all the way down. i landed in a tree
top a quarter of a mile from the park
but managed to shake myself free anc
get to the ground
In answer to a query, Smith said the
park seemed to be about the size OF {
| dining-room table, when he looked
down at it just before starting his re
turn trip to earth.
The balloon in which Smith made hi
initial flight was the property of John
ME Mack. a local aeronaut, who in
structed the novice in the art of aeria
sailing.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
DID SPOOKS LIFT MRS.
GRAY'S GREEN COAT?
As She Slept in an Adjoining
Room It Vanished.

Face TO face with a problem which
might tax foAthe limit h talents OF n
Monsieur Lecoq the police OF the city
sre ~endeavoring to dissipate the mys-
terry which covers. many layers deep,
the disappearance Of . green ladys-or
rather lady's green coat. The robbery.
II such il is. occurred at the home of
Michael Gray, 81 Lilly street, under cir
cumstances so strange and uncanny
they might furnish believers in spooks.
an "I.told you So"
The coat, which has vanished as into
thin air, was hanging over the back of
a chair hi the parlor. near the front
door. Mrs Gray lay on a couch In an
adjoining room. The folding doors be-
tween the two rooms were pen and
from her position Mrs. Gray command
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17

ed the front room, with the exception
Of the outer door. She is convinced she
did not sleep. even for a moment, yet
when she arose and sought out he
green coat, 10! it was gone.
The police have been told all the har-
rowing circumstances OF the case, and,
although the garment is valued at but
S12. the n of It's disappearance
furnishes SO pretty a problem that the
sleuths are strong for 1t.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
BILLIARD CUE AS WEAPON.

Michael Rebens and his brother Jo-
seph. Of rs Lock street, got into a brawl
Saturday night with several ~shopmates
and Michael was hit over the head with
a billiard cue. He told the Second Pre-
cinct police that the fight occurred at
Lock street and Central avenue. No
arrests have beer made.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
WON'T JOIN GUARD
WHICH FIRED ON STRIKERS,

TRENTON, May 1.-THE Brother
hood of Operative Potters has voted
unanimously not to allow q member of
the organization to join the National
Guard of New Jersey. The reason for
this action is told by a walking dele
gate, who says: I'VE found out through
the experience at the Perth Amboy riots
thai a potter who joins the National
Guard may have to fire on his brother
potters some day
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
SOME LETTERS RECEIVED.

Here are a few letters received from
children who wish to Join THE STAR
Juvenile Humane Society:
Soho, N. J.
Dear Uncle Jack--I would like to be-
come a member of the STAR Juvenile
Humane Society. 1 have a little dog
and his name is Ponto. ! am very kind
to him. Whenever l see anybody hit
ting an animal l will try to stop them.
Please send me a button. Sincerely
yours. CATHERINE DAILY.
Mill street.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
MILD LIQUID CURES ECZEMA.

Skin sufferers, Drop greasy salves
and nasty medicines. That mild, sooth-
ing liquid, D. d. d. Prescription. stops
the awful itch with the first drops. A
doctors prescription Of acknowledged
value. Get a bottle at Petty's Phar-
macy. Broad and Bank streets; A,
Mosher. Of Orange.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
GOING TO EUROPE FOR ART BUYING.

Max Hesslein and George T.. Lobsitz,
both occupying managerial positions
with Hahne & CO., will depart on the
steamship Mauritania, on Wednesday,
May 26. for Europe, where they will
visit the art centres of the continent
in quest of beautiful things for the
firm and its allied establishments.
they win be gone about two months.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
ARRESTED AS BLACK HAND MEN.

PATERSON, May 1.-Two Black
Handlers. after sending two threatening
letters to Joseph Puglia, the mayor
of Paterson's Little Italy" are in jail
as a result of information given yes
terday to the police. The two We're
captured last night blythe police at the
Broadway bridge, where they had ex-
pected Puglia would meet them with
Fl non
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
LOST HIS NEW CLOTHES.

