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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
WOMAN AND CHILDREN
ENVEL0PED IN FLAMES
Mrs. Lizzie Drummer and One Little
Ore May be Fatally
Burned.
(By Associated Press).

BALTIMORE. MD. Dec. 16.--As
she lay in bed with her baby BESIDE
her. a three-year-old child playing on
the ficcr nearby. and another seven
years-old just returned from school to
greet the mother, the he broom OF
Mrs. Lizzie Drummer. of $50 Aisquith
greet the mother. the bed room OF
flames from an overturned oil stove
today.
Every one of the inmates In the
room WAS seriously burned.
Mrs. Drummer and the oldest child
probably will die.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
Fsvorts Fails to LsDo.

TAMPA. FLA. Dec. is.-Tbc fail<
&C q Joe Mos1r 10 land the seccn1
rec IN WI Oh he was ] 20 ; favcr->
furni heg IN chief incident Of todrrs
racing. he wa beaten cut after a
si.srp 6riye ~ the long shot MertSe-
Oshc- f,vc-itcs 70 Be dovncd dnr-nk
q, afternoon we're Lille Turner aed
tie -,ronsiy supported Kid Eva TAI
gay. RAINING 20 her best form. ''cat
s@c hitter.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
A Long Step.
(By Associated Press

MICHIGAN. CITY. IND. Dec. i6.---
From switch cleaner on an electric
railroad 10 a millionaire was the long
step made by Michael Boyer today
when he received a letter from an
aunt at Posen. Prussia. advising that
he was one OF ten heirs 10 an estate
valued at s20.00e.000
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17

III GGsTAFF. ARIZONA. Dec IS
Ono pcTsoa vas Killed. and eighteen
Insured. scmc badly. today when he
Ssnia ~ Limited coilited Hi1h he
Osr. and fae-caE.r train mar w
rvss. The dead Mr.. Alice Is. Ser.
nett. u Hartford. com.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
Mrs. Horace 3. Taft

BALTIMORE. MD Dec. 1e.-Nrs-
Horace u. Taft. wife Of a brother OF
President Taft. died this afternoon al
the Johns Hopkins Hospital. where
che had been a patient Of Dr. HARVEY
Cushing.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
Prairie Puts to Sea.

DELAWARE BREAKwATER. Dec.
fs.-Thc transport Prairie. bound
from PhiIad,iphis for Colon with 100
marines fcr possible duty IN Nicar7-
qua. passed ont 70 sea at 30 this al
ternoon.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
Lawyer Says She Hasn't An
swered 1,248 Questions.
UNIQUE FIGURES COMPILED
SHOW to BE Unhappy on Thirty
Thousand a Year" Burden Of Pro-
ceedings in the Divorce Trial Yes.
terday-cant Reach Secretary.
tBy Associated Press.)

