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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
ECHOES OF THE ELECTION.

From the New York Sun.
We tremble. foreseeing the effect of the
Maryland election upon the sensitive soul
Of the Hon. William Joel Stone. Inc
Hon. John johnson will soon get chal-
lenge from the Scourge OF the BLACKS.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
The defeated candidate always has the
satisfaction Of getting some friend TO an
nounce in a clear. resonant tone that ne is
great even in defeat.
From the Springfield Union.
Perhaps Il will occur to the cotton mill
GENERATORS that curtailing production also
curtailed the vote.
From the New York Herald.
What do you think of that? No sooner
elect q reform lot Of judges than the
courthouse falls down.
From the Louisville Courier-Journsl-
The profits of the election go to the
ofFicehoIders. To the tall timber go many
of the prophets of prediction days.
From the Brooklyn Times
Tom l.. johnson met his Waterloo in
Cleveland Tuesday. Thus is announcer OF
william j. Bryan's rivals for the demo-
cratic nominat!On'for the presidency ehh-
mated.
From the Providence Journal
The news from Observation-Disclosures
Meme, Tekel. Upharsin-
From the Pittsburs Dispatch.
The report of Tom Taggart's loss OF in
fiuence must have been exaggerated. The
fact that he was for the democratic cam
didate for mayor Of Indianapolis Is said
to have elected the republican nominee.
From the Milwaukee Free Press.
II YOU have nothing else to do this is
rood time to look over the files and read
the ante-election claims OF the political
managers.
From the Columbus Evening Dispatch.
multitude Of exchanges come to US
with the information that the battle of
the ballots" was on Tuesday.
From the Syracuse Herald.
Now come the really melancholy days
of the year for the men who picked 'em
wrong before eiection-the days when their
wives impress upon them repeatedly how
many tons of coal the amount of their
election losses would have paid for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
French Court Scenes.

The spectacle of judge entering into
bitter argument with the prisoner at
the bar. charged with murder, wransiing
over questions of evidence. shouting de-
nunciations Of the accused, sneering at
her protestations Of innocence and jibinr
at her confessions OF intrigue. marks the
Steinheil murder trial In Paris with the
fundamental difference between the ad-
ministration OF the law In France and
in the United States. It may be that
the French process Is moro direct and
more certain OF calculating the truth
Possibly IL IL an improvement over the
American process Of examination and
cross-examination. But II does not appeal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

Poundmaster Einstein's action In i'm
pounding a flock of geese found parad-
ing on the Bladensburg road Is generally
disapproved in every barnyard In the
District. Every white goose, every gray
goose, Kisses at the official, and every
gander. ruffied by the indignity shown
the ladies of his household. opens wide
his bill and makes q face at the pound
master Every duck quacks his protest,
every turkey gobbles In disdain. and
every hen clucks defiance. They feel
that IL the immemorial right Of geese
to hold a procession on a country road
may be thus invaded, the poundmaster
may also encroach upon the ancient
prerogative of ducks to waddle and hens
to scratch.
The geese have a grievance. Any OLD
yellow-billed gander with switching tall
fiat feet and pigeon toes. might. II called
on for a few remarks. say what follows:
1T is an outrage that We should be
driven from the road in the interest OF
auto owners. Many Of them are bigger
geese than We. Is 1t not the privilege
of geese. sanctioned by long usage, to
promenade in single file under the COM
mand OF a chosen leader? Are not
our professions always decorous. digni1ed
and stately?
"Have we geese not done the state
some service? Have we not given the
quilts with which great papers have
been written? Were not our quilts the
best things to write with until man be-
gan to write so much rubbish that he
had to use q typewriter? Have We not
given our feathers for beds, on which
you men have had the gentlest rest and the
sweetest dreams? Did not our ancestors
save Rome? Do you not use our breast
bones to foretell hard winters? Would
the weather bureau have prophesied q
pleasant inauguration day II it had used
the breastbone Of q goose:
And yet you arrest us, fling us into a
public pound like nalefactors. while you
make only the feeblest efforts to send
undesirable citizens to JAIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
TAMMANY'S TROUBLES.
From the Newark Evening Times.

