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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-28
The North pole Speaks.

Gee whiz.
j What relief It is
To be discovered at lastl
But, say,
4 If l had known the way
It was going to turn OUT
With all this row about
Who found me. by cripes,
There wouldn't be no stars and stripes
Floating from me today
Nay. nay!
You bet If had thought
OF the wordy war to be fought
Over me,
BY gee,
The whole darn scrap
Would have been chucked,
For / would have ducked
See?
That's me,
The only N. P,l
!. ]. hampton In New York Tribune.
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HUNTIN, Nth
A MOTORCAR
How Sport on Kansas PTairles
Is Being Greatly Changed.
OLD METHODS TOO SLOW NOW.
Wolf Shooting From an Automobile
Most Exciting Of AII--Novel Way 70
Smoke Out coyotes--snaring Rabbits
From q Car.

bttVSe sAStAtUA VI FNtt--tNVNSi WY ~
Smoke Out coyotes--snaring Rabbits
From q Car.
The automobile is revolutionizing the
method of hunting wild game in west
ern Kansas. No true sportsman now
starts on any kind of a hunt out there
without an automobile. The old way
of hunting from two horse spring
wagon is entirely too slow now.
A wolf hunt under the new plan is
the most exciting Of ALL One man
runs the auto. and another does the
shooting. A machine can run miles
and miles on the open prairie OF the
west without coming in contact with
a fence or a creek. When q wolf, or
coyote, as it is called on the prairies.
is scared up the auto takes after him.
Now, a wolf runs in an easy circle.
He doesn't dodge back and forth, SO
1t is comparatively easy for the driver
to keep right behind him. But the
auto must go some. A coyote can
knock on thirty miles an hour with
ease. A few days ago some Garden
City hunters ran down coyote and
killed him with the wheels. That was
considered great hunting feat.
How Coyotes Are Smoked Out.
When hunters used to chase coyotes
on horses and with dogs there was
never a record of where they drove the
coyotes to their dens. But it is differ
ent with autos. Coyotes run until they
are about to be taken in and then
Smoke them out" the driver attaches
"a rubber tube to the gas tank of his
car and runs the other end down in
the hole.a That soon brings the coyote
out. And the race is again resumed
until the animal is bagged.
The old fashioned way of hunting
jack rabbits was for several hunters to
go out in two big lumber wagons. The
wagons would be connected with a
piece of wire about 200 feet long. This,
wire. dragging. over the gSound Der,
tween the wagons. would stir the rab-
bits up. and the hunters. walking be-,
hind the wire, would shoot them. It
was not an uncommon thing for a
bunch of hunters to bring in two
wagon loads of jack rabbits as result
of one days hunt.
Sharing Rabbits From an Auto.
The rabbits were sold to a rabbit
cannery and worked up into canned
stuffs for eastern markets. This is tho
way rabbits are still hunted for the
canheries. But the true sportsmen.
who go out for the fun Of the thing.
have new plan now. They stay in
the auto and snare the rabbits with
wire loop.
Autos make good blinds for wild
duck shooting, and they also enable
sportsmen to follow up a flock Of
ducks from one pond or slough to an
other. Frequently the hunters will
take out after flock of ducks and bag
several Of them before they get out OF
ra 0a from tho aufO
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-28
GRAND. DUKE NICHAEL'S LIFE.
Nicholaievitch Was Oldest Representa-
tive Of Russian Imperial House.

tive OF Russian Imperial House.
Grand Duke Michael Nicholaievitch,
who died recently at Cannes, France,
was the granduncle Of Emperor Nicho-
las and the Oldest representative of the
Russian imperial house, having been
born In 1882. the fourth son Of EN-
peror Nicholas /. He repeatedly dis
tinguished himself during his long mill
itary career, which. like those OF other
grand dukes under the old system,
commenced at an early age. He en-
tered active service at the age of four
teen as lieutenant and at twenty
had attained the rank of general, in
nominal command Of the ordnance de-
partment of the empire.
Grand Duke Michael fought through
ont the Crimean war of 1854 and 1855,
was present at the battle of Inkerman
and the siege Of Sebastopol and III
1863 was appointed by his brother
viceroy Of the Caucasus and command
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The DAY Of Settlement.