Frank Young. of 421 Chestnut
street, was robbed yesterday of a new
suit of clothes hat he had bought Sat
urday night which he had placed in
his fathers stables at IL Malvern
street.
The Washington times., 1909-02-08
WOULD TAKE HIS WORD.

Representative Gustav kuesteruau"
of Wisconsin. who has never quite
shaken the peculiar accent one is most
familiar with from the vaudeville stage
arose i'm the House the other day TO
debate the p0stofce appropriations bill
Mr. Kucstermann doesn't speak OTTER
and when he does IL ls from carefully
prepared manuscript. Hence the rather
amusing scene which followed
MIR. Chairman" began Representative
KuastcrmaUU, at tine same time diving
into an inside pocket Dr. wasn't there
The Wisconsin Representative made a
frantic grab at the opposite side Of ms
coat 1t wasn't there either.
"Mr. Chairman he said again, TO
kin time The House then I'm commit
tee Of the whole. began TO litter
In the meanwhile Mr.. kuestemanu
was going through au acrObatIc stunt
that was worthy az so much per night
FeverishIy he tossed about the papers
on his desk, felt all parts Of his anatomy
my speech" ne said az last
Just tell us whether you we're going
-.-a' Un the President fhp marines.
or the Panama canal said Represent
alive GTiggs of Georgia, and Wen take
your word for &c."
The House roared. Even the genial
Mt KuesteTmann laughed.
other members had become involved
IN the search by this time and just as
pairing 10 yield back his time somebody
discovered the precious manuscript un-
der the desk.
y knew 7 had e somewhere" said
MI Kugstcmauu. as ne launched into
an eloquent perOratiou.
The Washington times., 1909-02-08
HALE DOESN'T SMOKE.

Since Senator Hale became the father
Of the Seuate-the position 10 which he
succeeded on the death Of Mr.. Allison
the rules about smoking in the Senate
wing of the Capitol are rigdIy enforced.
Senator Hale IS one OF the few states
men who do not smoke. He never had
the habit Not only does he refuse TO
smoke, but he has a great and positive
dIsgaste for tobacco in any form. The
odgr is offensive 90 him. and out Of
Difference 10 him, Senators who have
been On service long enough 90 know
his aversion. do not smoke In commit
tee meetings Doe attends.
This is one OF the reasons why the
veteran Senator is SO regular i'm his
seat The cloak room. where the off
cl8I smoking is done, not only has no
Joys 20 him. but is a place OF torment.
There has long been n rule, better
recognized in the breach than In the
observance. that no smoking was allow
eG fu elevators ana corridors OF the
Senate wing Senator Allison was a
great smoker, and nobody took the
rule seriously while he was the head
OF the scheme OF things. But when
Hale succeeded him, the Senatorial help,
without the need of being told, began
. to enforce the rules. They knew the
Maine mans attitude Of mind about
Smoking, and nowadays the luCkless
person who str0lIs through q corridor
smoking. or peTChauce softly whistliug,
.s pretty likely 90 be stopped by an
officer and told that he will have 20
observe the IaIas or be elected.
The Washington times., 1909-02-08
KEEP FIREARMS FROM BLUFF
BAD MEN"

