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New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
EARTH STILL QUAKING
SEISMOGR4PH CUTTING
UP STRANGE PR4NKS.
Wonderful Instruments by Uhch
Government Scientists Obtain
Records of Tremors.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.

Washington. Jan. 14.-Ever since the earth
quake shocks began in Southern Italy. on De
oember IS the seismograph the weather bu-
feau IN Washington and the magnetograph be
longing TO the same service, at Mount Weather.
Va. hav3 been cutting up strange pranks. and
She earth TO be still auaking. The seis-
,rograph is the offcial recorder Of earthquake
shccke, and writes fits story with a stylus on
black paper: the maKnetograph photographs its
records on sensitive sheets each variation of the
magnetic field being indicated instantly by a
point Of light dsrted the paper from a mir
ror. The latter instrument recorded the Italian
disaster at the instant OF its occurrence. while
the seismograph began making its strange
srenulous writing nearly ten minutes after the
scrces OF nature had wrought their havoc. The
difference in time illustrates the difference in
speed Of the tNo wonderful instruments. as well
ss the difference in time required to transmit
Impulses through the air and through the earth
The magnetograph. it is believed, works with
the same speed that light travels-136,00o miles
a second.
1T is impossible TO tell just what magnetic
disturbance took place in Italy, but that 1t was
a oonvulscn Of the magnetic field of some sort
IS shown by the fact that the quake was in
stantly recorded on the magnetograph," said
Professor Charles F Marvin, chief Of the in
strument division OF the weather bureau. to-
dav The magnetograph makes no record Of
any other phenomena Any influences that show
variations OF the magnetic influences in the
earth are instantly photographed
Since the evening Of the 2Tth. corresponding
70 early morning OF the 18th in Italy. when We
got the first records of the preliminary Quakes,
our instruments have been pretty busy. Micro
seismic records were also obtained on the 18th,
at 2:.9 D. m. on the Both, at 1902 p m; on
January o at 5.o4 .. m; on January ii. at t:V4
and on January l., at SIS a m and I:01 None
OF these was of long duration, lasting for the
most parf only few minutes, even seconds
The records Of the first earthquake, on the
evening OF the 2Ith. began with preliminary
trernors at 11:3l:23 p. N. This was followed
by another shock at 11:4o:3O D. m ana the
January IL and II three separate and distinct
records were obtained fairly well defined
earth tremors Their nature however, Is such
.nat we believe the origin Of the disturbance
not 70 have been in Italy. but the data are IN
saf5cient TO locate the focus. OF these SHOCKS
IN the 1lth and 18th the wave motion through
out IS very small. That OF the 1lth. however,
sAsted ten minutes and the last record on the
srening Of the 18th. while very small. continued
FOR about half an hour.
According TO our records. II TOOK the earth-
Quake waves propagations. as we can therh'
,sx minutes and hfty seconds to travel from san
r~,nctsco to Washington. Although we have no
exact record to go by. not knowing the precise
recorded instant they began in Italy, we judge
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
GOMEZ MAY SEND HERNANDEZ BAOA'
Former Minister to United States Hei'
Way to Venezuela.

General Joss Hernandez, the Nene1u i,, vas
man who during his brief visits to this ety .-r-,
known as EI Mocho' arrived here yes'ero~' prins
England en- the North German Lioyu ~ ~ c,rscas
Friedrich Wilhelm He Is on his way - IN the
the Invitation Of General Gomez 10
rehabilitation of the -epu6aic of Nenezuel' zoulf
General Hernandez said yesterday that ne Ssow
sail for Venezuela within a week he alg s;, sut
what office President Gomez would % oi - might
he thought IL possible that after 'i', ,,fz,er "a
return to his old post as Nenezue'
Washington.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
ITALIAN PAPER PRAISES AMERICA.

