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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30

RHEIMS. Aug. 90.-The triumph of
Glenn Curtiss. the sole American repre-
sensitive in the Is 3-5 miles speed con-
test which ended aviation week. coming
on top of his great victory in the Inter
national cup contest gives the United
States the lions share of the honors of
the meeting.
The daring American broke another
worlds record in the flight. His victory
was the end of a day full of surprises.
Despite his great success, Curtiss is
as modest as he was the day he arrived
here with but. faint hopes of capturing
the honors which are now his. In an
interview he said:
II am happier than any other Ameri-
can can possibly be that the cup will
come TO America. and I shall aid in
every way 7 can to defend it so that
Continued Second Pnge.)
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30
TWO WHO TRIED SUICIDE
ARRAEGNED IN COURT

John A. Grimm, of All South
Eighteenth street who attempted sui
eide on Friday by gas, was held in
$500 bail today by Judge YUM, in the
Fourth Precinct Police Court, TO await
the action of the grand jury Grimm
was out of work and despondent so he
told the judge.
Mrs. Bertha Lang. of - South Or
ange avenue who attempted suicide on
saturday after quarrei with her nus
band. by drinking iodine. also was ar
raigned before Judge YUM in the
Fourth Precinct Police Court today
She was paroIed to await the action OF
the grand jury.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30
SLEUTHS BLAME "SPOOKS"
FOR TRUNK ROBBERY
But What Would Spirits Want
with Knives and Forks?

Sleuths of the local detective bureau
are all wrought up over a new trunk
mystery which has been placed in
their hands for solution. Mrs. Minnie
Holzworth, who is visiting Mrs. Louis
Furman. of 16S Seymour avenue, re-
ported to the police yesterday the dis
appearance of a score or more of small
articles from trunk which she had
in storage since August 2.
The fact that the trunk was locked
and secure when Mrs. Holzworth re-
ceived it lead the seuths to believe
that spirits" have been at play The
list of missing articles as furnished
by the owner range from a half-dozen
silver forks and knives to two gold
collar buttons.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30
CAN YOU BEAT THIS EEL?
BIGGEST CAUGHT so FAR.

A statement which will probably
prove a basis for contention was made
today by William Kastner. He caught
an eel in Newark bay Saturday night
which measured thirty inches and
weighed two pounds. He declares it is
the largest eel caught in neighboring
waters this season.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30
PIGS IS PLUNDER, is
THIS BURGLAR'S CREED.
Eight Live 0nes, Cabbage and
Corn in His Loot.
Eight live young pigs.
Three hundred head of cabbage!

Eight live young pigs.
Three hundred nead of cabbage.
Three hundred ars of corn,
This is not q Hotel menu card or the
evening meal of Jack the Giant Killer,
but the list of th1gs said to have been
stolen by William Gabloski, of 121
South street "a years old. He was
placed under S2a bail for the grand
jury by Judge Hahn in the, Third Pre-
cinct Police Court today on a charge
of getting away With all of it at one
time and at an. fHll swoop.
Harry Heres. Who keeps a farm in
South street WAS the complainant
against Gablozh aaiming that the lat
ter broke inte his place and stole the
aforesaid Gabloski pleaded guilty, and
was committed for the action of the
grand jury.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30
MAURITANIA LOWERS
OWN ATLANTIC RECORD.

QUEENSTOWN, Aug 80 = The
steamer Mauretania, the record holder
for the transatlantic passage. arrived
here today from New York over The
short course. and made the passage in
four days, fourteen hours and twenty
seven minutes. This beats her previous
best passage by two hours and fifty
three minutes.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30
ANOTHER CURT|Ss
TRIUMPH PLACES
AMERICA IN LEAD
Plucky Yankee Who Captured
International Cup Wins Speed
Record, Too.
ONLY AT BEGINNING
OF MARVELS, HE SAYS
Bleriot's Life Endangered When
Machine Is Set Afire
in Crash.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fi',f,i
Whole World viii Fly
Soon, Predicts Curtfss

In regard to speed l am GER
tain the aeroplane that will go
a mile a minute is close at hand.
I'VE are only at the beginning
of the marvels to be shown in
the conquest of the air, but this
meeting has demonstrated be-
yond all question that flying by
man has arrived for all the
world.@
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN STREET

John Lice. A years old OF 1se Ferry
street. was found lying unconscious at
Ferry and Van Buren streets He was
taken TO the City Hospital in the
Third Precinct ambulance. where it
was found that he was suffering from
acute kidney trouble.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30
FORT AND HUGHES GUESTS .
OF SIDNEY M. COLGATE