!! NEtN.-YO2k, Dec 3s.--How 10 be
unhappy on $4,000 year was the
burden OF the testimony introduced
at the Brokaw separation hearing
today.
Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw, as evasive
I in her answers as ever, was on the
stand part Of the time for the seventh
consecutive day. She was followed
by her brother, J. Bullard Blair, who
gave testimony which tended to show
that w. Gould Brokaw had treated
1.-THE plaintiff cruelty and that she was
justified in asking for separation
with 100000 a year alimony.
Unique statistics.
Statistics figured today-rather
unique figures compiled concerning
Mrs. Brokaw's refusal to answer
questions-and elaborate lists OF ex-
penditures in her behalf AS compiled
/ Dy her husbands lawyer. she has,
curing the hearing evaded l.24s i'm
portant questions in manner as fol-
lows:
Il don't remember s93 times: Il
can't tel" 1lS times: Il could not
tell you" 1871 times; Il don't be-
! lieve,r 81 times: Il don't know 1s4
times; Il think So" 125 times: Il
believe" 1873 times: Il thought" So
times and Il went swear" 80 times.
| ether figures introduced by
Brokaws lawyer read like these at the
Howard Gould trial as sidelights or
how a woman Of wealth can spend
! 5000 in a single year. Corsets cost
$3.50 a pair and for candy Mr..
Brokaw at one time spent si75.
Can't Reach Secretary.
il developed during the trial tina,
Walter Byford. Brokaw's private sec
rotary, much sought by the plaintiff 1
lawyers. TO testify that Broksw act
ually sent numerous kilograms to Mrs
Brokaw. is in Europe and cannot be
subpoenaed
Mrs. Brckaw enumerated some Of
the dresses her husband bad bought
for her. They included six hundred
suits At about sIoe each. crash linen
habits. SIZE. riding habits. $3.50; rid
ing hcots. sIsa
sidney Wood. butler at the Brokaw
place a; High Point. n. c, testified
that he had photographed the butler on
he estate a. Great Neck. l.. l., for
information about Mrs. Br-kaw's
movements under Mr.. frokaw's dircc-
tion.
Engagement Ring 1900
Mrs. Eroksw testified that Mr..
Brokav spent s5o.goo on her during
the arst year Of their married life.
She enumeatod her engagement ring.
which she said cost $1,000 sad which
shc did rot get until after her mar
rage. a diamond nccklace which cost
s2s9o srd ether articles Of NC and
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
DEFECTIVE RAIL AND
TIE CAUSED WRECK
Coroner Completes lnvesti-
cation of Catastrophe on
Southern--AAOther Dead.
(By Associated Press.)

GREENSBORO, y. c.. Dec. 16.-
Henry l., Stumbling. travelling sales
! man of Decatur, Ala. died at the nos
piiaI This smprning. making the twelfth
victim of To terrible catastrophe at
Reedy Fork trestle yesterday mcTn-
ing. when three day coaches and two
P-lIman cars Of local Southern Rail
way passenger train No. II jumped
the track and plunged into the waters
Ct the creek and along the bank Tor
distance OF % feet below.
Information at a later hour tonight
from the hospital regarding the In
jured is encouraging with the excep-
ton of r. Smith. trainman. of Spen-
Ger. y. C.. whose condition is critical.
All the ether injured will recover.
many OF whom have returned to their
homes.
No More Bodies Found.
The fesr that other dead bodies
might be found in the debris was re-
now when thorough examinat on
today -howed that all the bodies had
been found yesterday.
Coroner w. W. Wood. who went TO
the wreck yesterday. summonging a
jury TO examine INTO the cause Of the
wreck. returned today and nj one
O'Clock their report was made.
Two Defects
7, was in substance. that the de-
ceased died from injuries received
Decsmbcr -. atout $50 a. m. II or
near the trcstle Of the Southern Kali
way aooss Rcedy Fork creek. one
mil south Of Brown Summit. and
that the wreck OF the train vas
caused b. the breaking Of detective
rain immediately over a deisciive
cross tie. the two defects being al
the same point. 49, feet north Of The
frcs;lc
The chairman Of the state corpora
tier. Commissicncr Mcneil. with other
me- MFRS. made an oficial invesVga-
ton TO-DAY. bit beyond saying that
he found the sitrsfion 20 Correspond
with the statement 81 the cn~oner No
uohid ne discuss the matter. He
sad he void mske his cficiai report
after reaching Raleigh.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17

story . lie"
OTTAWA. ONT, Dec. Is Cap
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
THE WEATHER.

Fair, warner Friday; Satur-
day Increasing eioudiress and
colder; light 10 moderate va.
rlable winds.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17

IN SIN snOthor. tho writer address
Cd III family aud declares that
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
The People 5 Rostrum

