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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24
MARK TWA|N|S
DAUGHTER DEAD
IN A BAIHTU1
Believed She Had Epileptic AT.
tack and Drowned While
in a conyuIsion.

READING, Conn.,, Dec. 24.-Miss Jean
Clemens, daughter of Samuel l.. Glenn
ems mark Twain, was found drowned
IN a bathtnp in Mr. Clemens.s home
here
1t Is believed that Miss Clemens suf-
fered from an attack OF epilepsy while
in the bath and was drowned while in a
convulsion. She had suffered from epil-
epsy for number Of years.
Speaking Of his daughters death, Mr..
Clemens said: MY daughter, Jean
Clemens. passed from this life suddenly
this morning at 7:30 O'Clock.
"Ail the last half of her life she was
an epileptic. but she grew better lat
terly. For the last TIVE years we con-
sidered her practically well, but she
was not allowed to be entirely free.
Her maid, who has served us twenty
eight years, was always with her when
she went to New York on shopping ex-
cursions and such things She had very
few commissions in the last two years,
and those she had were not violent. AT
1880 this morning a maid went to her
room to see why she did not come
down to her breakfast and found her
in her bathtub drowned. 1t means that
she had a convulsion and could not
get out.
She had been leading very active
life. She spent the greater part of her
time looking after a farm. which 1
bought for her. and she did much of
my secretary work besides. Last night
she and chatted later than usual in
the library. and she told me all her
plans about the housekeeping. for she
was also my housekeeper. said every
thing was going on smoothly. that l
thought / would make another trip to
Bermuda in February"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24
WOMAN SAVES
LIFE BY LEAP IN
CARRIAGE CRASH
Mrs. TilIie Levy, Silk Manufac-
turer's Vile, Jumps as Car
riage Crashes Into Pole.

Mrs. Tillie Levy, of III Clinton ave-
nue., wife of a wealthy silk manufae-
turer, had narrow escape from death
this afternoon when the team of horses
attached to her private carriage be-
came unnanageable in Summer ave-
nue. and ran away
Mrs. Levy jumped from the carriage
just before it crashed against a tele-
graph pole One of the horses was a
valuable animal and was so badly in
jured that he may have TO be shot.
The carriage was damaged and Mrs.
Levy was slightly bruised.
Mrs Levy was on her way to the
lower section of the city to do some
shopping. On the box was her private
coachman. As the horses neared We
roma avenue they became frightened
and were soon beyond the control of
the coachman. They turned the corner
of Verona and Summer avenues and
then had a clean sweep down Verona
avenue.
Pedestrians as they noted the horses
galloping wildly and the coach sway
ing from one side of the street to the
other, urged Mrs. Levy to jump. and
this she did just before the horses ran
into the telegraph pole. The coachman
had jumped few minutes before and
the horses were unchecked.
When Mrs Levy jumped she fell on
her right side and several ran to her
aid She was taken in the Second Pre-
cinct patrol wagon to the home of her
mother, Mrs. Prendergast, 500 Mount
Prospect avenue.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24
FLOODS RAVAGE SPAIN.
CAUSING GREAT LOSS

MADRID, Dec. 24.--Heavy rains near
the Portuguese frontier have caused
foods. the destruction of which has as
sumed the proportions of catastrophe
AT Ciudad Rodrigo at least eleven per-
sons have been drowned and hundreds
are homeless. Some fifty houses have
collapsed and many others are sub.
merged.
The havoc Of the waters continues To-
day. The valley of the Tonnes is pos
sessed by raging torrent. Bridges
have been swept away, roadbeds
washed out cattle killed and crops
ruined The village of Tiguellino IS
under water. The Douro river Is out Of
its banks and the adjoining district has
been badly flooded The beds of the
railroad lines leading toward Portugal
have been washed out and the service
is tied up. Communication by telegraph
throughout the range of the flood has
been interrupted.
Troops were dispatched TO Salamanca
today to aid in the work of rescue.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24
BLIZZARD IS COMING FOR
XMAS, SAYS WEATHER MAN.
Predicts Storm from West Will
Arrive Tomorrow.