Charles +. Hughes and John Frank
lin Fort, chief executives of New York
State and New Jersey, and their fam
lilies. We're dinner guests yesterday aft
ernoon at the summer home at Saranac
Lake New York. of Mr.. and Mrs. Sid
ney NJ. Colgate. of Orange, at whose
home Governor Fort is staying.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30

Niagara Fails Over Labor Day
Personally conducted Pullman service Best
hotel Sept 4, 8, 6. All expenses. Birrell
Tours 7s4 Broad. Tel. ls5.-Adv.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30

Who's the most popular
baseball player on the Newark
teamp Vote for your favorite.
Diamond medal 70 winner.
See voting coupon Page 2.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13

Short Health Talks-The House Fly.
The common house fly. which
makes its appearance about this
time of the wear and remains as
guest until the return Of cold weather.
is generally regarded of cold weather,
than a nuisance. He insists on com
ing where he is not wanted. and al
ways appears in the wrong place;
but. aside from this. he is not con-
sidered by most people as menace
to health.
Recent work by experts, however,
has shown that the house ny is one
of the most dangerous agents IN
spreading disease. This is due TO the
fact that the fly never wipes his
feet" and Is not at all choice In his
selection of a logging place.
The whole lfe-history OF the fly
contributes to make him filthy and
obnoxious. The eggs are deposited
in filth and manure. and remain Tor
about ten days before they hatch out.
When first Matched. the nv ras the
form OF small worm. and as such,
crawls into the most obnoxiceiss
Races. He loves the bodies OF dead
animals. the manure in the BARNARD,
the excrement in the priyy. and feeds
on these things.
When the fly reaches maturity, he
has a peculiar rowing nature. He
does not always care to remain in the
BARNARD or in the privy, but likes
to leave these places uad iiv into the
dining-room, where he lights on the
vegetables. the deserts or the butter
AS the fy's Sect may gather germs
wherever he goes he naturally leaves
some of them on everything he
touches. whether II is the baby S
bottle the milk, or the fruit These
germs are often taken into the sys-
tenn, multiply. develop anG cause ois-
ease. Typhoid fever. which causes so
much sickness in the community
every year. is spread by the fly as
well as by bad weather and bad
milk.
The only good fly is a dead fly.
There is practically no way TO Kill
of all the flies, but by screening tne
windows and doors. and by covering
the dishes containing food and drink
the number of flies can be much re-
duced At the very least, the ny can
be key, out of the sick-room. II the
manure is removed frequently. and Is
sprinkled often with lime. 1t will not
be so attractive a breeding place TOT
the flies. II the closet is screened
and the flies kept from the excre'
ment the danger to the household is
considerably acknowledgements De
partment of Health.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13

pound: potatoes in March. 1905, at
72.9 cents per bushel, and In March
1909, at Ala cents; cotton cloths.
bleached. in March. 1908. at 1875 cents
per yard. and in March. 1909, AZ l44
cents; cotton cloths. unbleached in
March, 1908. at 1877 cents per yard
and in March. 1909. At 1l6 cents;
hops In March 1908, at 25.5 cents per
pound. and in March. 1909. at lS5
cents; raw cotton (chiefiy Eggplant
In March. 1908. at sl.i cents per
pound. and In March. 1909. at i5.I
cents: Manila hemp In March, 1908,
at Sll91S: jute and jute butts IN
March, 1908. at $i7.04 per ton. and In
March. 1909. at Sass: sisal grass III
March. 1908. at si3310 per ton, and
in March. 1903. at $i06.92; goatskins
in March, 1908. at 26i cents per
pound. and In March. 1909. at Pa
cents: raw silk In March 1908. al
1851 per pound. and I'm March, 1909.
at 1888: and clothing wool in March,
1908, at 24.3 cents per pound. and In
March. 1909. at oil cents per pound.
these figures being in all cases those
of the wholesale markets of the coun'
tries whence the articles were I'M
ported.
On the export side. among the pri-
cipal articles of exports from the
United States raw cotton shows a
drop from II cents per pound IN
March. 1905. to 9.5 cents per pound
In March. 1909; steel rails dropped
from s32.SS per ton In March. 1908.
40 s2S42 in March. 1909; pig iron
dropped from $iS.29 per ton In March.
1908. to $3.50 in March. 1909; cotton
cloth. unlseached. from 10 cents per
yard in March. 1908. to SIS cents IN
March. 1909: canned salmon from 80
cents in March. 1908. to SO cents IN
March 1909; rosIn from S4.O4 per
barrel in March. 1908. to $500 IN
March. 1909; turpentine from 1913
cents per gallon in March. 1908, to -
cents per gallon In March. 1903;
crude mineral oil from "a cents per
gallon In March, 1908. to 80 cents III
March. 1909: refined Illuminating oil
from IL cents in March. 1908. to 60
cents In March, 1909.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
Russia Represented

