The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-21
MAsS-MEET|NG TO
OPEN STATE WAR
ON WHITE PLAGUE
Jersey Leaders Will Take PrOmi-
nent Part in Trenton Con-
ference Tonight.

The first public meeting to be held
under the auspices of the State Tuber-
cuiosis Commission, appointed by Gov
ernor Fort by authority of the last
Legislature, which also appropriated
81, 500 for, the work, will take place in
the Taylor Opera House, Trenton, to-
night. Governor Fort will be one of the
speakers, among whom are some of the
most prominent workers in the move
ment to prevent the spread of tuber-
culosis and help its cure.
This is the opening movement to fix
responsibility in the crusade upon the
State. Associated with the commission
in the meeting is the New Jersey So
ciety for the Relief and Prevention of
Tuberculosis, the State Board OF Health
and the New Jersey State Medical AS
ISOLATION. These bodies in the last few
wears nave had unofficial control of the
anti-tubercuiosis fight in New Jersey.
The meeting tonight Will rival that
held in Albany a year ago which
marked the opening of the successful
tuberculosis war In New York. The
peakers are men famed in tubercu-
losis work. They are DR.. William Fl.
WEIGH, of Baltimore; DIR. Henry Baird
Favill. OF Chicago; DR.. William A.
Evans, health commissioner of Chicago;
Homer Folks. secretary of the New
York State Charities Aid Associations;
DR.. Livingston Farrand, secretary OF
the National tuberculosis Associations;
DIR. Richard Cabot, of Boston; Bishop
James A. McFaul, of Trenton; DR..
Henry Van Dyke, of Princeton; state
Senator Ernest r. Alderman, of Union,
and State Senator Joseph S. Freling-
huysen, of Somerset.
Among the patronesses and patrons
of the organization are many prominent
Newarkers. They are Mrs. William
CampbellsClark Mrs. Robert McCarter,
Mrs. Robert Ballantine, jr., Mrs. Wal
lace Scudder, Mrs. Nelson Wright, Mrs.
Sydney N. Ogden, Mrs. II. H. Dawson.
Mrs. Frederick C. Jacobson, Mrs. Will
lam C. Stanley, Mrs. William Kent,
Mrs. ]. william Clark, Henry Young,
former Governor Franklin Murphy,
Senator Harry v. Osborne, former Uni
ted States Senator James Smith, jr..
and Ernest ID. Easton.
Governor Fort will act as the host
during a reception to be rendered i'm
, mediately following the meeting. Upon
! GcI1cTdl NllDuI T. GdtiOit a.,
, the task of arranging the fete and he
+. reports that everything is now in readi-
ness.
The function will begin at 10 O'clock
with the Governor, assisted by Mrs
Caroline B. Alexander. of Demands
Vile; Mrs. Barker Gummere, Mrs. Will
. liam T. Stryker and Bishop James A
McFaul, of Trenton; Mrs. Sidney M
|. Colgate, of Orange, and DIR. Gordon x
, Dickinson, of Jersey City, receiving.
The Governor will be further aided III
receiving by Acknowledgement Wilnur
/. T.. Sadler, .Quartermaster-Genera &
/, Edward Murray, General e. Bird Spen-
.. Ger. Colonel William G. ~Schauffier, OF
: Lakewood; Colonel Austen Colgate. OF
Orange; Colonel William f.. Flynn, OF
Princeton; Colonel William Libbey, OF
: Princeton; Colonel Oscar II. Condit, OF
j, East Orange; Major I. Scott Scammell,
of Trenton; Major Howard T. Alexan-
der, of Elizabeth; Major Arthur III.
MacKie. of Newark; Major George T.
Vickers, of Jersey City; Lieutenant
. Walter r. Hine, of Paterson; Captain
> Ralph Donges, of Camden. and Lieu
tenant E. Yarde Breese.
A detail of fifty men of the Second
Regiment, under command of Captain
. John w. Stevens. Company E; Lieu
!, tenant Edward H. Myatt, Company A,
! and Lieutenant Andrew j. Woodward,
Company d, have been assigned a po-
+, sition in the State House corridor lead
ing to the executive chamber. They
will wear olive drab uniforms and side
. arms. A concert by Winkler's Second
Regiment Sand is an anticipated fea'
, ture.
The executive committee of committed
on arrangements consists of Mrs. Barke,
> Gummere, chairman; Mrs. Henry w
!, Green, Mrs. Lewis P~errine, Miss Ami,
T. Hall Fisk and Miss Katharine J. Hall
The State tuberculosis Commission II
composed of Bishop James A. McFaul
chairman; DR.. William G.. Schauffler
? Mrs. Sidney NJ. Colgate. william C
. Smallwood. Mrs. William S. Stryker.
> The officers and directors of the New
= Jersey Association for the Prevention
: and Relief OF tuberculosis are:
. DR.. Gordon X. Dickinson, president
!, DR.. William g. ~Schauffler. DIR. William
= II. Murray, vice-presidents; the Hon
John Franklin Fort, the Rt. Rev. james
A. McFraul, President Woodrow VIII
son, honorary vice-presidents; Thomas
II. Williams. secretary and treasurer
+. william s. Smallwood, executive sec
rotary; Mrs. c.. B. Alexander, Mrs
= Jacob N. Beam. Joseph e. Bernstein
Mrs. e. Ledyard Blair, Mrs. j.. HUI
{ Browning, Mrs. William Bumsted, Dr.
4 Theodore w. Corwin, Professor Win
g throp NJ. Danielt DR.. Frank M. Dono
. hue, DR.. D.. C. English, DIR. James A
Exton, DR.. +. w. Flagge. Samuel S
9 Fort, Rabbi Solomon Foster. Hugh F
nov tho Hon Jaseph = F~relin1huVse