The ''Bolettino Della Sera,' Italian evening
newspaper, will in editorial article to-day pay
a tribute TO President Roosevelt and the American
people for the aid extended to the sufferers from
the earthquake in Sicily. The editorial will say
that the generosity Of the American people has
cemented the bond Of friendship between Italy and
the United States and that when the trouble is
It will be found that this country stands at
the head all the others in the amount of assist
ance given.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15

Paris Jan. 14-Commander Frederick l. Chaplin
the American Naval Attache. left here for Mar
senles to-day to meet the American battleshf3s
their expected arrival there tomorrow. Henry
White the American Ambassador. will leave Paris
Sunday to entertain the American officers at Nice
and MarseiIles Mr. White had invited Admiral
Sperrv and his stan to Paris to he prea
sented to President Fallieres and 10 NJ. Thomson.
the Minister OF Marine. Rear Admiral Sperry sug
zested that American officers visiting Paris should
go informally, and therefore no official arrange
ments have been made for their reception
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
EXPLOSIONS ENTOlIB 24O.
FOrty-fTc Bodies Taken from Nine
Others Mdy Be .1Hre.

Veszprim, Hungary. Jan. 14.-In an explosion
Of firedamp in the Auka coal mine here to-day
which was followed later by q dust explosion
and fire. 240 men were entOmbed
Sixteen living miners and the bodies of forty
five dead persons have thus far been brought
out Of the pit. The fire has been held to one
locality and it is hoped that the remainder OF
the entombed miners will be rescued alive
The town Of Neszprim is sixty miles southwest Of
Budapest. snd has a population of 5000.
composed mostly Of Magyars. Some landmarks
there notably the Gisela Chapel said to have been
built by Queen Gisela. date back to the eleventh
century.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
sULrAN's SON MAY VISIT AMERICA
Turkish Naval Officers Coming Here with Bat
tleship Fleet

Washington. Jan. 14.-Ten a dozen officers OF
the Turkish navy coming TO the United States
on the ships of the Atlantic feet. which now
in Turkish waters. Directions that this courtesy
be shown to them were sent by the Navy Depart
ment at the request of the State Department The
visit to give the officers opportunity 10 study
American methods In naval affairs Unofficial re-
ports say that of the party will ne the Of
the Sultan.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
BAYERN LANDS SUPPLIES AT REGGIo
American Relief Steamer, Besides Provisions
Furnishes Lumber for Shelters

Reggie Jan 14-rhe American relief steamer
Bavern flying the Red Cross flag. has arrived here.
from Catania She has landed quantities of pro.
visions and lum for shelters. which are most
welcome.
supplies valued 5000 have been sent TO syra-
cuse The relief steamer will return to Messna
and then proceed Civitavecchia. where she is due
Sunday.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
BOSTON EXCHANGE SEAT SOLD.

BY Telegraph to The Tribune.l
Boston Jan. 14.-Frank A. Scnrmer has just pur-
chased the Boston Stock Exchange seat of Chester
la Dane in the interest of j. Edward Thompson,
of New York. The price $4,000. M. Thomp-
is a brother Of William b. Thompson the min
ing promoter.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
CHEER AMERICAN SHIPS
TWO 4RRIVE At MALTA.
The Illinois Ordered to Messing
Officers and Men Entertained.

Malta Jan. 14.-T7hs American battleshp Illinois.
while on the way from Suez 10 Malta with the bat
tleships Wisconsin and kearsarge. received orders
by wireless telegraph. dated Naples, from Rear
Admiral Sperry the commander of the American
fleet TO proceed forthwith to Messina. probably to
assist in the work Of relief
The Wisconsin and the Kearsarge arrived here
to-day. As the ships entered the harhor the Wis
consin exchanged salutes with the shore batteries
and afte-warl saIuted Admiral Curzon- Howe .
flagship. the Exmouth which hoIsted the Aneri-
can flag and replied with seventeen guns The
British warships IN the harDor were all manned.
and great crowds the quays cheered the Amert-
cans enthusiastically.
All the American officers tonight attended a
ball given in OF the visitors by Admiral Cur
zon-Howe, commanding the British Mediterranea
feet. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and
Prince and Princess Arthur Of COnnaught were also
present. The Admiralty House was draped through
out with American flags. the men OF the Ameri-
can ships are everywhere fraterniZtng with the
British sailors.
Pear Admiral William p Potter visited Admiral
Curzon-IIowe on the Exmouth. and Rear Admiral
Sir Henry B. Jackson on board the Racchante. the
fla asbip OF the Cruiser squadron of the feet. Ad
mIrals Howe and jackson returned the calls and
warmly welcomed their American colleague
Athens. Jan 14-CaptaIn Robert II. Doyle Of the
American battleship Missouri. accompanied by
Richmond Pearson the American Minister. called
NJ. TrlCOupis. the Greek MINISTER OF Marine
and other officials to-day Captain Thomas 3,
Howard of the Ohio IS III. and was unable 10 make
the usual official calls
A dinner in honor Of the American officers took
place at the American Legation last evening. NJ.
Trcoupfs and ctrer leading beng present.
The American sailors on shore leave have been vel
coined in the streets by the confetti throwing
crowds celebrating the Greek calendar new year.
The American officers to-day attended celebra-
ton OF the Te Deum in the cathedral King George
and the members OF the royal family present.
Afterward the Americans had audience with the
King at the palace.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
MAY LIMIT CONNECTICUT TOBACCO.