Prison will go a lot further than
preaching to stop this business of pistol
totiu'. The House District Committee
is on the right track when it proposes
imprisonment ranging from a year to
three years as the penalty for carrying
weapons concealed. A law that really
means something viii open the way to
results. At present it is only the tough
who cannot raise the collateral or pay
O fine who goes to Jail. The toter who
can pay Tor the privilege walks ont of
court smiling.
But that is not all that is needed.
Representative Sims should by all
means report his bill on the sale of fire
arms and other deadly weapons in good
time for consideration by tins Congress.
A day police force of only l25 men cam
not watch every convenient loating
place to see If its coIored loungors are
armed. If 81 could. the better way TO
prevent ARRAYS, TO protect life, to avert
the dangerous cowardice of the pistol
carrier. would still be to keep the fire
arm out of the idler's hands In the first
place. Rifles, shotguns. pistols. dirIs.
and the like must bee sold, of course.
But there is surely way OF regulat-
ing the traffic so that they shall not be
sold TO Migrants and bluff bad men,
The Washington times., 1909-02-08
NEW ORLEANS READY
FOR TAFT'S ARRIVAL
Finishing Touches to Plans
for Great Welcome Be
ing Added.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. S.-New or
leans began today the finishing touches
of It's plans for the entertainment OF
PresideHt-elect Taft. and In the three
days intervening before his arrival the
old city viii undergo a general rigging
up"
The Taft party sailed from Colon late
yesterday aboard the North Carolina
1t is expected that the North Caroline
VIII reacu tine mouth of the river
Wednesday night or Thursday morning
when che party viii be transferred 90
the lighthouse tender Oleauder. which
viii convey the visitors to the scout
cruiser Birmingham. a final transfer
will be made TO the General Newton.
which viii bring the party 10 the land
ing.
4 parade will form Immediately.
winding mp at the city hall where
Mayor BehTman will welcome Taft 20
the city Thursday evening Mr.. ana
Mrs. Tart will attend the Elves OF OheT-
on ball. at the Old French Opera House
/ The COl0red Y NJ G.. 4. viii give a re-
cepuon fOr the PTesideut-eleCt Friday
morning, ard the Country Club viii en-
terrain i'm his honor $40 the afternoon.
The big event comes Friday night a
banquet ia the Hotel Crunewald, for
which the flower of New Orleans society
is now OVerhauHng its sarJoEial effects
The departure tor Cincinnati VIII be on
Saturday morning.
The Washington times., 1909-02-08
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN
REVENUE SYSTEM.

Sooner or later the time will come
when there viii be fundamental
changes IN the method OF providing
revenues for this Government. The
need OF protection viii diminish as the
need of revenues grows and iu time
the demand for more freedom Of COM
mercial relations viii make it impos-
sible to raise anything like 50 great a
proportion of national revenues from
the customs, as has Deen done in the
past
When that time comes there will
have to be decision between extension
of the internal revenue system. as now
established and understood, and the
adoption OF some direct taxes There
is much to be said on both sides, but
public opinion viii point the way to the
proposal which the Democrats in Con
gTess are now considering, namely, to
adopt inheritance taxes, or income
taxes, or both, Is means to increasing
the revenues, rather than 10 impose
uuties on coffee and tea.
This country doesn't like the tariff
Tor revenue idea. Protection furnishes
"a more palatable excuse than revenue.
The combination of revenue with pro
lection as excuse for tariff impositions.
has long been reasonably satisfactory.
But the time is come when there must
be a change. and new revenue channels
must be opened. it will not do to say
that after the recovery OF normal bust
mess conditions the customs revenues
viii be restored. They win not be re-
stored if there Is such a tariff revision
cas- the country demands. Ii there is not
so fun a revision as that at present it
viii come later. The time cannot long
be postponed when customs collections
viii cease to be the main financial stay
of the Government.
The Supreme Court has once decided
against the income tax; or rather. il
has decided against one income tar
measure. But with public sentiment
and the revenue necessities alike press
ing for rehearing, it is altogether prob
able that before many years this ques
zion OF income and inheritance take.
will be forced upon the attention Of tn,
legislature and the judiciary, and tina
IN some new form means viii be founC
1or imposing the taxes
The Washington times., 1909-02-08
DANGER OF A WEST-BOUND
FREIGHT RATE WAR.

The significance OF the report that he
Boston and Maine and other railroad
companies may engage in "a wan OF
rates 10 Chicago, so Jar as it affects
Eastern cities. lies in the fact that just
so long as there is danger OF such a
rate war viii there be some halt in
business destined for the West, Each
buyer will naturally desire TO delay his
purchases until the rates are lowest,
and each viii hesitate TO buy while the
uncertainty lasts lest competitors may
secure better rates. This desire and
this hesitation may we'll prove no incon-
siderable factors in the cost of com
modities.
The authority of the Interstate Com
merce Commission might be invoked, it
Is suggested, to prevent ruinous sIaug6-
ter OF rates. in which both railroads and
business men must be sufferers. AS
the commission is hardly able TO an
ticipate the action of the railroads
however, and as, even if it could, the
uncertainty that might ensue from q
general leveling downward OF freight
rates, would continue until argument
had been made before the commission
and decision pronounced, q more prac
teal view looks toward the avoiding o.
the freight war altogether by the
/ sensible cooperation of the railroad.
f concerned. This ought not be difficult
20 obtain, particularly as those involved
are capable and reasonable business
men who must realize what a continu
ance of the present uncertainty signi
+ fies.
The Washington times., 1909-02-08
AT A LUNCHEON
AT THE CHEVY CHASE CLUB
AT HOME

