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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20
SUICIDE WAS A
BUTLER FOR KIN
OF ROOSEVELT
Body Discovered in House of
Presidents Nephew in
West Orange.
ENDS LIFE AT HOME
OF LATE EMPLOYER
Revolver Under John Casters
Head-Had Been I'll for a
Long Time.

Robert Gillespie. a butler in the
country home of Theodore Douglas
Robinson, nephew of President Roose-
welt. in Mt. Pleasant avenue, West Or
ange, found today the dead body of
a man on the front porch of the house.
the body was in pool of blood 1t
had bullet wound in the head, which
indicated suicide.
The man was John Caster, who was
employed in the Robinson home as a
butler, but was discharged last fall.
He was seen in West Orange yesterday,
and had been drinking in some of the
saloons He said he had just gotten out
of a hospital in New York city, where
he had been i'll with pneumonia. A
search OF the mans clothes failed to re-
veal any weapon with which he might
have committed suicide. Later the re-
volver with which he had done the deed
was found under his body.
The Robinson family is now in New
York city, the house being closed for
the winter.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20
FREDERICK LANG
SENTENCED TO Be
ANGED MARCH 23
Slayer Cool When Court Sets
Time for Last Jersey Ex-
ecution of the Kind.
Especial to the Evening star.l

NEW BRUNSWICK, Feb. TO- Fred
erick Lang. the murderer of Kate Cor
don, was brought into court today to
be sentenced for his crime. Justice
Bergen said that sentence had already
been passed and that IT had been sus-
pended by court proceedings, and that
all that he had to do was to set a
date for the execution. He fixed March
23 for the execution. Lang will be
hanged in the jailyard here and will
be the last man to be executed by
hanging in New Jersey. He was con-
victed before the electrocution law
went into effect
Lang showed no concern over the
sentence. His counsel, Alan II. Strong,
made no new motion.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20
STATE LEADERS
TO HOLD CHECK ON
GOVERNOR FORT
Committee Is Named TO Keep
Close Watch on Course of
Legislation at Trenton.
FORMER GOVERNOR STOKES
TO BE WATCHER CHIEF
Coalition of New Idea Republic
cans and Democratic Minority
Considered Serious.

Members of the Republican State
Committee are feeling more at ease
today than they have been since the
convening Of the Legislature last
month. This feeling has arisen from
Yesterdays conference and luncheon of
the committee at the home OF former
Governor Franklin Murphy, State
chairman. when II was decided that
the executive committee of the major
body should act as a Legislative COM
mittee at Trenton to watch the course
Of legislation.
The burden of the work of this com
mittee VIII he to advise with the sena-
tors and assemblyInen of their party.
and with Governor Fort when 1t is
thought necessary for the good of the
Regular Republican organization.
The executive committee to be in
charge of the steering" at Trenton is
composed of United States Senators
Frank o. Briggs and John Kean; for
mer Governor Edward c. Stokes, Con-
gressman John ]. Gardner. of Atlantic
City; State Assessor David Baird. Of
Camden; County Chairman Alfred N.
Dalrymple, of Essex; State Treasurer
Daniel s Voorhees,, of Morris; State
Assessor Theodore Strong. of Middle
sex, and Senator Edmund Wakelee. Of
Bergen. Senators Briggs and Kean are
in Washington now, and it would be
impossible for them to give legislative
matters in Trenton the attention nee
81,
committee devolves upon the third
man. former Governor Stokes. He and
Edward w. Gray, his former private
secretary, will keep open house in the
Trenton House in rooms and O.
AT the conference with former Gov
ernor Murphy were: Vice Chairman
Stokes, Treasurer Winton C. Garrison.
Senator Waielee, r. c. Hutchinson. OF
Burlington; Senator Robert E. Hand,
of Cape May; County Chairman Dali
rymple. of Essex; George D. Whitney.
of Gloucester; John Rotterdam and
5 ate Tax Commissioner George NJ.
Mccarthy. of Hudson; State Assessor
Strong, of Middlesex, c. Asa Francis.
of Monmouth: William H. Fisher. of
Ocean; Robert Williams, of Passaic;
D. Harris Smith, of Salem; Henry c.
Hunt, of Sussex; Hamilton F. Keau.
Of Union. and John l. Blair Reilly, of
Warren.
Among the absentees We're Senators
Kean and Briggs, who are in Wash
ington: State Treasurer Voorhees,:
President of the Senate Samuel X.
Robbins. former Mayor. Henry NJ.
Dorenus, OF this city; former. Sheriff
Frank II. Sommer and State Assessor
Baird. who is in California on a vaca-
ton
Mr.. Sommer explained his absence
today by saving that 1le Invitation
was mislaid in his Office and that be
did not find 1t until today He made
no comment on the action OF the state
committee.
The luncheon had not been under way
very long before matters Of legislation
fCsntinusA N rspena ranot
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20
SICA NOT SLAYER.
SAYS ATTORNEY
OF MRS. WILHELM
Edward S. Black Claims Man
Under Arrest Is Absolutely
Guiltless.