Glastonbury Conn, Jan. H-AS2ording to re-
ports received here, a movement is on foot among
the smaller tobacco growers of the state looking
TO the restriction OF the output. with view TO in
creasing prices. It is said that more than three
thousand of old tobacco are held in towns
where the Hartford County Tobacco Growers As
soc!aton has most of itB membership.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
THE CELTIC SAILS FROM GIBRALTAR.

Gibraltar. Jan 1.-THE United States transport
Celtic, which sailed from New York December
81 laden with large quantities of supplies for the
earthquake sufferers in Italy and Sicily arrived
here to-day and sailed tonight FOR Messina.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
s. DEAD IN LICK BRANCH MINE "a.

Bluefed. w. Va. Jan. 1l-F1fty-'n- c,llissy.
have been taken out Of the Lick 81 !. rbars are
of which forty-two have been iden1il ls- the Ist o.
vet twelve bodies in the mine orlnsiN7
dead up to sixty-ive.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
DUTCH REVOKE ANTI-CAsTRo DECREE
Order Permitting Expectation Of Arms iI01
Curacao Annulled.

Willemstad. Curacao. Jan 1.-THE decree ot '-s
Netherlands government permitting the free 49, 80,
of arms and ammunition from this colony naS D''-
revoked.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
CRUISER FAILED TO FIND NEUsTRIA.
Amiral Aube's Search for Long Overdue
Freighter Thus Far in Vain.

Paris, Jan. 1.-THE commander OF the French
cruiser Amiral Aube teegraphs from Gibraltar that
during his voyage from New York he failed to OBJ
tain any trace of the missing Fabre Line steam
ship Neustria.
The NeustTia cleared from New York on Octo-
her 27 for Marsees and is now about two months
overdue. she usually makes the voyage I'm twen-
ty-one days She Is freight steamer Of 1882
tons gross register and carried large mscellane-
cargo. but passengers. She had a of
thirty-eEht men.
The French government directed the cruiser
Ar0ira Auhe December 70 to search for the
missing ship. The Amiral Aube came 10 New
York. and then proceeded over the probable course
Of the NeTstria toward Marscilles.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-15

The decree was an act of re2risal aga1S' -.
President Castro OF Venezuela because oI H' g..
tude toward the Netherlands government =.
the new government OF President Gomez 10" go
versed the hostile measures which the fori't ,,,s
ident took against Dutch commerce. lus -, ms
in again putting into operation law torniau1 f,r
expectation of arms. making II more - - a-ht-
possible revolutioni- is in Venezuela 10 o'''''
ing material.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-28

first years of its life was the friction
between the laboring and employing
class.
1t must have a kind of unity If 1t
was to live. and in this cause the gov
eminent INTERVIEWED, and passed. in
1883, the first of the present laws, urf-
der which inquiry is excluded-indem-
nifty being granted irrespective of the
%culpability or innocence of either party.
Though a man has himself dropped
Upon the floor the oil upon which he
slips into a machine, his compensation
is assured. +,
The pension is, in amount, two-thirds
of wages If a man is completely dis
abled, the loss of one-third being APP
praised as the expenses he would have
to meet in pursuit of his work If able
bodied. and against his chances Of
being worthless. Partial accidents have
partial indemnity; and in cas- of death
a family may receive as much as so
per cent. of wages, a wife until she
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-28