Mrs. William Graeme Harvey, jr.,
viii receive this afternoon. at 1917 S
street.
Mrs. ". A. Shcles will receive from
g to 6 o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs. c. w Hamlin and Miss HamIin,
wife and daughter Of Representative
HamIin of Missouri. viii receive this
a rteruoon at the New Namum.
Mrs. Floyd and Miss Floyd, OF Ar
kansas. will receive informally at 800
New Jersey avenue This afternoon,
Mrs. Thomas Ct. Anderson and Miss
Anderson Will receive this afternoon.
Mrs. william Sherman Dewhirst viii
receive tomorrow ard the remaining
Tuesdays in February AZ 1879 Monroe
street.
Mrs. William H. McNnew and Mrs.
Samuel II. Greene, iU., viii receive at
the Burlington tomorrow for the last
time this season.
Baroness Moncheur. wife Of the Bel
CLAN minister, VIII receive this after
noon.
The following Congressional ladies'
VIII receive tomorrow at the Cairl from
3 To o'clock: Mrs Frank ". Mondell
Mrs. William H. RYAN, Mrs. Frederick
e. Stevens, Mrs. Michael r -riscOIl
Mrs. Robert W. BOnyuge. Mrs. James
Kennedy. Mrs. Frank NJ. Nye, Mrs
Paul Rowland. Mrs. Henry s. Caul-
field land Mrs. Howard N. Snapp.
The Washington times., 1909-02-08
RAINEY'S MEMORY.

I'm addition TO furnishing I'd consider
able amount Of material to faiuz about
in Connection WITH the various JransaC-
lions which eliminated in the purchase
of the PanlIaa canal and the supse-
0ueut operations there, Representative
Henry r. Raiuey OF Illinois established
himself as a rival of Martin ~. Little
ton. the famous New York LAWYER IS a
man who has wonderfully ieiehLiE7
mind. ..-
TIE most remarkable feat Of Little
{ tons career Is said 10 Ee the speech ne
delivered at ST. Louis, IN lay4, Wnen ne
nominated Alton r. Parker I0r the
( Z residence The speeds Was many COZ
umus in length, and those VINO heard .J
udlEe'ed at the Sm0oLGEess wac. Nnit.l
IL was CgIEyeTed, and also the iacl Ln.tL
never once did the speaker refer 10
notes ~ ANY kind
Rafnev's speech had been furnished TO
the press i'm advance. The accusations
go it were So specific tlaL one !A"1t.
! ,sho was asked tJ read it ever declared
{. at 90 Dor Tered very closely or me me
of libel, ana 7'sat D. Mr.. haIhay omitted
any essential part of # iu tie actual De
[ lI. cry, 1eWsIapeT IuL l5hi-G il !l lHA
could probably he held for libel
Consequently there Eat more or less
I ca. zferurtInu rulrUg ths new spa per
CORRESPONDENTS when AR. E~Iuc- began
IRE delivery OF the speech without nav
Ing q vestiga of notes lu front OF him
Hr read only when he desired to quote
s-curateIv q letter or CahlaETa ul, ana
these were written ON smell sips or
paper.
/ one man Uha had been furnished with
/ o. couv OF fHc speech ali VINO. Incl
deutaly md d nigh regard for the
/ sneakers ability. took OCCASION 10 fol-
{ low thc sy-a-Ii and at MS conclusion
/ he declared trat Raiuo- pad tolioweI
/ the sDecC1 TanT out iu advance ln a'
/ astonishing manner. Sentence Tor SEN
tence ami Paragraph for paragraph.
/ never jumping about, and interfering
/ rnIv 10 amUj'.V or 20 give iu more de-
y tail some particular statement.
/ Tie stunt ls looked uuoU as the most
! remarkable Witnessed iu .He EsU5" ll
many years. 1rasmucn as TJirnE spoke
{ for nearly two hours.
The Washington times., 1909-02-08
SECRETARY GUIDES
MEXICAN EMBASSY
Senior AIbarez Charge Dur
ing Absence of Am
baSSadOr.

