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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07
THE PARKLESS TOWN
A RELIC OF BARBARLSM

patches. There were vacant lots in every block, and one did not
have to walk far to reach the open country. The necessity for
public parks was then not felt, as it is now. In laying out Amer
lean cities little attention was given to making provision for parks.
Newark received by grant in early colonial times several small
tracts for certain specified uses, such as a watering place, a market
place and a training ground for the militia, and the town never
provided for a public park until the Essex Park Commission act
was passed. Common usage converted the tracts granted into
public commons. Our city is now well provided with park space.
Perth Amboy is one of the towns that have no public park, a fact
that Perth Anboy ought to be heartily ashamed of. There is now
some agitation for one. The town Is growing; it will soon double
its population, and its real estate will increase in value every year.
Land for a park can be purchased cheaply now. Prices will be
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07
THEY GET 'HM NOW.

see Uncle Sam is having q baf-
loon gun designed for the purpose
OF equIpping army balloons, I sup
pcse."
"As usual you suppose wrong"
what is it's purpose then?"
IA balloon gun will be built to
throw a wagon load Of shot, ana II
intended for the use OF those coast
defense gunners who have dernon-
strated their inability to hit .
flock Of balloons with the present
guns.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07
Sad CASE.

ibid you ever consider how pecn-
liar 1t u.s." asked the irresponsible
Party, that when a clock goes on a
strike it doesn't strike at all, for u
it continued to strike regularly II
wouldn't be striking?"
Very striking" replied his com
panion, and Their he ran to look for
a policeman and a physician.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07
TAMOUS BIT or PROSE
BY FAMOUS PIE PLE Z
Genoa
Born 1904.
Died 1874.

BY JULES GABRIEL JANlN.

~ ENoA, the speck of earth before u.s. SO adorned and SO sad, humble yet
r embenisaed with such chefs-doeuvre-how diverse have been her for
tunesi The Romans have been thereh turn. as they have beene every
where, bearing civilization and order in their train OF conquest, the Eastern
emperors have been masters there; then, like a tempest, can the barbarfans.
those universal incendiaries; then Charlemagne, the UNIVERSAL reconsuuctori
and then, eager VIII haste, the Moors. the accomplished barbarians te fin
ished masters of polteness, literature. ganantry and courage On this sooner of
earth have Guephs and Ghibenns fought 10 desperation, after the pattern of
the civil wars obtained from the heres Of Florence; afeward the Fians apd
veneuans coveted the port open to their adventures. and disputed It. the last
as merchants the first as gentlemen; then France repaired to the succor OF
the town rem BY factions; and finally came Doris, who nadcdt . republic.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07
HAVE YOU YOURSf

A man who is handy at figures has
estimated that there Is enough
money in circulation to give every
man, woman and child In the coun-
try $34.as. Fight 1t though we may.
a feeling of sadness comes over as
every time we read estimates like
his We feel IN some vague. unde-
Unable way that some n has our
share.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07
5 THAN WATSON.

"Is II true. Mr.. Shakespeare, that
You drew your leading female char
acter In The Tanning Of the shrew'
from real life?" asked a member Of
the House Boat on the Styx Club
at a recent gathering.
Even il 1t were, do yon think
ia tell your" replied the Bard Of
Avon, with one Of his characteristic
smiles. when it's altogether likely
the original would be here?'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07

at least there is no report that 1t
did.
Now. we have a later mystery-a
m inmate for thirty years is
taheu and buried in potter's field
without notifying the relatives. As
I understand, these cases are still
under investigation. Here comes
the "Bathtub Mystery" and our
public prosecutor hires one Of the
former superintendent of the in
sane asylum to help him ferret out
this mystery, when he should ask the
former superintendent to explain his
part in the skeleton and the Bauer
case.
There have been several cases in
the past year that If the men called
detectives of the police department
did their honest duty some one
would be behind prison bars or put
In the chair. This looks as If the
city government was as bad as in
old, SLOW Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA.
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BEYOND FORGIVENESS.

P~atience-I hear they ran away and
got married.
~Patrice-Yep
Patience-I suppose her father will
never forgive them.
Patrice-Well, he forgave 'em for
running away, but he never will for
give 'em for coming back home!-
Yonkers Statesman.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07
NOT IN TnE PICTURE

"Why did the referee call ali bets
off on that fight and refusestc give
asdecision 2"
because the winner forgot him
self and delivered the knockout
punch while his back wal turned to
the moving picture machine"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07
SURPRISE.

Il V was SO surprised in my life
What's the matter?"
Il just overheard n of my twenty
do,lar-a-week clerks telling a friend
that / was paying him $751; 0 a year.
Detroit Free Press.
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WENT To HlS HEAD.
|, ala ahn Lac We him 2''

why did she leave him?'
well, she put up with his eccen-
tricities until he insisted upon wear
ing his Panama all winter, and she
said that was the last straw"
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VINO KNOWS.