As far as the local and Washington
weather men are able to see there is
a probability of a Western blizzard hit
ting Newark late Christmas afternoon.
A Western storm. travelling slowly but
surely, is due to arrive in this vicinity
tomorrow afternoon. they say, and the
wind promises to blow from northwest
to north. This means a very low tenn
pefature. and if the predictions come
true Newarkers viii be treated to a
genuine white" Christmas of the old
fashioned style.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24
w. j. BRYAN, THREATENED
WITH PNEUMONIA, is BETTER

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. ga
message from the bedside of William ]
Bryan was to the effect that he was
resting easy today.
His condition is in no way serious,
but his physicians say that 1t will be
necessary for nim to remain within
doors for several days. by doing which
he will ward off the threatened case of
pneumonia.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24

Average per person $1.S1.
Tonight in thousands of happy New
ark homes tots will follow the time
honored custom and hang up then
stockings And then the little ones
will go to their little beds and will lie
N~ake half the night, despite the In
function that if they do not go to
sleep Santa Claus will not come down
the chimney. In the wee sma' hours
however when their little eyes will
grow tired of watching, Santa Claus
wia slide down the chimney and will
fill their stockings with the toys and
presents that will make their eyes
bulge and their hearts leap with JOY
when they get up tomorrow long be-
fore their accustomed time.
Will Remember All.
None will be forgotten on this great
day. Santa Claus will visit the most
humble and poverty-stricken home
And the poor will take courage at the
words of the Master where he says:
Blessed are the poor in spirit for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven"
1t will be day of joy and feasting-
Ii such an expression is permissible
In the hospitals, and institutions whicn
harbor the citys outcasts. There vii
be delfcacies for the sufferers in the
hospitals Many a physician making
his rounds in the hospitals calculates
on the great feast as tonic for pa
tients greater than any medicine. In
the taHs even the hardened criminal
will feel that Christmas is here.
Mayhap he may look back to the day
when he toddled at some fond mother s
or ipp fba
visitation of Santa Claus. And that
thought may make him decide to lead
: better life In the almshouse those
With whom the world has dealt un-
Kindly will be uplifted by special re-
lipio,s services, and will be wined and
dined to their hearts content, and they
will be made to feel that this is not
such a very bad world after all.
SIN all Christian churches tomorrow
there will be special services. Thou
sands Of voices and the strains of hun
dreds of. orchestras will be lifted in
paeans of joy, while the faithful will
join IN praise of God. II will be the
first real celebration of the day. and
then In the homes there will be dinners
of rare delicacies. There will be
family reunions to celebrate the home
coming of some dear one who may have
wandered for success somewhere else,
bit who never fails to visit the place
he calls home on Christmas. and then
the afternoon and evening may be
given over to amusement Every
theatre In the city has a matinee. for
which there has been an unprecedented
demand for tickets, and there will be
hundreds Of Christmas entertainments
which have been planned by churches
and social organizations.
The demand for toys in the stores Is
unprecedented. The biggest runs have
been ON miniature airships and express
wagons for boys and talking and laugh
ing dolls for girls.
II would like to get an airship for
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24
WASHINGTON HEARS THAT
MADRIZ HAS RESIGNED,

WASHINGTON. Dec. 24-A rumof
gained currency here today that PresiT
dent Dadriz of Nicaragua mad resigned
Efforts to trace its source proved une
availing. although the representatives
of the Estrada party in this city had
gotten word TO the same effect. They
however, could not vouclisafe anything
definite. nor could the othsr Central
American diplomats.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24
CARDINAL SATOLLI is
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

ROME. Dec. 24.-The condition of
Cardinal Francis SatoIli became sud-
denly worse today through the COM
plication of blood poisoning with the
nephritis from which he has suffered
Receiving cablegrams from Cardinal
Gibbons and Archbishop Farley the
prelate commented:
My American friends give me my
last consolation"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24
FORTY HURT IN WRECK
OF TORONTO EXPRESS

WINNIPEG. Man. Dec. 24.-The To-
ronto express on the Canadian Pacific
railway. which left Winnipeg wednes-
day, was wrecked yesterday east of
Fort William Forty passengers are
reported seriously injured. First re-
ports had forty killed
All wires are down. and the hrst and
only information was received over
the dispatchers' telephone wire.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24
fcontlnued ON ThIrd Page.l

For Teachers' Convention.
rhroucn ear TO Atlantic City December 2s
1aayo broad Street Station. New Jersey Central
t50 n. Us--Adv.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24

Roses, orchids and violets Phillips
Bros, florists ess Broad st. Phone f1sS.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24
THOUSANDS READY
FOR BIGGEST XMAS
CELEbRAT|ON HERE
-. -
Whole City to Be Scene Of Feast
ing, Song, Good Cheer
and Gaiety.
SALES OF TOYS PASS ALI.
PREVIOUS STORE RECORDS
Fine Dinners Are Prepared for
Inmates of Hospitals
and Jails.