A@A~ AS0J VA 9VttANAuCAbs
The rejection of the budget is not
the first offense Of the lords. Several
other reform measures proposed by
the present government and passed by
the commons have met their death in
the upper chamber, just as Gladstone's
home rule bill was killed few years
ago. All these things have been al
lowed to accumulate against the day
OF wrath. They have not been forgot
ten They were kept in allegiance only
to be presented as different counts
In the indictment when the people Of
England came to pass Judgment on
their house Of peers. Has the day of
settlement finally conner
The British budget is the omnibus
financial measure of each year, con-
tanning the taxation and revenue pro-
visions, The present one, over which
All this fight has been raised, is de-
mOunced as socialistic, but the defini-
fIon is not accurate. The budget is
more In line with Henry Georges sin
gle tax. which Is quite another thing
from socialism. The single tax, or a
modified form of it known as the land
tax. has already been adopted in por-
lions of the British empire, notably in
New Zealand and Australia. This
measure would put it in force in Eng
land, Scotland and ireland. The tax
iS laid with especial emphasis on the
-'unearned increment is, the
value which is put into the land by
the community and not by the owner.
For example, a man owns farm near
which or on which springs up city.
Because of the city the land increases
Immensely in value. although the in
dividual owner has contributed moth
ing to that increase. 1t is made wholly
by the community. This is the I'M
earned increment, and on such social
value accrning m future the budget
lays its impost.- There are other pro
visions In kind: also a considerable tax
on liquor. 1t is the land tax and liquor
tax that have caused the trouble.
Lords and Liquor Interests.
In Great Britain the land is largely
owned by the lords, and it now tran
spires that these scions Of nobility are
financially interested in the liquor
concerns. Between the two they get
it both ways They are being hit in
the pocketbook, and that is the reason
they are usllrping power that no
British house of lords. has dared as
sumo in more than 200 years. Dare
they assume it?. This momentous
question is now to be answered by the
electors of England, Scotland and Ire
land
There arr more than 600 peers in the
three realss, but ordinarily only a
few attend the sessions of parliament.
Most of them are never seen within
the precincts of the house of lords.
They are not only absentee landlords,
but absentee legislators. The budget
fight, however, brought practically all
of them to London. They swarmed
ont Of their castles as the rats swarm
ed outof Hamelin town at the call OF
the Pied, Piper Hundreds Of strange
faces appeared in the upper chamber
that never were seen there before and
perhaps never win be again. 1t was
the holders Of special privilege rush
ing to the defense when an attack on
privilege was threatened.
The ensuing debate is one that WIN
be long remembered in England, though
not for its briIliancy. 1t amazed the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-28
Train More Than : Mile Long.

What is said to he the longest rail-
road train ever pulled by single en-
CINE recently left Roanoke, Va, for
Norfolk over the Virginian railroad,
also known as the Rogers railroad"
The train consisted of 100 steel coal
hoppers, each, forty-four feet long and
loaded with fifty tons of coal; a com
pound engine. tender and caboose.
The train from cowcatcher to the rear
OF the caboose was six feet over mile
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tons. 1t reminds one Of the days when
Thomas Palmer wrote hisD Rights of
Man" in defense of ethe principles of
the French revelation, in which he
scored the aristocracy in words that
ring yet. PaineShasl been dead GEN.
fury, but the truths he voiced are the
most living things In England.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-28

The right to dissolve parliament, how
ever, belongs to the crown. This is
the second act Of usurpation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-28

Novel Features Of Proposed Form OF
Warship-Fitted With Ten Torpedo
Tubes and to Speed Twenty five
Knots Ia Cruising Trim.
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PEERS DOOMED 4
What the Budget Is and Taxes That
Caused the Trouble -ExtraOrdl-
nary Debate That Has
Amazed a Nation.

nation. To call 1t schoolboy affair
would be to insult the schools. One
minister termed it babyish. Outside Of
a few men like Rosebery and Baifour,
Lord Salisbury and the Earl of Crewe
1t displayed lack Of grasp, breadth and
statesnaniike qualities. 1t was selfish,
personal, sordid. 1t was the whine of
spoiled boy. When not petulant 1t
was deadly dull. 1t was an attempt at
argument by men unfamiliar with in
tel1ectual habits. Yet the spectacle had
its educational value. 1t showed to
the British people their so called nobil.
fly in its true light. 1t stripped of the
glamour of name and tradition. At the
disillusionment the people at first gasp
ed and then laughed.
The Feet Of Clay.
That debate doomed the house of
lords-if not next year. then in the
near future. 1t revealed these peers Of
the realm as selfish and allied to the
worst elements In the kingdom. 1t
showed them to be not only common
clay, but as beneath the average in In
telligence and morality. Today English.
men are gathering by the Thousand and
cheering for the budget and David
Lloyd George. its author, the Welsh
schoolteacher who rose to be chancel-
lor Of the exchequer. They are sing
ing as the French sang the "Marseil-
laise" more than century ago, and
the burden of their song is that the
land is for the people. Lloyd-G George
and Winston Churchill are ridiculing
the dukes with a sarcasm that is
spreading q grin over the three ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07
ANECDOTES OF LINCOLN.
Pennsylvania Society Devotes Meet
ing to MARTYR President.