tcopyr:sa, 1909. BY The q. r Co,

not secure insurance on their stocks.
This | find is the exact and true
condition of affairs at the present
time in this State. / have COM
lnenced today to call in every
mortgage that / have in my pos
session and intend to loan this
money In other States where 1 will
have no trouble in the future to Sc
cure insurance, and l should ad-
wise persons. loaning money on
property in this State TO go u little
easy or they may find themselves in
the near future without any pro-
lection whatever.
| Il N of the parties who felt
like patting Judge MacLear on the
back and telling him he was all
right. ] was practically against the
combination, but when this matter
was put to me in the proper light
I began to realize that / might be
placed in Il position where ] would
laugh out of the other corner of
my mouth.
YOU may claim, oh. well, there are
outside companies that Will write
insurance. Yes. there are out
side companies which are not ad-
mitted to do business in this State,
and learned that omc of our bust
ness men in the city OF Newark
have had a very sad experience with
said outside companies.
1T happened also to be my good
fortune today to meet a party who
had relatives living and owning
property in Texas at the time the
insurance companies retired from
that State on account of the drastic
insurance laws. What was the con-
sequences? All banks. trust ON
panies and financial institutions
called all THEN loans. and it created
such a panic and ruined 50 many
people that the State at once re-
modelled their insurance laws and
the companies returned. Now this
is what is staring the residents Of
New Jersey in the face at present,
and ii the companies are not al
lowed to make rates Judge Mac
Lear will not be only u trust buster,
but a business buster as we'll.
Yours truly, A TAXPAYER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
rhe In.urcnce. auention.

no the nditor OF the Evening Star
[ have noticed at various times
III reading the STAR articles re-
'garding tho Newarl, Fire Insur-
anco Excaonee IN this morn
ing.s nanor vou o,ote Juige NAL
coln MarT. asr as The tr,,at buster.
and ho made a -statement that he
WIS ao;ng someth,ny for the bone-
~ ~ ,h~ nsonle IN ragard 10 dis
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
HOW THE AEROPLANE
IS OPING

would ever amount to anything practically. In our time Edison
was lampooned when he sought 10 divide the electric light. The
telephone was for some time regarded as a toy. There was great
incredibiliy about the practicabiiity of the trolley. The first
trolley company organized in Newark found it difficult to sell its
stock. Aviation has been looked upon as the pastime of a few.
adventurous persons, and learned men have solemnly expressed the.
judgment that the aeroplane can never be developed into a utility.
Yesterday Il French aviator made a cross-country flight of forty
four miles in Il straight line, and at a height of $50 feet. The
progress already made in aviation is, in fact. phenomenal, con
siderng that the task 10 be accomplished is one that mankind has
always believed the Creator intended man should not accomplish.
1t is within the bounds of probability that within five wears the
aviator will be enabled TO travel hundreds of miles in perfect safety
and in all kinds of weather, and it may also be believed that the
airship will be gradually developed in size and power. as ocean
shipping has been from the Half Moon to the Mauretania.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
Drill Watchword of Germans
BY FREDERICK PALMER.

flee, half the strength of the British, which arolses British pprehenson
/ The mystery in which it is shrouded may be a part o its fornddapfty to-
insularm imagination. We have n O authoritative statistics Of target practise n o
details 81 drill or battle practise; for mill airy secrecy was not original with the
Japanese students of he Germans ysten.r M - E 4
Ten years ago thu British were saying that the Germans, having n sea in
heritance, could not have a grat v Perhaps today pessimisn swings the
Ito a equally foolish extreme. n a floating hell factory where every
man is a mechanic of what value is the memory of a Trafalgar fought with
sails and muzzleIoaders? Yet is there any roasont to suppose that the British
navy. leader in the progress of naval warfare. has grown inefficient? Vol to
those who know it,
RI Drill drill drill the German officers ana men know n o rest. They work
harder than those of any other navy, all the world agrees. They work too hard,
ONE critics say inducing stupidity and saleness. Command is concentrates
and mobilization eve complete Politics does not interfere in naval admins
traton. There seems n end to maneuvering and sea practise in the rough
waters and chill winds of the North Sea ans the Baltic. Probably staff pgeon-
holes cal tell precisely what the Germans should do if the British attack. All
you hear is the occasional confident remark-yes these Prusdans are exas-
as she save II or land in 20 Who knows till the spring is touched and Mr..
Jack comes out Of the box?-Coniers =
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
STAR Christina. Fund.