SPOANKE. WASH, May Il
Nicholas. Gar of Russia, has advised
r. Insinger, chairman of the lccs!
board of control OF the National irri-
CATION congress. through H. r. the
Baron Resen. ambassador OF Russia.
that the Russian government viii DC
oficiaIy represented at the seven
teenth session in Spokane. August ,
TO IL. by Eugene Skorinakoff. agri-
cultural engineer. who is coming to
the Northwest for the purpose OF
studying reclamation work.
lie will also visit government irri-
CATION projects In various parts oil
Washington. oregon. IdsnO. Montana
California. Nevada. Utah. Wyoming
the Dakotas and Kansas. The ap-
pointment Of Mr. Skorniakon as a
special delegate to the Spokane con
grcss Is taken 10 mean that the gov
crnment Is planning TO reclaim large
tracts OF land In Russia with 3 vie~
10 cutting them into small tr1cis
and thus encourage agriculture in rs
various branches.
Mr.. Insinger also has advice that
Japan. china and several o. the 70
publ!cs in South America vii be rep
resented BY experts At the ea'herins
Of irriEationisis
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
New York Money Market.

NV YORK May 12.-Money on
call steady 1%a2 per cent; ruling rate
2; closing bid. IA, offered at l%
Time loans strong; 60 days, 2h pei
cent: ninty days, pa per cent; SIN
months, ga per cent.
Close: Prime mercantile paper
So to per cent. Sterling exchange
firm with actual business in bankers
bills at 4S6.35afs6.45 for so day bills
and at 4s775 for demand. CONNER
cial bills, 4s5%a4s6h Bar silver
52k. Mexican dollars, "A.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
CHICAGO Market.

CHICAGO. ILLS. May 12.-Reports
or rain II Kansas was the chief rea-
son for a decline of more than l cent
in wheat prices or the board of trade
today. At the close prices showed
net losses of half to / Il. Corn closed
steady. oats firm and provisions
|steady.
Articles Open High Low Close
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
Baltimore Grain Market.

BALTIMORE. ND. May I2--Wheat
strong spot contract, 149; southern
on grade, 1i6a149.
Corn-frmer; spot contract, SOAa-
Il; southern yellow, 77has0A--
Oats-dull No. , white. 60zasl Y.
Rye-firm No. = western domestic
SSaS9.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
Spdsmodic Starts punCluatcd BY
lapses Into Dizziness.
READING THE CENTRAL FGURE
Fluctuations Were Violent, But Ad-
vances Were Lost Whenever Other
Stocks Began 10 Follow-Closing
Tone of Market Irregular.
By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, May l2.-There were
sensational features In today's stock
market, but the general failure of ;ae
market to respond 10 movements IT.
special stocks was its most remark
able feature. Spasmodic start in
one stock and another developed in
succession but in the intervals The
market lapsed into dullness ana
arathy Reading was the central fig
ure in the days dealings and its fiuc-
tuations were violent and frequent IN
its flights to new record levels. with
the exception OF its rise 10 164 IN
January, 1906.
The first jump in the price of Real
ing found other favoriteS of the trait
ers sluggish and unresponsive. When
this was corrected by an aggressiv
advance in Unicn Pacific, Reading
Slipped back over the whole of IS
previous upward course. Then again
when Reading was pushed to new
high level, Union Pacific lost all Ct
lis advantage. giving an appearance
of unavailing efforts by the support
ers Of the market TO keep the whole
list moving together. Buying orders
from abroad outnumbered the selling
orders.
The strike of French government
employees was of no apparent In
iuence in the markets. The j-npnd
for loans is especially for fixed pHricds
and the supply offering is repo. ed by
brokers to te growing. The amount
of commercial paper is also growing
more abundant.
The late tone of the market was
UGH unsettled and the closing tone
irregular.
Bonds were Irregular. Total sale S
lar value 1892 coo. U. S. bonds were
unchanged on call. Total sales today
1,OS7,OOO shares including: Snsa' },
600; Tobacco. 700; A. C. l.. 300:
c. & o., $500; Erie. 39.10O; !. e. N,
500: y. & W.. 2.S00; Reading, 21S,5O0;
Rock Island 1O6,s00; Sloss Sheffield,
100; Tenn. Copper. 900; Union Pacihc,
94,sCO; U. S. Steel, 44,700; V. {. e.,
2400
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
To Enjoy