Anecdotes of Lincoln were related at
meeting of the Pennsylvania Society in
Pythian Temple last night.
Col. S. r. Stratton. president. delivered
Lincoln's address at Gettysburg. He
also recited incidents in the life of the
martyred President. Mrs. Charles NJ.
Pepper, A. y. Casanova and Mrs NJ. l..
Buckley also related number OF anec-
dotes of Lincoln.
The musical and literary program was
as follows: Song. Mrs. Sara Moore:
song, Thoughts Of Home. Sweet Home.
Miss Noble: recitation, Master A. Wei
bert. and solo, Mrs. Annie Craig Cary.
The following committees have been
named by President Strattan:
Reception-Mrs. c. NJ. Pepper, chair
man; Mrs S. r. Strattan, Mrs. +. A.
Mess. Mrs. T F. Levers. Mrs. William
Rosser. Mrs. Charles c. Wagner, Miss
Muhlenburg.
Aids-E. s. Arnold. r. F. Levers. J.
Hervey Lowe, 7. r. Manning. Albert B.
Mess Dr. Tobias Norman Vought.
Recruting-J. X. Bittenbender. chair
man; Joseph F. Bxler. D. B. Kltnger.
Parker Trent. Norman Vought. Mrs NJ.
NJ. Armor, Mrs. Z. B. Donehoo, Mrs. NJ
b. Kistler, Mrs. r. /. ladder.
Press-S. ID. Caldwell. chairman; ]. 8.
Arnold, Leslie Graham. r. e. Smith, Miss
NJ L. Buckley, Miss Belle Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07
HELD FOR sptNsTER's MURDER.
Accused Dentist Agrees to Return to
Glasgow and Meet Charge.

NEW YORK, February 6.-OScar Slater,
also known as Otto Sands, the dentist ac
cused of the murder of Miss Marian Gill
christ in Glasgow, Scotland, December
Fl last. today waived further examination
in the extradition proceedings and agreed
to return to Glasgow and meet his accus-
ers. His counsel declared that Slater was
innocent Of the commission Of the mys-
FERROUS crime and that the British gov
eminent, in the testimony it has adduced
in asking for Slater's extradition. had
failed to connect him in any way with
the killing Of the spinster. Slater was ar
rested on his arrival here January
9. He gave up ticket for diamond
brooch. pawned in England shortly before
he sailed. 1t was his wife's, he said. A
diamond brooch had been taken from the
murdered woman's apartments.
At the several hearings in the case here
the British government presented testi-
mony which it claimed connected Slater
sufficiently with the crime to warrant his
extradition. Slater. claiming the contrary,
today formally agreed to go without a
ruling having been made in his case. He
will be taken abroad as soon as the for
NAL arrangements are made in Washing
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07
DIPLOMATS AT FUNCTION.
Dutch and Swedish Ministers at On
yelling of Tablets.

PHILADELPHIA, February 1.-TWO
bronze tablets concentrating the settle
ments made by the Dutch and Swedes
on the Delaware river within the common
wealth of Pennsylvania in 1923 and 1888
respectively were this afternoon unvcil-
ed by the Pennsylvania Society of
Colonial Wars and presented to the city
of Philadelphia. The exercises took place
on the south side of the city hall where
the tablets have been placed.
BY direction of their respective govern
ments. Jonkheer ]. Loudon, minister from
the Netherlands at Washington. and Her
man de Lagercrantz. the Swedish minis
ter, participated in the exercises. Richard
NJ. Cadwalader, deputy governor of the
colonial wars society. presented the tab
lets to the city and they were accepted by
Mayor Reyburn.
The exercises, in which representatives
of Dutch and Swedish societies took an
active part. included the singing of the
American. Dutch and Swedish anthems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07