From the Newark Evening Times.
Tammany may be interested I'm know
ing that a prolonged season of fasting is
wholesome for the body and helpful to
the moral nature.
From the New York World.
Mr.. Murphy cannot even have the
tiger kept in the Bronx Zoo at the public
expense.
From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
In New York the Tiger. while not
broken. was at least badly bent.
From the Indianapolis News.
While Tammany may have no more
plans than usual for being good. 1t has
been brought to a keen realization of the
fac. that 1t has got to get better.
From the Chicago Evening Post.
The Tiger saved its head. but lost all
its stripes.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Viewing the election returns I'D one side
and down the other. il is impossible to re-
sist the conviction that the claws of the
Tammany tiger have been clipped
From the New York Tribune.
Cracks like those which have appeared
In the Criminal courts building are now
likely to show themselves i'm Tammany
Hall.
The New York result may be summed
up by saying that the mayor is a Gay
nor, but Tammany Is a loser.
From the Nashville Tenessean.
The disabled Tammany Tiger had better
look out when Nimrod Roosevelt returns
to New York.
From the Columbia Is. c. State.
Tammany lost an eye and a leg when
1t lost the power to disburse those hum
dreds Of millions of dollars
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Let the disappointed Tammany chief
tains take the city autos and tour Long
Island. From the rich autumnal tints
they may learn how to gl0rify fall. Let
them consider how all this charm pro-
ceeds from a frost.
From the Buffalo Express.
short time before election Judge Gay
nor said that he did not wish to be mayor
IL he could not have Tammany board of
estimate and apportionment to support
him. But no one will be cruel enough to
call on him to decline on that account.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
An Apartmental Dirty.

The first floor has a photograph that
MARBLES William Tell;
On tho second Is an infant who's not feel
ing very well:
And on the third a most ambitious music
student plays
The same old piece with patience in lot
of different ways;
Then tenant on the fourth floor back, in
dustrious and serene.
Keeps sewing till the walls give back the
buzz Of the machine.
And overhead there Is a spot all carpet
less and bare
Where some one keeps a vigil in a rhyth-
mic rocking chair.
And 1t Is a place Of plenty, where the
fragrances you meet
Bespeak the honest onion or the cabbage
frankly sweet.
All, life is never lonely. for whichever
way you turn
Some sign of human fellowship you're
certain to discern.
You're conscious Of the presence OF the
folk you seldom see
And life is just as sociable as sociable
can be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

The GEAR Is having all aviators close
ly watched to prevent the possibility Of
bombs being dropped on the palace from
airships. Every step forward in civiliza-
tion seems to present new perplexities
for the head Of the Russian government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

Christmas shopping has already start
ed. The presence Of Indian summer
implies no encouragement to the In
jun giver"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

Baltimore Is to have a new million
dollar hotel. In addition to setting the
pace for economical funerals. the Mary
land metropolis has decided to do some
thing toward enhancing the charms Of
active existence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

Senator Aidrfch has been called .
sphinx. The comparison is not apt in
the case Of man so successful in
molding events. When Mr.. Aldrich says
anything everybody knows the answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

Considering the long life and pros
perity enjoyed by successful pugilists
the statement that foot ball Is more dan
gerous than prize fighting is not start
ting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

II would be worse than a violation OF
the dramatic unities to allow the career
Of Roosevelt in Africa to pass without
at least one hairbreadth escape
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

Calculations by New York's board Of
estimates will be simple problems COM
pared to the mental arithmetic on which
Tammany is now engaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


Does your husband enjoy a horse
racer"
NO" answered young Mrs. Torkins.
IF he wins he is sorry he didn't bet
more. and IL he loses he Is sorry he bet
at ALL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

The pie that New York will send to
President Taft will not have any en-
olematic significance calculated to
arouse resentment in political circles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

Reports from the Maine hunting sea-
son again indicate that the deer are in
less danger than the innocent bystand-
ers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

1t will soon be Mayor McClellan's task
to prove that service as mayor Of New
York opens the way to a prominent pub
lie career.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

AS a cold commercial proposition. the
maintenance of informants on the pay
rolls Is a small item OF expense COM
pared to the losses caused by SNUG
glers they may convict.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

In addition to other serious response
bilities. Vice President Sherman finds
himself left almost single-handed with
the task Of perpetuating side-whiskers
in American politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
A Gastronomic Discovery.