Newark, December y, l9o9.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Dear Sir-W-ith your permission
I wish to bring a couple of matters
to public attention in your peoples
rostrum, -
| am glad to see the STAR
taking up the cause of the poor
people by getting up a fund for the
poor children in need. But 1t
seems to me a kind of reelection
that only ministers are named as
distributors Of this fund. Sta
tistics show that about two-thlrds
Of Newark's inhabitants are mem
bers of the church. Why doesn't
the STAR take care of the rest Of
the children also in need, by giving
the distribution in hand of our city
government. Those representa-
tives in the Common Council ought
to know where help is needed?
| remain, yours sincerely.
JOHN SOLTAU.
81 Boyd street, q
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
THE COUNTY INSANE
AND THEIR CARE

Insane that every man and woman in the community will indorse
There is evidence of laxity in the administration of the hospitals
affairs, and it has been developed, not by Investigation, but Incl
denally. In at least two fragrant cases inexcusable neglect is
shown. The hospital shelters about thirteen hundred patients
and there will soon be two thousand. This great public beneicence
is a costly charge on the taxpayers, and it is their right 10 have
Its affairs properly conducted. Ii is their right TO know that the
unfortunate people housed in the institution are properly treated.
And they do not know, and have no means of knowing. which fact
makes it all the more the duty of the governing authorities TO SCI
that there shall be no flaws in the management and that when
negligence is shown Il drastic remedy shall be applied.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10

The time is at hand when
Newark should consider some
definite policy for the future
in regard TO underground
transportation. Our city is
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
THE DA Y'S BEST STORY

"oWARD the close of a recent lawsuit in Massachusetts. the wife OF an
4 dressed the court a $50
"Your Honor said she, 'if / had told you I had made q error in M tesu-
lmony, would it vtate all have said2,
Instantly the lawyers for each side stirred themselves in excitement While
His Honor gravely regarded her -
Wen. madam said the court. after pause, that depends entirely o.
the nature O your error. What wa it, pease?' I'll @&axa
why, you see" answered the lady, more AM more red n embarrassed
Il told the clerk I va thirty-eight l was 10 hustered. you know, that when
he asked my age I inadvertently gave him my bust measurement Every
bodys Magazine. a84 e&Ht8 N
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
Anti-tuto speeder.

To The Editor Of the Evening star:
sir-Again has the joy rider
created sorrow. The latest crash,
in Clifton avenue shows. once more
that some sort OF regulation IL
reeded for .speeders, that are
dangerous alike TO the decent auto
mobilists, drivers of vehicles and
pedestrians. But where were the
police? 1t certainly must be a fact
that these riders did no start up
suddenly at a dangerous clip. In
other words, they must have been
d menace a long time before the
inevitable result was reached.
ANTI-SPEEDER..
December Ii.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
Federal Land Frauds

.T7HE extent to which the fraudulent entreso Of land has been carried is
but suggested in the pasts seventeen months work oft the special agents
- Of the general land Office, Who have released ron unlawful enclosure
more than million acres of public Iands and have forced ninety four eorye5
tons, lea, hg more than a thousad eac$set for hearing and trial BEFORE locaH
land Offices. says Charles r. Van Ihe in Golfers, Added to these there are
pending in the department of Justice and in the United States courtsm more
nan a thousand were; and before tho special agents are $4,000 additional cases
recurring investigation. TO this nus be added the obvious truth. that there
lare toe many cases of successful fraud to every me that is detected. 4e
Now that our national resources have largely passed. into private 5hanaS
at the beginning of this twentieth century W G have fo- the first time taken
stock Of or resources and find that they are not inexhnusuble. On the con-
tary, they are extremely limited as compared with the probable future needs
of the nation. ~ &aH# e & ~
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
ONE FOR
NEWARK TO TAKE UP