the full confidence Of the Wcli-in!orned
Of the World and the Commentator 1t
the most eminent physicians it was essen
tial that the component parts Of Syrup
OF Figs and Elixir q Soma should DC
known to and approved by them; there
fore, the California Fig Syrup Co pub
llslcs full statement with every packagc
The perfect purity and uniformity Of pro-
duct. which they demand in a LAXATIVE
remedy Of an ethical character, are ASSURED
by the Comp4ny's original method Of man
ufsetuTe known 10 the Company only.
The 6gs Of California are used IN the
production Of Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of
Soma 20 promote the pleasant taste. but
thc medicinal principles arr obtained frorn
plants known % act most bcncSciaily.
To ert it, beneficial effects Away buy
thc srnuine-manufscturvd By tbe Cali
fornis PIG syrup Co. only, and for sal'
b. al leading drusgsts-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13

In each 223 lunar months there are
20 sciipses Of the moon and I'll OF the
sun.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
py, Your Faith N PssIene..

Patience Is the Best remedy fo'
every troubie.-Fiau'us
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-26
DEATH OF COL. WIN. LAMB.a
Hero of Fort Fisher, Who, With 1900
Men, RepuIsed 10000 Federals:S-

Norfolk, Va, March 25.-Col. William
Lamb, aged 13, soldier, lawyer editor
merchant, and politician has just dled
here. He was best known as the hero
of Fort Fisher in the Civil war, when
in a siege of three days he held the tort
near Wilmington, n. c., with 1900 men
against an attack of 10000 Federal
troops and 600 guns, Butler and Porter
losing more men than Lamb
He was mayor of Norfolk, delegate
to several Democratic presidential con-
ventions, stumped Virginia for Blaine
and Logan, was nominated as an cleo
tor at large on the Harrison and Nor
ton ticket in 1888, and subsequently
declined the Republican gubernatorial
nomination, becoming Republican State
chairman. Col. Lamb was at Charles
town, w Va, in 1859 with the Woods
Rifles during the trial and execution of
John Brown
Col. Lamb was known to every man
who ran the blockade at Wilmington
The blockade runners always looked for
the lights he set al night, and they new
or attempted the dash through the
Federal fleet until all of the colonefs
signals We're visible.
Whenever a blockade runner got into
difficulties near Fort Fisher, it was the
colonel who went to his rescue. Hc
stood off the gunboats with his guns
until the incoming or outgoing ship was
able to get away. and in this way he
saved many valuable ship
The blockade runners, the majority
of them Enslishmen, including officers
OF the royal navy on furlough, We're
grateful to the colonel for his vigilance.
They kept him supplied with delicacies
at Il time when the people of Whining
ton were suffering many privatlons.
and they even brought him batteries OF
quick-fring guns and ammunition.
When Fort Fisher was taken num-
Der of blockade runners We're unaware
of the fact and they actually ran I'M
der it's guns before they discovered that
their friend Col. Lamb. was no longer
in command. Some we're captured;
others ran out for the last time, know
ing that the profitable game of supply
ing the Confederacy had ceased for all
time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-26
Rep. Dawson Re-int)
duces His Navy BIA,|
Provides for Dividing The q
vice Into Two Department
One Division Of Personnel and
other Of Material.

Washington, March 25.-Contint
uncertainty in the reorganization
the navy department has led Rel
sentative Dawson of Iowa to re-ind
duce the bill he urged upon the
Congress for a new distribution Of
work of that department. ~
Under the provisions of the Dawi
bill the business of the departm11
would be, divided between two
sions, the division of personnel and
division Of material. The division
personnel would have in it a bureau
navigation, a bureau of medicine |.
surgery and the office of the Judge }
vocate general of the navy. In the 4
vision of material would be the
reaus of ship construction. or
nance, and supplies and accounts.
in charge Of the division OF pefs3
mel Representative Dawson Wy
have a first assistant secretary o.
navy appointed from among the.
GERS of the navy below the RANK
captain. The second assistant se
tary of the navy, civilian, w
have charge of the division Of m&sI
al,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-26
Japanese Hospitality.