Bobby" said the boys mother. here
is some nice oatmeal mush for your
breakfast
IT don't like it," answered the youthful
epicure. Oatmeal mush Is only just
haste with the seeds left in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

The 1910 base ball pennant is the only
one worth considering now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
A Timorous Admission.

Id like to be a boy and plan
Youths joys once more; but just the
same
I'd rather be a hard-worked man
Than mingle in a foot ball game
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
Professors.

Il notice same people are calling Or
willie Wright professor, said Maude.
Yes" answered Mamie: "they can call
him professor. but that's no sign he's as
handsome and accomplished as a real pro-
lessor. like the one who used to give US
lessons in roller skating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

DE chance is' son, dat you may know
mo- dan yoh father" said Uncle Eben.
..but les. de same. yoh prospects fob sue
cess ain much if you ain got sense an
politeness enough not to let on about it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

the reputation of being an easy winter
city for knights Of the
Vagrant road, who. without Wish
au.x. BILE means Of support,
made their way about the
country seeking the easiest means of
maintaining life. Fifty years ago the
tramp problem was a dificult one here.
In The Star of November f. 1859, is the
following:
1T 10 pretty well known to most Wash
ingtonians that Migrants from abroad are
in the habit Of making this city their
headquarters in the winter. to the end
that they may be taken care Of at city
there is no hard labor to be done at the
farm during the winter. these Migrants
have rather an easy time of it there Ac-
cordingly the Migrants head for this city
as soon as frost sets in to secure COM
Portable quarters. The old birds teach the
young ones. One Of the guards passing
through the market yesterday came upon
a 'covey' OF the Migrants sitting upon a
bench conversing upon the way to secure
quarters at the farm for the season and
upon the decirability Of these quarters
Why said an old bird. what you must
do is to go to the guardhouse three nights
i'm succession for lodging and they'll send
you down as vagrant for ninety days.
You can't work the farm in the winter
and ninety days brings you most through;
then you can be sent down again. and
about the time the work commences ap-
ply to the Commissioners to let you out
to leave the city Now il the sturdy,
strong. but lazy vagabonds were made
to work during the winter for their board
and lodging very few would be seen in
the city; for not one in ten of the paupers
Is resident Of this city"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

I'VE have also, alas says NJ. Gas
ton Calmette, criminals Of the same
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-19

report submitted to the Governor and
Legislature, to 81, 200, and also for ar
appropriation of $500 to buy new filing
cabinets for the Office, as the ones we
now have are nearly all filed. The mat
ter was not taken up at the last Legis-
lature, but l am in hopes that we will
have sufficient funds to meet all our
expenses next year. In Newark alone,
from January l to August l, our men
inspected 294 new buildings, covering a
cost of 50, 102, 900, and housing 1856 fami-
lies, which with an average of five to a
family means 9,430 people, a small city
in itself-considerable work for eight
men to- cover. This Is a record the
commission and l feel particularly
proud of.
THE number of inspectors available
for old building work is so small ant
the stress Of original inspection and the
removal of violations is such that the
department cannot reinspect the ole
buildings as frequently as might be de-
sired. AS a consequence, the commits
sion often finds that the houses have
in some respects reverted to the old
conditions. With an additional force
poi inspectors this difficulty would be
easily overcome, and we would be in
much better shape to handle other mat
ters which need attention from this
Office"
That the business troubles the last
year have had their effect on the build
ers and investors In eneme property
is shown by the figures in the new
building ranch of the boards work.
In 1907 the board approved plans for
n supervised the construction of
1898 new tenement houses, at a total
cost of $12, 023, 900, while during last year
only TAI plans were filed, covering an
outlay Of $7,209,0O
Proficient In Their Work.
BY means of persistent drilling and
instruction in the work of inspecting
existing tenement-houses and preparing
the detailed card reports on which the
action OF the department in the removal
of violations is based, the inspectors as
signed to the old building squad have
acquired a marked proficiency in their
duties. This is shown by the increased
number of such inspections made dur
ing the year, more than double the rec
ord of the preceding year. OF course,
much of the increase is due to the fact
hat at times members of the new
building squad were assigned to old
buildings, as they could be spared from
the supervision of buildings in course
of construction, but the greater part of
the increase is due to the fact that by
steady training and education the men
have become familiar with the work of
detailed inspection and are consequent
ly able to do more and better work. The
last twelve months has added L, 1876 old
building inspection cards to the records
of such buildings, so that the board
now has on file cards showing exact
conditions in 26,974 tenement buildings
in various parts of the State, up to
January 1, 1909.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-19
TENEMENT HOUSE
INSPECTORS BUSY
CORRECTING EVILS
Go All Over State Improving
Homes in Which "the Other
Half" Lives.
SECRETARY OF COMMISSION
WANTS MEN BETTER PAID
New Buildings Are Watched as
They Rise and Old Ones Com
stantly Revisited.