Newark's celebration of Christmas, the
greatest feast of all the year, which is
conrnemorated in song and praise and
good cheer in every part of the Chris
tan world, will be bigger than ever be-
fore. The spirit of the great feast is
already here. Inevery part of the city
there are the evidences of JOY and
thanksgiving which come with but one
day 1t is no time for gloom or the
pcssimist. 1t is distinctively season
for joy, happiness and peace.
For days the big marts Of Newark s
trade-the department stores--have
been filed with pushing, joyous
fhrongs. Here was father, a mother
or sister or a brother looking for
Some token for another loved one That
it is more blessed to give than to re-
today the great throngs of preceding
days were surpassed, as many, at the
last moment, decided that II must get
something for" and made his or ner
way to the different stores and made
their selections. And the tired sales
ladies and statesmen had the Christmas
spirit as they smilingly strove to sat
isfy the most critical and finicky Gus
tomer
~ Xmas Dinners Costly.
There is just one little cloud ON this
years Christmas celebration and that
Is the cost of the traditional Christmas
n ~ III isl,
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Continued ON Second Page.)
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13
Saved the Situation.

She raised her head from his shoul-
der for a moment.
do you believe that exercise and
lotions and toilet preparations will i'm
prove womans looks?" she asked
He pressed her blond curls back
upon his chest.
"They couldn't improve the looks Of
some women" he said.
"Whose?" she asked
well, yours and Violet Cochrane's,
for instance" he replied thoughtlessly.
81 don't understand you" she said,
raising her head for the second time
and chilling him with look. 1--WE
are not at all alike"
81 mean," he replied, turning her
head for the second time and thinking
quickly, that your looks couldn't be
improved because they are perfect as
they are, and hers couldn't be i'm
proved because no amount of work
could make her pretty"
And the freight nickered knowing
ly as she sighed a great sigh of con-
tentment and relief, while he drew a
deep breath.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13
Sordid Smuggling.

Times were when the career of the
smuggler carried with it all the CLAM
our of romance. The pebbly beach,
the moonless night, the signal upon
the headland, muffled oars, the whls-
pered command, Pull away my hear
ties" the silent landing of the wine
casks and the bales of silk and lace,
the click of the horses hoof' on the
flint, sudden rush of the excise men
from their concealment in the rocks,
the cutting loose of the horses, the
flying escape, and Dirck the smuggler
is beyond pursuit. These were the
concomitants of the old-time drama.
Those days are no more. The tax
dodger is not picturesque figure
Smuggling has dropped to a dead
level of sordidness. To say that
smuggling is largely a woman's of.
Tense is to advance an easily main
tanned proposition. Dodging govern
ment claims Is not a matter of SEX
But mental attitudes differ. The
male smuggler is the more conscious
offender of the two. He will more
readily admit the force of the argu-
ment that revenue must be raised for
public expenses and 1t may be to pro-
tect home industries, likewise that it
is only fair to tax objects of luxury
at higher rate than necessaries.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13
FAME CANNOT BE ANALYzeo.
Possible Only to Take It at lts Face
Value--Edsar Allan Poe Case
IN Point.