tends" said he. 1.-The civilization of the
Caucasian recedes. White men are being
driven from their fields. their lands, their
orchards and their homes; their property
is falling into the hands of the sheriff.
There were now $4,000 Japanese In
California, Mr.. Mckinlay said. He in
sisted that the present question was
little different from the Chinese PROB
lem of twenty years or so ago. except
that the Japanese were vastly more ag-
gressive and more insistent upon what
they considered were their rights.
White Man Obliterated.
In part of my district said Mr.
Mckinlay. the white mans civilization
has been completely obliterated. How
long shall we let it go on? How far shall
we let it extend? Shall we let it cover
city, county or even state?
II tell you that it is only a question o.
time. If we go OH as we are going on now,
when the white mans civilization will be
completely wiped out on the Pacific
coast"
THE land tenure law-the law for,
bidding the holding of real property lr
the state by Japanese-must and will be
passed.. declared Mr.. Mckinley al
another point. Then he insisted that the
matter of the attendance of Japanese al
white schools in California was &" on al
negroes attend white schools in the south
ern states.
Then taking up the subject of the pos
sibility of war between Japan and the
United States. Mr.. Mckinley said:
There will be no war between this
country and Japan, no matter what re-
strictive legislation the state of California
or the national legislature may pass
Japan has just ended her first skirmisf
with Russia.
Moreover, Japan doesn't want the
Philippines. She wants solid ground or
which to coloniZe.
Still again. Russia would take early
opportunity between any conflict between
the United States and Japan, and Japan
is fully aware of the fact
Other Speakers.
Assistant Secretary Coolidge addressed
the institute on 1.-THE Financial Outlook "
which, according to his view, was not
particularly encouraging. Rev. DR.. Will
liam I. Kerby Of the Catholic University
of America. spoke on Religion and Bust
ness" William A. Mearns, secretary OF
the District of Columbia Bankers Asso.
ciation, discussed Hot House Banking.
During the evening Roland r. Roder-
lex and S. Dana Holland sang solos and
a duet, accompanied by Edward Muth
The banquet committee consisted of Wal
lace Nick. Stowell chairman; Edmund S.
Wolfe, vice chairman: Robert F. Miller
secretary; A. Bertram Claxton. treasurer:
Harry V. Haynes, W. Wallace Marin, f.
E. Herrell. f. B. Deverenx, John Poole,
j. G.. Settle. c. l.. Eckloff, ]. T. Fugitt
E. Percival Wilson and F. E. Chiselli.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07
END OF EXCITING TRIAL.
Wealthy Carolina Planter Is Found
Guilty of Wife Murder,

UNION, S. c., February 6-Guilty with
a recommendation for mercy was the ver
dict of the jury in the case of w. T.
Jones' the wealthy planter of this coun-
" who has been on trial here on the
charge of numbering his wife by poison
last July. The verdict was reached late
this afternoon after the jury had had
the case under consideration since $40
o'clock last night.
When the foreman of the jury an
nounced the verdict after that bodys
protracted session Jones' face became
pallid and he showed much emotion.
The trial, which began last Wednes-
day has excited widespread interest be-
cause of the standing of the prisoner
and the sensational charges involved in
the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07
GERMAN FLOODS INCREASING
RHINE AND OTHER RIVERS
STEADILY RISING.
Great Damage to Property Has AL
ready Been Done and Many
Lives Lost.