That Captain Charles J. Allen, of the
Board of Tenement House Supervision
of New Jersey, n his insecptors are
waging a constant war against the
dangerous conditions in both the old
tenements In the State and those in the
course of construction is shown by the
annual report Of the board. The in
spectors are alert, not alone for those
details in buildings which threaten
future danger to the occupants, but are
ever watchful for tenement conditions
which. might breed disease, and hasten
to have them remedied at once.
The office of the board, located in the
Union building, in Clinton street, is a
very busy place, Captain Allen, the
secretary of the board, is one of the
busiest men In Newark. The force of
inspectors is composed of twenty-five
u.en, and their activities are not limited
to this city, but cover the entire State.
They are kept continually on the jump
to- all corners of New Jersey, taking
care of both new and old buildings, and
looking up complaints and violations.
The work is systematized through q
= card index system.
When a plan of a new building comes
70 the office it is carefully looked over
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-19
HETTY GREENS SON WANTS
TO NAVIGATE THE AIR.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Edward II.
R, Green, the son of Mps. Hetty Green.
is at the Waldorf-Astoria MI. Green,
who is genial, fair and nearly forty.
weighs in the neighborhood of 800
pounds, but he is sincerely anxious to
buy a real flying machine. He had a
talk with Wilbur Wright when the lat
ter was in New York on Tuesday, and
he is going over to Mineola. l. l., to-
morrow morning to see Charles Foster
Willard fly the Curtiss machine. When
he has compared the qualities of the
rival craft he will make his selection.
Mr.. Green was the first man in Texas
to have an automobile.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-19

to see if 1t fuiflls the necessary re-
.quirements of the boards code. If it is
approved the plan is then photographed
on a 5xS inch ard for the use of
the inspector, the original never leav-
ing the office, unless under a written
order from the court, and then it must
always remain in the hands of some
one from the office. The inspector may
make fifty trips to the work before it
is completed. Then he files his card
guaranteeing that the work is 30. K"
How Inspectors Are Detailed.
On complaint work the inspection
is not done by one man, but six, or
maybe eight. They look over the work
as it progresses, and they must indi-
cate on the card how the violations
are being remedied from time to time.
This does not, give the owner a chance
to influence any one inspector, as the
same one visits the work twice.
OF the, inspecting force one man is
detailed as a clerk in the office. a Sec
end for Photographic work, and a third
for the inspection of fire escapes III
course of erection. Foul men are on
SANITY employed in the investigation
of complaints AMI IN the removal of the
cause thereof. The new building work
requires the constant efforts of eight
inspectors, thus leaving the entire work
of old buildings to seven men. Captain
Allen says:
Since the forming of the Tenement
House Commission in May, 1904, up to
the present time, the force has only
been increased from nine. inspectors TO
twenty-five. At the present time these
men are really doing the work which
would ordinarily require the services
of twice that number. so that they
regularly have to work many hours
overtime. Every man must report to
the office every day, no matter where
he is, unless he has a special assign
ment, as perhaps to go to Atlantic
City or Ocean City, which would mean
that the work would cover two days.
There is no possible chance for a man
here to shirk his work or fake a re-
port. as our. system is SO complete.
There is a check or everything done,n no
matter how small. The inspectors re-
ceive a salary of 1000 per year, and
out of that they pay their own ex-
penses. except when on an assignment
from the office.
81 asked for a raise in the salaries
of these men, as you can see by my
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-19
+. A. B. S. GIVES SUCCESSFUL
MOVING PICTURE SHOW.
Event Held on Lawn in Rear of
Clubhouse.