The mystery which has thus far en-
shrouded the Frank Wilhelm murder
was given a new twist today by a
statement issued by Edward S. Black,
counsel for Mrs. Mary J. Wilhelm in
the legal procedure which followed the
finding OF her husbands dead body in
their High street home. Mr.. Black
comes to the front with what he
claims is new clue and puts forth
the claim that Nicholas S. Sica, Mrs.
Wilheln's admirer, now in the county
jail charged with the murder is not the
right man. Mr.. Black says:
Il desire to state in the most nositive
manner that Nicholas S. Sica is not
named as correspondent in the petition
for divorce that was drawn by me at
the request Of Frank Wilhelm. and
which was never filed. but that another
person is mentioned as correspondent,
whose name l gave to Detectives Tuite
and Kuhn. of the Newark police de.
partment. never made statement
to anyone that Nicholas S. Sica was
named in said petition.
While 1 am not counsel FOR Nicolas
S. Sica. I feel il incumbent upon me TO
say that | do not believe he is the per-
son who murdered MIR. Wilhelm.
Il am working on clue of my own,
and have strong suspicion that the
man who is guilty of this crime es-
capped from Newark on the evening on
which the murder was committed, and
was afterward seen in Woodstown,
Salem county. New Jersey. l expect q
letter from Woodstown in regard to
the matter during the coming week.
sad ! Will then probably have further
information to fupart
n. II am rabpoense6 before the grand
xqsatsss1 = nsssnA pars.a
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20
TO STOP
ALL ROWDYISM
IN HAT STRIKE
Captain Brown Saws He VIII Use
Clubs. if Necessary, to
Keep Order. -
RENEWAL OF TROUBLE
EXPECTED ON TUESDAY
Manufacturers Will Attempt 10
Resume Business-Both
Sides Warned.


Because of the frequency Of the fights
between union and non-union hstterS.
the police are determined next week -
put a stop to hostilities. The faefor;s-
viii reopen in different n.-ts - Is.
city, 1-,,a.d.,, ,sta- a. ,.-,,s.
i y,a,,ta7 -. - 'aas ss1
t3lts "A1 Us iaci
captain .Tob, n r,..,,, -
ond Precinct station whose ,er,.it',,.., ,1,s.
has been the storm centre ~ W.. s,,.;Isss
has taken the initiative in ~. s,,,,ts. -.
and TODAY said;
Hereafter. clubs Win he tr,,-,,,.
There will be no mora fernnor,z,.,e. ,,-its,
either one side or the other 5,ss.,1
to detail between 80 and GO ms, ~ ,I,.
Fishman factory on Spring street. spa
the Smith factory on Eagles sfreaf
These men win be armed with night
sticks and they viii be ,ns+ruets.5 +.
use them with telling effect
I'VE have had enough rowdvism. and
its continuance viii result in either
broken heads or Imprisonment for all.
nc pslues concerheo, inc men naye
oser Ins'ruclso 70 prevent eitner the
ss,tAs " .ne uon-union heip from
$500 i.e ~ 'ne siSiin,s oi tne TWO fer-
~, 81, - ~, ~. 10y vonl'aenh .nsl
~ s ~. - aoie - loi'oW ou. tnsss
iarso 70 t "..aloue any resore 70 yio-
49,, ,,.,,i ..io ON
49, y :. az =, =
Sa..., r,..,la a.au .i'o n'en y. ~
eS'.s,s : -, nas neNer ye. -"
s'e ~ '.
tnion's order Demands Fe3cs-
Saptalh brown gave out this inter-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20
AUTO SHOW Will
START TONIGHT IN
ESSEX ARM0RY
Plans Perfected to Make 1t the
Greatest Event Of the Kind
in State.
S BUILDING BEAUTIFULLY
DECORATED FOR OCCASION
President George F. Reeve, Of
Board of Trade, to Make
an Address.