AS one steps before the wide open
doors of the reception room, or into the
court, or the kitchen. as the case may
be, the host approaches and greets with
q low bow, followed by the hostess and
usually one or more of the maids, who,
kneeling. bend to the floor. The saluta
perhaps about the rooms or the meal
that is to be prepared. and the guest
seats himself on the low porch or plat
form that surrounds the entrances and
removes his shoes or sandals. leaving
them on the ground. If one wears the
Japanese cloth shoe and straw sandal, as
1 did some of the time, the feet are al
ways washed in a wooden basin of water
brought by a maid. who comes clatter-
ing around the outside of the house on
wooden clogs to bring it, and sets it
down before one on the ground. little
towel is brought, too unless one, as
usual has this most useful articles
about his person. Then the guest steps
in. in, stocking feet or barefoot. and,
the open rooms, often between a double
line of all the people of the house. who
are bowling to the floor. He enters the
room allotted to him and there seats
himself cross legged on cushion on the
matted floor before a tiny charcoal fire
in a brazier, and rests-at least pretends
to rest if he is foreigner-until disre-
gard for ceremony gets the better of him
and he adopts an easier position. Pres
emily comes demure or smiling little
maid. with rosy cheeks and fancifully
tololei Silh klIIlOHO, WHO kneSlS OUTSIDE
and slides open the paper door. enters,
kneels and closes it. brings tea things
to the centre of the room. and, kneeling,
pours out wee cup of tea to the guest
or each of the guests. This done, she
bends her forehead to the floor and pat
tiers out opening and closing the door
as before. If the guest is an honored
one some dainty, such as bean jelly, or
cakes or raw dough, rolled in pink and
green powder, is brought with the tea
Then the guest steps out to the porch
to wash, and as he dries his face he
looks at the little cultured garden or
off to distant valley or forest or noun
tain or sea Returning to his room, he
is most of the time alone until the COM
ing of the meal; or if it chances to be
afternoon or evening, until the an
nouncement comes that the bath is
ready One is never entirely alone; ac-
cess to the room is always free on sew
eral sides, and host. or visitor, or SER
want may come in at any time. One be-
comes used to this and learns to like it
in most ways. There is nothing hidden.
It. makes life simple and informal and
more natural. We found it disad-
vantage sometimes when we had too
many visitors whose curiosity got the
better of them, but we always took it
in good part. finding it amusing rather
than annoying.-Robnr Van Week An
derson, in The Popular Science Monthly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-26
VAST GAS FIELD FOUND.
Louisiana Contains Great Undeveloped
Gas Reservoir.

New Orle ans, La, March 23.--The
question of supplying natural gas to
cities in Louisiana and neghborinS
states from the extensive fields in Cad
do Parish, La distance of 800 miles
from this city, has assumed concrete
form in an application for franchise
submitted to the City Council of New
Orleans. Shreveport, La, and TeXar-
kama Ark, both within a radius OF
forty miles of the field, have been de-
irving their gas supply from that
source for the past two years.
A number of other places in Loulsia-
ma, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas
are included IN tentative plans that
would bring many large pipe lines from
the Caddo territory.
The Caddo field was discovered about
four years ago and, while the oil de-
velopment there has progressed with
constant extension, it was only in re-
cent months that the gas possibilities
were fully proved and exploited With
in the past few weeks several gas wells
have been sunk, with a daily average
capacity Of s50,000,000 cubic feet each.
The proved territory extends over a
section about twenty miles long and
half as wide This field constitutes
what is declared by n United States
Government expert to be the most re-
markable example of wasted fuel in the
world. These are two wild wells, one
consuming So.O0O,000 cubic feet. The
glare from the flaming wells is seen at
night for a distance of thirty miles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-26
Skates 5000 Years Old.

The English chronicler has recon
that the youth of London in the W.
century understood the art OF ~
over the ice like birds in the any
the origin of skating is far NOR
Client. An Icelandic saga relates
the Norwegian hero F'rithjof nos
traced verses upon the polished Hh'I
but also he. cut the dear fian
1ngebord. Skates have been
covered near Spandau, in Gelm
which those competent to expfe.
opinion attribute to a period On
years ago These skates werc
from bones of horses, figured AM
forated TO attach to the
Similar skates have been aios
Moorfields in Finsbury, and Tx
coverfes have been. made In ben
the bed Of the Spree. IAss
similar discoveries, we learn,
the authorities to conclude taA:
European ice age in PrehistofN
extended from Great Britain -
land and from Norway to, 'Hu"s
London Globe. , iiE