The Young Mems Father Matthew
T. A. B. Society gave a very successful
moving picture entertainment last night
on the lawn in the rear of its club
house, It Hudson and Hartford streets.
Ms entertainment vas given under
the auspices of the young mems pro-
gressive entertainment committee,
which during the past yea has estab-
lished a record for novel and successful
efforts in the entertaining line. The
present undertaking drew a large crowd,
as it was the first of its kind ever given
by the T. A. B.. S.
The members of the committee in
charge were: John J. Waters, chair
man: Joseph C. Ritz. secretary; John
F. McGovern, Edward J.. Fox and Card
ner A. Reilly.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-19
DISGRACED PRINCE COMING
HERE ITO WE'D RICH GIRL
Hermann of Sake eimar Up for
Sale. He Saws.

GENEVA, Aug. 19.-Prince Hermann
of Saxe-Weimar. who was recently
obliged TO relinquish his right to the
duchy because of his heavy debts and
changed his title to Count Ostheim,
intends to go to America in search of
a wife with millions.
He has openly boosted that he will
return to Germany within g year and
pay his debts out of his new wife's
dover. The prince is now staying at
Zurich %anXiously awaiting funds from
his family.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-19
PROSPEROUS CITY BEING
SWALLOWED BY RIVER.

BOMBAY. Aug. 19-The fate of the
prosperous Punjabi city of Dera Ghazi
Khan, which for months has been
gradually slipping into the River Indus,
is now regarded as definitely sealed.
Nothing can be lone to prevent the
encroachment of the water. The proc
ess of erosion is going on very rapidly,
and from so to 100 feet of the river
front is being swept away every day.
Every effort of competent engineers to
devise a way to protect the city has
beer futile. Dera Ghazi Khan has a
population of 5000.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-19
I.soo GOING ON EXCURSION.

1t will take two special trains of the
Lehigh Valley railroad to carry he
members and friends of the Young
German-Ameriean Benevolent Associa-
ton on its coming third annual excur-
sion to Bellewood Park. Up to date
more than 1,5O0 tickets have been dis
posed of. There will be a liberal pro-
gram of amusements at the park. In
charge of the refreshments will be a
committee who's officers are: Chair
man, William Horn; secretary, An
thony Schuck; treasurer, Edward Neu-
mann. The committee of arrangements
met in Nolrs Hall, Springfield avenue,
last night and went over details.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-19
WOMEN ELECT OFFICERS.

These officers of the Bayrische Ladies'
Amusement Society were elected last
night in its headquarters in Springfield
avenue: President. Mrs. Bertha Hoff-
mann; treasurer, Mrs. Marie Muth;
financial secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth
Abel; recording secretary, Mrs. Emile
Thiel. 1t was decided to take a trip to
South Beach next week and to attend
the outing of the Bergische Maenner-
Choir Saturday to the grounds of the
Kruger Greisenhelm.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-19
ROAD TESTS AGAIN POSTPONED.

Owing to the heavy rains, the road
tests which were to have been held yes
terday afternoon to determine the wear
and ear on the roads from automobiles
were indefinitely postponed. This is the
second p-ostponement. the original late
set being on August 4. lie work is in
charge of County Engineer James Owen
and Joseph H. Wood, of the New Jer-
sey Automobile and Motor Club.