growing rapidly and becoming more compacty built and congested
in population. In the ctys centre the first skyscaper is going
up, the avantcourier of numerous others, for in IA crowded business
section every foot of floor space that can be secured in the air is in
uemand. Surface travel has now nearly reached its limit. 1t is
hardly to be believed that elevated roads will be built in Newark.
There can be no doubt of subway construction. Preferably Broad
and Market streets should be reserved for local transportation, as
the only means of relieving these thoroughfares from the con
gestion of cars and vehicles, and the improvements and betterments
made by the steam railroad companies should be in harmony with
the scheme OF local transportation, for one system is the feeder OF
the Other. But the city itself should adopt a policy in respect to
subWass. II should be settled whether Newark shall adopt the
plan of Manhattan and finance a subway system and lease it or
leave the work to private enterprise. And an immediate question
is as 10 the beginning at the -Four Corners of u future subway
TO divert much of the travel underground at that dangerous point
for u few blocks north. south, east and west. Local transportation
is one OF the important problems that Newark has TO face. We
are progressing rapidly on to a Greater Newark" and much faster
perhaps than the average citizen realizes, and We must look ahead
and make provision for the needs of u greater city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
STATE AID ONLY FOR
ROAD

localities. The Passaic Freeholders now, want $4,000 OF the State
appropriation to pay onethlrd of the cost of a drain in Acauacka,
monk Township. The drain, is intended to preserve a road which
will be of benefit to the county by saving the cost of repairs. State
Road Commissioner Gilkyson must see that he has nj authority
under the law to give any money towards the construction Of
this proposed drain and that the payment would be a misappro.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10

State aid in road building
was intended by the Legis-
lature to be confined to road
construction only. Every
thing else was left TO the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
FAMOUS BITS Or PROSE q
BY FAMOUS PEOPLE SC
Books as HeIpmeefs
Died 1879.
Born 1908.
ny GEORGE S. HILLARD, Ii. D.

the armor of the SOUL n thu train of idleness is borne up b y all
the ices | remember a satncal n0m n which the devil. is repre
scented as fishing for men and adapting his bats to the tastes and temporal
nents Of his reyt bat the ider, he said, pleased him most because e-bt the
naked hook. To a young man away from home. friendiess m fororn n q
great city. the hours of peril are those between sunset and bedtime, for the
moons d stars see more of evil in a single O than tho sun in, his whole
ins images 1t brings h wandger to his home. the child to his mothers
arms The OK to his stall and the weary aborer to his rest s
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10

The STAR extends the privl-
lego of these columns to tho
public and invites signed COM
m~unications treating of topics
of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10

County Supervisor Bald
win in his annual report
makes some observations
about the management of
the County Hospital for the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10

During the period of the
development of all great
utility inventions in the past
there was disbelief, even in
scientific quarters, that they
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
elllNcUAL IN GESTURES.

American Who Cans Speak Spanish
without the Help Of His Arms.
There Is q man who from a very
early age has lived in countries
where Spanish IL the almost universal
tongue. From force Of this training
he speaks Spanish perfectly.
He has not the slightest trace of an
English accent, and persons who do
not know that he is Of American par
entage are willing to believe he is .
spaniard, merely from hearing him
talk. He IL so perfectly bilingual that
It shows even in his gestures.
When talking with English speak
ing persons he sits quietly and does
his conversing with his mouth alone.
Only in case Of making a point most
emphatically does he use q gesture.
But the moment he drops into Span
ish his every word is accompanied by
movement Of the hands or arms. It
10 interesting to watch the change
from the English to the Spanish side
Of him, because 1t comes SO suddenly
He really can't speak Spanish without
gesturing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
When a Jau Is Not a Joke.

So absurdly lacking in a certain
phase Of humor is the Partisan that
he sees nothing laughable or joyous
in rolling about cutters or hiccough'
Ing midnight songs or embroiling him
self with his fellows while under the
influence of strong drink.
That engaging product of social
America who comes into the club hol
low checked and livid, remarking
Gee, but l was full last night" has
few counterparts here. To have been
helplessly or even co~nspicuously
drunk in a public place-a thing
which a Frenchman would be prone
to hide rather than exploit. A strange
and immoral race! Nothing has
struck me more forcibly than this
general sobriety-a dull, gray word.
by the way, whereby to describe a
characteristic of the blithest people
living.