III HE accident insurance, like that
for sickness and old age, was
forced upon the State as d political
measure. By he. old Roman law a
workingman or his family got indem-
nifty in Germany II he were hurt or
killed in the chances of his trade only
from the person through whose care
lessness or malice he had suffered. A
first law, intended to meet the cases of
railway employees, held the employer
for all neglect of his oyerseers; an
other, thirty years later uS7D, held
him unless he could prove that the
fault had been the workman's. the
burden of proof being thus transferred
to him. Both laws were evaded; in the
Reichstag handbook one reads of a
debate in 1879 in which a great mine
owner admitted that of 1873 accidents
which had come to his notice, only 1,251
about one-sixth-had received redress.
The chief problem with which the
young empire was face to ACE in those
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-28

has any idea what news really is. Newspapers deal in it N W editors VIII
give yu III sam definition of The word. The gentlemen who invented the word
and put the initials together they rot n-se-w. That did not look very good,
so they changed it to news
when o throw a pebble into the waterth the biggest commotion is made
where h stone strikes the water Then the circles widen until they reach the
shore.
"A happening is like that pebble It strikes in IN place the hardest and
then makes circles, ever widening If something happens in you immediate
family that is new sto you then it strikes the other relations I'M then friends
Then the general public gets a hold of it and if your are important, or the oc-
currence was OF una interest, hen the item is likely to g all ovr tn world.
You like. to red your home paper. for 1T contains the news about those
whom % know. If there e tvo or more papers in your town on IA read
ne or all of them, bt ii is a selfish matter with you, and you read he me
which appeals to you most You are very touchy nd If there Is anything the
editor says which you do not Ike you do hin he terrible wrong of stopping
your parer This always cuts an editor to the quick. for. a a rule a paper
oes on Its circulation end. but make it up on advertising
AN editor is a great man, for he must know what news is and HI nus try
to give it to you in such form that 1t will please you and not make al enemy of
you Still you like to know what is aid about you be it good or bad. 1t is a
terrible blow to have I'm friend tell you Of an item in he paper about you
which you have lot seen yourself.
when a thing appears in a paper, it is all over; all the retachons in the
world will not make up for it That is why W often hear that such news
paper is reliable, meaning that it is not liable to make mistakes.
people they wan to reach Some make u specially Of what may be called ZEN
satonal news; Others stick to a straight statement of things A sensational
newspaper rains its mel to play upon the five senses hence it becomes sensa-
uonal Suppose thereis a big fire.. The seepers were aroused by the changing
of the engine bells; that is hearing. The fire wa discovered by the night
watchman, who first saw h lund flames shooting high in the air at a- m;
that is sight The hremen we're driver back time n again with tnH~fhroats
filed with sckening black smoke: this is taste, and when those escaped
ran down the fir escapes in their bare feet. which were almost bisered, you
might call that touch.
Our sensational paper would also have a picture, with a diagram showing
where a woman jumped ron the seventh story to her death. 1t is all news"
How do editors IN what the people want?' asked the Lawyer.
Don't you suppose they get. letters ron the people telling them?' replied
the Judge.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-28

Accident Insurance in Germany

remarries, children until they are Is
and all others dependent upon his labor
for maintenance. with the reservations
which belong to measures of law.
The illness and old-age insurance is
borne by employer and employed to-
gether. Employers pay one-third OF
the premium for sickness; the contri-
button for old age and invalidity is
charged half to. each, the State adding,
moreover, $3.50 yearly to every pension
for old age or invalidism. 1t has been
estimated that the contribution made
by EMPLOYERS to the three classes of
insurance amounts to a 2 per cent. in.
crease of wages that made by work
ing people to a IL per cent. to 3 per
cent. deduction of earnings, saws the
writer in Harper's.
The employer is responsible for the
full payment of premium, which he
takes from the amount of wages and
enters in the insurance book in the
medium of payment for both premiums
and p~ensions-an expedient which was
the occasion of much throwing about
of wit when the "St:cker acts were
under debate. Every housemaid in
Germany puts a stamp in her book
every week. and her mistress puts an
other, and she goes to the hospital if
she is i'll. not as a recipient of charity,
but with the same legal right to it's
benefits that she had TO those of the
public school.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-28
THE AMI
THE

Legislature from the southern part of the State. Newspapers in
that section secuted the proposition to spend State money for such
a purpose. The Palisades, a world wonder, were being destroyed
by commercial greed. What mattered it to the State of New Jer-
sey? But this parochial meanness, happily, did not prevail, and
New Jersey has obtained, at a ridiculously small price, a priceless
possession. The State has been spared a burning reproach by
future generations. 1t would have incurred the contempt of the
world if it had not cooperated with New York for the salvation
of one of the greatest scenic features of the continent. And New
Jersey now has a State park, one of the most unique in the world,
that will not only be a "thing of beauty and a joy forever" but
will attract population and millions upon millions of wealth to
The State.
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THE DAYS BEST @