Opening tonight in a burst Of bril-
liancy, with thousands Of electric lights
shedding their rays upon a lavish dis
play of cars. the second annual auto
mobile show, in the Essex Troop Ar
Inory, in Roseville avenue, will be the
largest and most complete affair of it's
kind ever held on Jersey soil.
The crowds which will throng at the
Armory tonight will enter into a motor
ists'- paradise. transformed by riot of
color, music and the most costly dis
play of cars ever assembled in New
Jersey.
Promptly at s o'clock the lights will
flash, President George r. Reeve. Of
the Board OF Trade, will deliver the
address of welcome and the great six
day show will be on.
Excepting tomorrow. the exhibition
Z. will be open every day and until late
each night, through all next week. 1t
win close next Saturday night at II
. O'Clock
All day yesterday decorators were
engaged in placing the flags and
'streamers and lights in position, and
this morning motor cars of all makes
and sizes kept coming in and taking
up their positions in the various spaces
allotted to them. a great electric sign
outside the armory building flashes out
the announcement of the show and
welcomes visitors from afar. The in
terror Is veritable riot of color Red,
white and blue predominant and great
Streainers high above the heads of all
stretch from wall to wall. Long waves
of bunting, gracefully gathered up here
and there In fancy arrangements, adorn
the sides of the drill hall and all about
are thousands of flags. Within the
building at the entrance are two mass
i've Grecian columns of virgin white,
crested with cluster of national flags.
At the other extreme of the armory,
III O mass OF flags, is a copy of the
official seal of the city of Newark, and
at each side of this are the coats Of
arms of the nation and the State. All
about festooned in dazzling effects,
and hidden in most unexpected places,
are 1000 electric lights and nine fam
ing arc lamps
The great drtll hall has been given a
(Continued on Sixteenth Pnge.l
HustIeFs mud Anh-{lNnH
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20
ARCHBISHOP RYAN Is;
POPE CABLES BLESSING.

y PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.--'Bless-
ings and felicitations.' This was the
cable message which Pope Plus sent
to Archbishop Ryan today congratu-
lating his grace upon his seventy
eighth birthday. The archbishop re-
ceived large number of letters and
kilograms Of congratulations. but aonc
of the kindly greetings he read from
friends all over the country gave him
more pleasure than thar received from
the pontif.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20
WILLIAM j. BRYAN
HERE ON MARCH 6.
Nebraskan to Lecture in Centen-
ary M. E. Church.

William Jennings Bryan will visit
Newark on March 6. His visit win be
non-political. for the Commoner will
lecture in the assembly room of the
Centenary NJ. f. Church. Mr.. Bryan
will take as subject his famous lee
ture entitled "The Prince of Peace =
Mr.. Bryan's ability as an orator is
well known in this city. which he has
visited several times during his presi-
Dental campaigns
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20
HATTERS INSIST THAT
THEY WILL WIN STRIKE.

It is claimed by the union ha4f1rn
that all of tha Associated hat 1hoDe
viii b~ uttng ths nplru 1Rhst aH6<n n
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20
VIII 7

is It that you will keep on losing
rent when you can rent your
room through the Want Ad'
columns of the STAR7 Put
your advertisement in today
and stop losing rent
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-20

Favored Taothpickr Are Delicious /,
aente IN stArnps 70 rbs niiss Mte e
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-20
SHOE KNOWLEDGE

When you buy shoes, look at the
leather Just as much as the style.
Leather dies; that is, it loses its
elasticity and brilliancy if kept over
a year Possibly you have a pair of
shoes you have kept nicely for over
year, yet they appear to be old
1t is because the leather :, dead
Such shoes wear as we'll as almost
any kind, but they do not look new
Just now dealers are selling strap
ped shoes. Waen you get pair
they must fl very snugly at the
sides; if they do not, as soon as
they stretch you will notice they
open at the sides and look unattract-
i've on the foot A shoe that straps
must be trifle narrow, not too much
so for comfor;, but enough to horf
the sides firmly to the foot, for there
is only one strap, and that is over
the bend of the instep and will not
hold the gaping sides together
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-20

drawn-out call of an idIer, who wish
es To kill time at your expense, IS
outrageous. Nevertheless. seemingly
it must be done and very graciousiy,
with thank you added, or-you be-
come 2 target for ire. Sometimes you
pay the price of discomfort to your
entirefamily. If you protest verbally,
forthwith you are crank disagree
able, unfeeling and what not. Again,
if you fail to call up in turn, you are
queer. If you do 1t is a signal for
renewed mortgages upon your time,
patience and quiet. Busy men whose
women folk, friends or sweethearts
call them up inopportunely are begin
ming to lie diligently in order 70 save
their day.
"A telephone in a residence should
be for the convenience of the user,
for imperative needs, for exceptional
social emergencies, where wliring,
sending or going is quite impossible
for sudden illness, for bad weather
for unavoidable delays, for trans or
service of any sort. For these things
It is Indispensable, but for the ex
change of twaddle between foolish
women, communications between the
prowling wolf and the unsuspecting
lamb, it has become an unmitigated
domestic curse"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-20