To be famous is not necessarily to
be great, and to be great is not neces-
sarily to be famous. In the vernac.
ular, to be famous is to make hit"
The next question to be decided by
the authorities, self-appointed or 9TH
erwise, is whether the fame is de-
served. That invariably starts an ar
gument. No lame was ever. unani.
nous.
Fame, therefore, can be taken only
at Its face value. Just as soon as we
attempt to subject 1t to the critical
analysis of different viewpoints. we
are embarked on the stormy sea of
disputation without compass or quad.
rant, without destination or starting
point, doomed forever, like the Wan
dering Jew, to float on and on to no
where.
Buffeted thus aimlessly is the shade
of Poe. IN the ordinary acceptation
OF the term, he was and is famous,
and the effort of his detractors to
make out otherwise only serves to in
crease his fame Whether he is Justly
or deservedly famous or not, is quite
another question, a question which is
both irrelevant and indeterminate. 1t
Is irrelevant because fame is objec-
tive rather than subjective. If it is
to be qualified, it takes it's quality
from the contemplating public and not
from the man under consideration,
bringing us to social introspection
and there we stick until some arbitra-
tor plenipotentiary leads us out
Hence the question is also indeter-
inmate, since arbitrators plenipoten-
tiary disappeared with the divine
right" bubble.
In the matter of Poes going into
the Hall of Fame depends and should
depend upon those having the Hall of
Fame in charge, whether they be An
thony Comstocks, Battery Dams, John
l.. Sullivans' or other gentlemen who
may have happened to become famous
in their chosen sphere. Others should
keep hands off.
Whatever the outcome, the Hall of
Fame merely reflects the opinion of
those who have it in charge No mat
ter how much public discussion there
may be, no matter how much outsid-
ers may engage in controversies in
which they have none but bellicose
interest, the governors will still use
their own judgment, and we will be
supposed to infer that their selections
were deservedly famous. There is no
danger of any ones deliberately start
ing Hall of Unjust Fame
hn
eide 1t by referendum. If we should
vote him in and his fame was still un-
deserved, then, of course, it would
prove that we were bad lot.-Lip-
pincott's.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13
Frank Blinn, Frank Herman and

Frank Blinn, Frank Herman and
Phil Robinson are enjoying a week
camping in the wilds of Michigan.
"A very pleasing meeting of Phoe-
nix lodge was held on Monday evening
on which occasion the Master degree
was conferred on two candidates, af-
ter which splendid lunch was served.
This county has probably as many
good farmers as any in the state, men
who take pride in their clean fields
and well kept barn yards, yet in sea-
sons like this weeds will make an ap-
pearance. Specimens of all the more
common weeds and their seeds will be
exhibited and correctly named at the
county fair by the state experiment
station. If any one is troubled with a
weed pest, bring sample to the fair.
If the men in charge of the exhibit
cannot identify it, it will be sent to
the botanist at the station for identi-
tlication.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13
BATES.


{. BATES. /
/ F. Nauguer and wife, j. Artz and
family of Toledo and Fred Artz and
family spent Sunday with Philip Artz
and wife
George Brossia and family, Merlin,
Helen and Mamie Brossia were the
guests of Chas. Schaller and wife
Sunday
Mrs. Rhamstalk aud children, Lu-
ella and Arnold of Armstrong, Iowa,
have been the guests of Fred Buck
and wife the past few weeks
Miss Yetta Prossia called on Miss
Elsie Hahn, Tuesday evening
Miss Emma Sill spent a few days
of last week with her sister, Mrs. Phil
Artz
Fred Hoffman, and wife, r. F.
Loesch and family, Mrs. Fred Hoff-
mann, Sr., and daughters Irene, Lotta
and Margarete of Toledo, Edgar Linn
mer, Elsie and Albert Hahn were the
guests of John Brossia and family, re-
Gently
Miss Lillian Clausen and Robert
Thaiss spent Sunday at Walbridge
park.
Fred Brossia and wife were guests
of Charlie LapoInt in Air Line juno
ton, Sunday
Miss Mabel Hahn called on Miss
Esther Ellerman, Sunday
Henie Sill was seen by the Bates
young ladies working in the oat fields
again, he seems to think the farm is
o. X. after all, eh, Heinie.
John Reubensall was shopping in
Toledo one day last week
Miss. Helen and Mamie Brossia
are spending a few days with Mrs.
Halle Schaller
George Brossia and wife called on
Will Brossia and wife, Saturday even.
ing.
Albert Wooding and Mrs. Palmer
who were visiting John Brossia and
wife have returned to their homes at
West Philadelphia
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13
j d A v | S
NOT ICE.