<TsHE best way to study nature is to o right II it,"
- II suppose So"
"oh, I know it, 1 was nee disposed to doubt the industry of the
ant of which so much is said
And you learned beuer?'
II did. 1 had a controversy with a naturalist over the question, and I
Took you out and showed you the ant at work. did hep
well o exactly that, tut he took me along o m of his scientific expe-
dtons, and then mancousy pitched my tent yer IN mt HILL BY he time
1 discovered what was happening the conviction was forced upon ms that ants
are really and truly Industrious They are small but they made M move.
and SON of them went right along with us % the nxt camping place"
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THE VOTE IN
ESSEX LAST YEAR

$4,000, of which about $4,000 was pored in Newark. The Demo
cratic county vote on senator was about II 800, and in Newark
14.30O. Colby's majority in the whole county was 1,499. In the
city he was beaten by 3,470. Colby carried all of Essex outside
of Newark, except Irvngton, Roseland, Caldwell township, North
Caldwell and Cedar Grove. He carried the Oranges by about 3,400
majority. There is no expectation of as large a Republican vote
in today's primaries. but the Democratic vote in the county will
probably equal or even exceed the comparatively small vote of 1908.
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PRIMARY
AND ITS BITTERNESS

some thirteen hundred election districts in the State, more than
onesxth being in Essex county, and as many sets of election OH
GERS are now taking the vote, and will do the counting tonight.
1t may be affirmed that the short primary election campaign this
year has been characterized by more bitterness of strife and more
"mnd singing than any primary campaign in the past. In fact,
few election campaigns have equaned it in that respect. And this
strife is within party lines and among men of the same political
ORGANIZATIONS. With the primary elections over and the results
declared. it will take some time for the political parties to pull
themselves together for the November elections. There are
wounds to be healed, reconcniations to be effected and some atone
ments made, for things said and DONE
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ANGUS BITS OF PROSE
BY FAMOUS Pc
IChabOd Goes Acquiring.
Born 1888
Died 1859
IFrom the legend o { Sleepy Hollow
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
NO. LxxIx.

= 1.-THE animal he bestrode was a broken-downs plough-horse tina had
outnved almost everything but his vicousness He was aun and shagged.
with a we neck n a head like a hammer; his rusty name and tail were
spectral but the other had the CLEAN of a genuine devil in it, shn. he must
have had fire and mete n his day. II we may judge from the name he bore Of
Gunpowder. lie had. in fact. been a favorte steed of his masters the cholmic
Van Ripper who "a a furious rider, and had infused, very probably. some Of
his W spirit into the ANIMAL for old and brokendown as h looked. there
was nor of the lurking devil in him than in IN young Ally in h country.
Ichabod ws a suitable figure for such a steed. He i'd withs hcrt strrups
bows stuck out like gasshoppers; he carried his whip pependcuary in his
hand, like a sceptre, and as his horse logged on the motion Of his arm was not
unlike h Mapping Of . pair Of wings A small WOO hat rested on thu to- Of
his nose for so his canty sfp Of forehead might be aned~and the skirts Of
his black coat huttsred out almost to the horses tan A
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A REAL WARSHIP FOR
NAVAL

be retired and be replaced by "a warship of the modern type.
Negotiations for that purpose are in progress. In this age the
drill on such a vessel is like drill at the old type of cannon. and
of no use in presenttime warfare. The naval reserve system is
now well organized and established, and the Federal government
can safely turn over to the Reserves of the different States some
of the costly ships of modern design that are not needed for the
active work of the navy in time of peacei 1t is important that
the volunteer naval men should become familiar with the ships,
as we'll as the guns. they will do service with in case Of war, both
to insure efficiency and for the sake of that sentiment which at
taches mep . ship and guns and makes them better fighters.
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INTERSTATE FAIR
WEEK PROSPECTS

son Fulton celebration, now in progress in New York. will draw
away many hundreds of people. Thursday is Governors day at
the fair always a big day, but Thursday is also to witness the big
military parade in New York and some other things to interest
Jerseymen. But there will be a fair gathering of politicians at
the fair grounds on Thursday, and, inasmuch as the results of the
to talk about.