is making stringent rulings on mat
ter published in newspapers.
"The latest is a ruling by the third
assistant postmaster general, A. L.
Lawshe. against the Daily Sun. ]. 4.
Robinson, the editor, published a
card soliciting contrilnlicns for set
of chimes he wishes TO pace in 81.
Philips church " Durham as thank
offering for his restoration to health
after a desperate illness in which he
was given UP by his physicians and
to all who are thankful for blessings
received and offering to donate sub
scriptions TO this cause. The de-
partment rules that he cannot mail
these papers at pound rates, even to
the extent of an extra number of
copies allowed each publisher, which
is ruled to be 10 per cent Of the cir
culation. Three hundred and fifty
copies were mailed when the ruling
was made, and the postoffice depart
ment made Editor Robinson ring out
of his chimes fund $3.50 and stop
the mailing of papers soliciting these
subscriptions, excepting at the rate
of a cent each"
It is the opinion of the average
editor that vigorous legislation is
necessary to right the wrongs against
the newspapers and printers of the
country. The movement for re-
vision OF the postal law regarding
the printing Of stamped envelopes by
the government seems TO be gaining
strength. Many press associations
have pledged themselves to see to 1t
that senators and representatives are
urged to the point OF enacting stat
utes that will relieve newspapers
and printers of unjust competition
and unfair treatment at the hands OF
the postoffice department.
May this speedily come to pass.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-20
TIE OPPOSING ARMIES.

Grant and Meade, after crossing
the river. established their headquar-
tiers near a deserted house whose neg
lec.ed fields overlooked the ford. AT
1:15 p. m. Hancock and Warren, hav-
ing met with no opposition in their
advance to the heart of the Wilder
ness, Grant telegrapbed for Burnside,
whose Ninth Corps was stretched
from the Rappahannock to Manassa,
to make forced marches until he
reached Germanna Ford There IS
great reason to believe, it seems to
me, Va 1t he should have brought
Burnside up nearer before the move
ment began. For as it was, his men
We're nearly marched to death to
overtake us; and as a result, they
were altogether too tagged out for
the work they were called on to do
the morning of the second day. The
same criticism, however, can be maze
on Lees failure to bring Longstreeu
within striking distance. Though to
be sure, he did not know whether
Grant would cross the Rapidan at
the fords above or below him; If
above, then Longstreet was just
where he would have needed him. |
have always suspected that Lee fear
ed a move on that flank. more than
on his right, for there thecountry was
so open that he could not conceal
the paucity of his numbers, as in the
"aderness.-Norris Schaff, in Allan
tic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-20
shakespeare As she is spoke.

The Shakespeare club of New Or
leans was noted for its amateur per-
form&uces. Everybody's says. Once a
social celebrity. gorgeous in the cos
tune Of lord in waiting, was called
upon to say: THE queen has
swooned."
AS he stepped upon the stage his
friends applauded vociferously. Bow
ing his thanks, he faced the king and
In high-pitched voice said: THE
swoon has queened."
There was roar of laughter. He
waited patiently until it had subsidized
and tried again: 1.-THE sween has
cooned."
Again the house roared and the
stage manager, in a voice that could
be heard all over the theater, said,
Come off, you doggoned fool"
But the ambitious amateur refused
to surrender, and in a rasping falsetto
as he was being assisted off the stage,
screamed: "The coon has sweened!"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-20
THE SILENT GUN.