Senior Victoriano SaIad0 AIbarez. the
new first secretary OF the Mexican eU-
bassy. took up his duties today. and inn
medlateIy became charge de anaires I'D
interim.
senior AIbaTez was second secretary.
under Ambassador CTeel, and went with
him to Mexico nearly year ago. HIS
return as first secretary, under AmDa%-
sadOr Senior de Ia BaTIa who VIII as
sumo his duties i'm Washington after "a
visit 60 Mexico Is a promotion.
Senior Jose S. Codoy, who was treas
urar aud counsellor of the embassy dur
ing the absence of Ambassador CTeeL
viii leave Washington I'm a few days 90
take up his new duties as Mexican am
ba-sador TO the EepdDIIc OF Cuba lie
has been for seVeraf years accredited
to that country, bat during the Ametl-
can Intervention i'm Cuban affairs mas
been ina Washington. He formally turn
e., over the embassy this morning 10
Senior AlbdTeZ-
The Washington times., 1909-02-08
LODGE WAS PLEASED.

Constituents who are not personally
acquainted with their representatives
in Congress are often prone 10 misjudge
them. IN many quarters OF Massachu-
sets. for instance. Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge IS looked upon as a man hard to
approach cold and austeTe. who has
no sentimental side 90 his nature. Here
is an Illustration 20 tbs contrary
Senator Lodge had been the source
Of some pointed remarks ON the part Of
Rcprcseutatir Rainey of Illinois. Mr..
Weeks replied to them ana fin closing
an able speech he declared that every
man, woman. and child iu AIassaClu-
sets would rise I'm rebellion and re-
sent any imputatiou on the personal iu-
tegritv Of the senior Senator from Mas
sarhusCTf-"
When Senator Lodge heard of the i'm
cideut hc was silent for a moment and
then said, with feeling. of would rather
have that tribute paid to me than 60
achieve an the honor within the gift of
the nation
The Washington times., 1909-02-08
STORIES THAT ARE GATHERED
IN HALLS OF THE CAPITOL


II biographies count for anything,
Representative Robert Bruce Macon, Of
Helena, Ark, is the most modest man
in the House ol Representatives, The
important events I'm MacOns life are
set down I'm the Congressional dlrec-
tory I'm just three lines, plus two words.
It even omits such an important event
as Mr. MacOn's birth. Nobody in the
House knows how old the Arkansas
solon IS It is known. however, that
he is long on law and is there with
point of order about as often as
any other director on the floor.
The biography reads thus.
Robert Bruce Macon. Democrat, OF
Helena, is a lawyer; was elected to the
Fifty-eightb and Fifty-ninth Congress
es. and reelected TO the SEticth Con
D. +. Taylor. Republican. Reelected
TO the SiXty-lTSt Congress
That's all It says Tt seems TO be one
OF these further thau this depoucnt
. knOWetl not affairs. You may guess
at the rest, including The age or MI,
Macon.
There are several members of The
House, however who run Nr. Macon
q close race ia the bietness of their
biographies. The following named have
biographies of less than six lines i'm
: che directory d. Adam Bede. House
humOrlst. Of Minnesota. Timothy Ans
berry Of Ohio. Hardwick Of Georgia,
ShacEelfOTd OF Missouri, Hamiu oil
Missouri. Stafford or Wisconsin, and
Harry Maynard of Virginia
All Of these gentIemen. however
ChToniCltd the important event Known
as their birth and consequently the,l
Macon The most conservative guess
eTs put his az City.