BERLIN, February 6.-Reports of floods
and devastation caused by rivers over
flowing their banks continue to arrive.
Herr Breitenbach. Prussian minister OF
state and public works. will start for the
Rhine district tomorrow to look over the
situation.
The Rhine. the Eibe. the Main. the
Danube and the Oder are rising steadily.
The low-lyfng quarter of Frankfort-on-
the Main is flooded.
There was a terrific hurricane in the
Rhine valley last night which demolished
part of the coming summer exhibition
buildings The river Weld is raging
along the high street in the village or
Dozeroth and houses are collapsing.
The ice In the Elbe broke up this morn
ing and huge foes swept past Dresden,
tearing away portions of the Augustus
bridge, which is nearing completion.
The country around Dessau is flooded
MANY lives have been lost in Thurlngia,
EichS field and Harz.
Rivers Rising at Leipsig.
At pIisburg the Rhine has risen eleven
feet since yesterday. and the Ruhr is
twenty-three feet above normal Broken
bikes at several places are flooding the
ONE feet high and still rising. and at
Maenden many people had fled from
their houses before the on-rushing wa
tiers. The river is still rising at Leipsig.
and the city park is flooded. The fire de-
partment at Leipsig was called out to-
day to rescue the people in adjacent
villages.
1t is again showing today in the Thur
ingian forest.
The principal bridge over the Elbe at
Dresden has been closed because of the
danger of collapse. Thousands of people
line the adjacent streets in the expecta-
ton of seeing the bridge swept away by
the huge masses of ice coming down the
river.
Paul Breitenbach, the PruSsian min
lister of public works. accompanied by
several government engineers, will start
for the flooded districts tomorrow. He
will go first to the Rhine. ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07
PANIC AMONG PASSENGERS.
Rear-End Trolley Car Collision on
Williamsburg Bridge.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. February GA wild panic
among the passengers followed a rear
end trolley collision on the Williamsburg
bridge this morning. A score of persons
were cut by shattered glass, and hun
dred rece."ed bruises and as we're shaking
up when a crowded Franklin avenue car
crashed into an equally crowded Bush
wick avenue car.
In the wild scramble to get out of the
cars, which had locked together by the
impact of the collision, men and women
fought and trampled on one another in
their anxiety to reach safety. Clothing
was torn and it was feared by those en-
deavoring to quiet the panic-stricken pas
sengers that many persons would be Sc
verely injured.
There were eighty persons on the first
and about fifty on the second car Though
the large number of passengers on the
Bushwick avenue car contained many
women, there were but three on the
smaller trolley car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07
GEARS FOR BARK'S SAFETY.
Four-Master From New York Fails
to Reach Honolulu on Time.

NEW YORK. February 6-Failure of
the four-masted bark Fort George to
arrive at Honolulu, for which port she
sailed from New York July 70 last, or to
have been spoken anywhere since last
August, has given rise to fears for her
safety. At the offices of her agent
here, D. b. Dearborn. it was stated to-
day that while the bark had not been
given up for lost there were grounds
for anxiety regarding her. as she was
about two months overdue, and the last
heard from her was August - last, when
she was spoken in latiture eleven north.
longitude twenty-five west.
On board the vessel when she left
here for her trip around the Horn were
Capt. Fullerton and his wife and crew
of eighteen. She was laden with $500
tons of general merchandise.
The Fort George was built at Belfast
Ireland. in 1854. She is of 1.7O5 tons net
register, 263 feet long, 40 feet beam and
% feet deep. WEIGH & Co. of this city
are her owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07
.PAwNBROkER ROBBED OF RING
THIEF NEGOTIATED FOR 1T,
GRABBED IT AND RAN.
Gem Valued at $1,000 Taken as
Johnson Was Making Out
Bill for It.

Just at roll call. about : o'clock last
night. the detectives at police headquar-
tiers were startled by telephone mes
sage from F. Warren Johnson. a pawn
broker. at 1924 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. stating that a man had grab
bed diamond ring which he values at
$1,000 from a counter in his store and
had run away with it.
Inspector Boardman Immediately dis
patched his men to look for the thief.
Lookouts were sent to all the police pre-
cincts in the District giving descrip-
ton. Up to a late hour last night no
arrest had been made.
A man was seen in front Of the show
window of Johnson'S store about 4:3O
o'clock yesterday afternoon. While look
ing at the display of jewelry in the win
dow he drew large roll OF money from
his pocket which he proceeded to count.
A few minutes later he entered the
store. After looking at several valuable
pieces Of jewelry. he decided that large
diamond ring. containing an emerald and
thirteen diamonds, was the one he want
ed.
He left saying he would return later. He
entered several other pawn shops in the
neighborhood and examined rings in those
places.
A few minutes before o'clock he again
entered the store and told Mr.. Johnson ne
had come to buy the ring. He asked that
a bill be made out for it.
The proprietor complied. But the Gus
toner was not satisfied with one and
asked for another.
AS Johnson, who was in the store, alone,
went back to make out a second bill the
man suddenly grabbed the ring from
the show case. He ran out of the
store.
The proprietor rushed to the door. call
ing at the top of his voice stop thief"
Owing to the noise of several cars pass
ing at the time no one appeared to hear
him. The man ran up Pennsylvania ave
nue. to 18th street and turned down to b
street, where all trace of him was lost.
A car of the Washington, Alexandria
and Mount Vernon railway was passing
along the street at the time. 1t is sup
posed he either boarded it or else entered
a house.
policeman of the first precinct was
standing on the opposite side Of Penn
sylvania avenue near 18th street at the
time. Notified by a citizen that he was
wanted by Johnson he went to the place.
Then he searched a number of houses
along D street northwest.
The thief is described as being well
dressed, about thirty-five years of age
and weighing about 11o pounds.