A bill before the legislature at Al
bany made it a felony to sell 10 pri-
waite individuals arms equipped with
silencer. Mr.. Hiram Percy Maxim,
inventor of the silencer, protested
against its passage upon the ground
that his appliance cannot be used eff
feetively upon revoIvers, or any gun
with barrel less than twenty inches
in length, and will therefore offer no
advantage to assassins. 1t is hard to
see the force of his argument. AS
sassins do not by any means confine
themselves to revolvers, and the
slencer will open to them new OPP
portunities to lie in ambush and pick
off their victims with little danger
of detection.
Mr.. Maxim, in addressing a
sportsman's club upon a recent
occasion, endeavored TO prove TO his
auditors the many advantages when
he claims the silencer offers to hunt
ers, and to refute the objection that
its use in the chase is unsportsman-
like One ventures to say that no real
sportsman who heard him--he who
conforms to the ethics of the hunt
was seriously impressed. Mr.. Maxim
made the claim in this address that
the crash of the bullet passing
through the air, the noise OF which
is in no wise diminished by the
silencer, is what really startles the
game, and gives it ample warning of
danger. But he evaded reference to
the fact that the sound of the bullet
alone, unaccompanied by the local
report of the rife from which 1t is
discharged, gives no warning of the
direction whence II comes, and that
a whole herd of deer might be slaugh-
tered by an INSCRIPTIONS hunter be.
fore the animals could discover their
enemy and escape
The silencer reduces the recoil OF
high power rifles to a negligible
point. and in consequence makes for
accuracy. Neither the point OF 81
lence nor the point of increased &C.
curacy, however, will have weight
with any man who has the true red
blood of the sportsman in his veins.
Both viii undoubtedly appeal TO the
game hog" or to the man who
goes to the woods only to KILL True
craftsmanship consists not in killing.
but in pitting human skill against
keen animal instinct For this reason
the camera is more and more becom-
ing the weapon of the animal and
W lerness lover. To use a silencer
ahd rob a confused animal once fired
upon of the possibility of retreat is
to take a mean and low advantage
unworthy real man. Give the game
chance! 1t is even a question
whether 1t is fair play to use repeat.
ing arms, especially with high power
ammunition.
There are other decided objections
to Mr.. Maxim's invention, not the
least of which is the power of de-
struction which 1t offers poachers 2;5d
hunters who disregard the law and
this appliance in the woods should
be classed as a game hog" and
looked upon with the same contempt.
His ideals of craftsmanship are no
higher than those of the man who
resort sto jacklanterns in deer hunt.
ing. or the one who dynamites fish.
No true sportsman, no matter who
Re is, will hunt with a silencer or.
carry one into the woods, Outing
Magazine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-20
Sin0uIarltles.

In the most boisterous part Of
Mounts bay, Cornwall, England. and
almost unapproachable 6. .cept by sea,
lies Dollar cove, where for the past
three months a treasure seeking ex-
pedition, sent down by London syn
dictate. has been working. In 1888
Spanish ship went ashore there with
about twenty tons of specie aboard.
Everybody who lives on the coast is
IL lar with the appearance Of the
dohars, as large numbers have been
washed up on the beach from me to
time. Gold pieces are said u have
been discovered within a recent pert
cd by people walking or the beach.
Fear has arisen in the breast of a
New Zealander in England caused BY
the announcement tha. the Dread
nought which his native country is to
give TO the empire will be the thir-
teenth ship presented to the British
navy. However, the thirteenth gift
ship is not the Dreadnought, but the
hospital ship, Maine, which was fitted
up tor use in the South African war,
and has since served principally in
the Mediterranean. The Maine was
the gift of Mr.. Baker, an American
citizen.
Hazel twigs long have been used as
instr uments with which to discover
water under GROUND. The twig has at
various times been credited with
many marvellous powers. Not only
could It discover water, but concealed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-20

very slow and lethargic, fair-haired
and blue-eyed Their own local rhyme
roughly translated we'll describes
them:
Every winter is the Pommer
Yet more stupid thsn in summer.
The houses of the peasants. pictur-
esque enough without, contained lit
tie interest; one or two old danes still
used their spinning wheels, and a few
big, wooden chests, curiously studded
with brass nails. we're TO be seen: the
rest Of the furniture was poor and
plain In the extreme.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-20
SOME TELEPHONE oUrRAGEs.
Most Serious Is the Never-ceasinJ
Twaddle OF the Idle Woman.


Miuna Thomas Antrim wants to
know what In to be done with the
telephone fend," the wonderful call.
er-up ut any old time and place. the
Detroit Free Press says.
The telephone. she declares, has be-
come the favorite pastime OF the wo-
man with nothing to do. 1t acceler-
ates gossip as well as business. 1t
has saved lives and helped pile up
fortunes but it has also ruined lives.
cursed some women, she goes on to
remark:
"Telephoning from q habit finally
becomes a vice and menace 10 the
courtesies. It has destroyed the fine
art of social correspondence 1t has
crowned Haste with Courtesy's laurel,
Another phase OF the telephone
madness, and one OF the most auda-
cious, is the impertinence it makes
possible against the party called up
Impulsiye women say things to men
and to each other over the telephone
that they would never say face 10
face. To be rude to an acquaintance
is at all times shocking to the gentle,
therefore TO have to answer the long