Luella M. Hite, residing at Palacios
in the county of Matagorda and state
of Texas, will take notice that on the
18th day of August, 1909, Walter w.
Hite filed his petition in the Court of
Common Pleas of Wood county, OHIO,
being Case No. l812S, praying for di-
yorce from said Luella M. Hlte. on
ground of wlllful absence and gross
and total neglect of duty, and that
said cause will be for hearing on and
after the Goth day of September, 1909.
WALTER w. HITE.
ID. X. HoLLENBECK,
2Stf Atty. for Plaintiff.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13

Frank Woodln and Mr.. Wessler
have put up signs showing the name
of the street on which they live.
Would it not be a good idea for every
street to be thus marked?
Miss Frances Derrett has return.
ed home from Ft. Wayne, after a
three weeks visit, accompanied by
her cousin. Miss Evelyn Lordier, who
will be her guest for week.
Many ills come from impure blood.
Can't have pure blood with faulty d.
gestion, lazy liver and sluggish
bowels. Burdock Blood Bitters
strengthens stomach, bowels and
liver, and purifies the blood.
Mrs. Chas. Koch and daughter,
Kathryn have gone to Anna, Ohio,
where they expect to make their fut-
ure home. Mrs. Flecher is making a
short visit at Lakeside, prior to going
to her old home at Anna.
One of the best games of base ball
of the season played here was the one
last Sunday, when the home team de-
feated the Futures of Toledo by a
score of to O.. Not score was made
until che last half of the ninth, when
with one out Hillebrand got smash
that went for three bases and Murphy
got neat single that sent him across
with the winning run.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13

Bill Finley, chairman of the Demo
cratic State Executive Committee,
former oil inspector, etc, etc, has come
in for serious criticism at the hands
of the examiners Of the State bureau
OF public accounting. 1t is pointed
out that Finley owes the state more
than $1,000 for fees illegally collected
and paid to deputy inspectors. The
report indicates that Finley conduct
ed the office in slip-shod way. Gov
ernor Harmon has promised the state
oil inspectorship to Finley. Will he
give it to him now? If the Governor
does he will be criticized by the pub
lie for playing politics and if he does
not he will be damned by Finley and
his friends.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13
HOBART.
.ss.s.s-s.s-s..s..i..s..s.i-s..s..s..si..s-s-ss.


Ed. SpIlker and wife of Webster
township visited John Swartz and
family
Chas. Puse and family were guests
of G. j. Puse and family, Sunday
Miss Mary Neice of East Toledo is
the guest of John Bench and family
this week
Mrs. Ebert Mandell is quite i'll
George Reitz and wife visited Ed
ward Muhl and family, Sunday
Emma and Ralph Swartz spent Mon
day with Wilson Kohl and family
Ralph Britton and Myrtle Blinn
visited Frank Harvey and wife, Sun
day evening
j. A. Neitz has returned home from
his studies at Ada, o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13

There is persistent story to the eff.
feet that Governor Judson A. Her-
mon will not seek denomination. It
is said that the Governor is so anxious
to become the Democratic candidate
for president of the United States
that he will sacrifice all immediate
opportunities, if necessary, to attain
his one ambition. In the language of
one OF Governor Harmon's friends,
"he does rot want to put all his eggs
in one basket" Translated this
means that Gov. Harmon is doubtful
that he can be elected second time,
and defeat would mean that he could
not get the presidential nomination,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13
SELECT VICE. PRESIDENT
The Citizens Bank Fills James 0,
Troup's Position.

AT meeting held on August tenth
the Board of Directors of the Citizens
Banking Company appointed d. X.
Hollenbeck as Vice President of the
bank to succeed Mr.. Troup.
MIR. Hollenbeck's appointment is
singularly appropriate as he has been
heavily interested in, and Director
of the old bank since its organization,
and his well-known reputation for con-
servatism and solid business success
befit him for an officer of this insti-
tuition
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-13

State Treasurer Creamer, Demo-
crat, is having lot of fun with him
self oyer State Oil Inspector Phipps,
Republican. Just note the words
democrat and Republican" and the
animus Of Mr.. Creamer's reference to
Mr.. Phipps will be thoroughly under
stood. State Treasurer Creamer
wrote letter to State Oil Inspector
Phipps stating that money collect
ed for the quarterly ending of June
3O should be turned over to his Office
at once. He said that about $4,000
is collected and he wants to get this
out at interest for the benefit of the
state. The fact of the matter is that
it was impossible for the State Oil
inspector to make his report to the
treasurer outside of twenty or thirty
days at the end of the quarter. More
than that, the State Treasurer spent
more time and money In trying to
raise political row than the much
yaunted interest on the oil inspect
or's funds would haye amounted to.
Careful figuring develops that if the
state treasurer could have put the
money out at interest the state would
have profited thereby in the large
sum of $3.50. Which is quite stew
to make over a small matter.