Perhaps In Eden, long ago,
when Adam and his wife were
stung.
The apple-batt was proffered by
A serpent with a poets tongue
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Uncle WaIt Mason
The Sun loxvr Foef OF Enrpo1a. Kansas, Says 1oda,

"a The SMn 0FUr Foet or EnfpoTd, NanSas, Gays 4oud' 8
She ws sweet and sofia and cnntng and he always found her singing me-
he can HON from his 1abors IS the night was closing in; she was languhnins
and slender, and her eye wered deep and tender and he simply
- couldn't tell her that Ter coffee "a a SIN. Golden hair Ter
head "a cTowning; she q fond of quoting Browntng
|cy,uprAu she knew a hundred legends Of the oden. golden time; ana
o1N.LrM her heart a full II yearntns for the Rozcrucian learning,
and he simply couldn't tell her that the beefteak vas 9 crime.
She was posted O. Pendenniz. and she knew the songs If Venice and h Listened
to her ratne with an effort to look pleased; and she liked the wit Of ener-
and ne simply couldn't tell her that the eggs he had for breakfast had been hid
by hens diseased. So she filed his heme with beauty, and she did her wifeiy
duty, did al she understood it, and her conscience didn't hurt, when dyspepsia
boldly sought him, and the sexton came and got him.. and bis tortured rane
was buried meath a wagonload of dirt oh. those narriaseable misses think
ing life all love and Kisses mist and mocnshine CLINT and glsmor starduet bor-
|rowed from the skies Mans a gross and sordd iunnhx-men ire largely made
of stonachs.a and the song of III the sirens win moi a the place OF ph'
Copyright 1909. by George Matthew Adams. 8%
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is IT YOU?

in
Is it you?
Every scheme of life he's blockin'-
Is it you?
Some ones allus, allus mopin',
An IN darkened ways a-gropin',
'Sted o hangin' on an hopin'-
Is it you?
Los Angeles Express.
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THE DAYS BEST STORIES

xyr7 HAT has happened tt meg'a asked the patient when he had recovered
M from the effects Of the ether. 1
~ You were in a motor car accident said the nurse" land 1t has
been found necessary to amputatc our right hand"
lie AM back on III pillows sobbing aloud. ~ ~
Cheer up" whispered the nurse atting him o the head; you'll soon learn
to get along III right with you. left hand" AM @
"Oh, it wasn't the loss Of the hand itself that / was thinking of" sighed The
victim, "ut m the forsnnger was a string that M wife tied around II to re-
mind me to ret something for her this morning. and o. TIL never be able to
remember what it was"
ctr doesn't. pay to teach women astronomy" sighed the suburban man As
III he gazed u It the stars. Sk.# Il ~
Think not?'s said his friend ys - s.. s&
NO indeed The other plight I took my wte o N a mile waikto point out
Haneys comet" N$ NM* t@ At#M AS##N8 s1N~ MMS
did yUu see the conet?'yf t@ .#ANx @a+#4
mo-; but coming back she said the ar "a 10 frosty it reminded her
that she needed a furtrImmed coats-Chtcaeo News s#FM@ 1tA -
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The STAR extends the privi-
lege of these columns to tho
public and invites signed COM
munications treating of topics
of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07

A city of any size now
adays that has no public
park is a emi-barbarism.
In years long past an Amer
lean city was a thing of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07

The tone Of President
Taft's first annual message,
which appears in the STAR
today, is calm and almost
prosy. 1t differs essentially
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
LOVE SICK WOMAN
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Daughter of Wealthy Hawaiian
Planter Br0OdS Over Marriage
of University Athlete

Miss Juanita Beckley, daughter Of
George Beckley, one of the prominent
and wealthy planters of the Hawaiian
islends. attempted to commit suicide
yesterday in the Stratford motel, 242
Powell street
There was a mystery about the de-
spondency of the young woman, but it
is reported that she told her friends
that she had been brooding for two
years over the marriage of Clarence G.
Cunha once a football player at the
University of California, to Miss Marian
Sterling, sister of George Sterling. the
poet, and niece of Frank c. Havens, the
Oakland fnanefer.
Miss Beckley drang from a bottle Of
chloroform, but did not take a fatal
dose. She was removed to the centra I
emergency. hospital, after an exciting
struggle with Stewart Simpson of the
hospital staff. Later in the evening. at
the request of DR.. W. F. McNutt Jr..
Miss Beckley was taken he Ger
man hospital. 1t was announced that
her condition was not serious.
Miss Beckley went 10 he hotel Mon
day as the guest of Miss Belle Vida.
another Hawaiian girl. Yesterday aft
ernoon it was discovered that she had
taken a draught of chloroform The
ambulance from the emergency hospital
was summoned, and the stewart went
to the room to remove the girl She
and her friend were in a hystericaI con-
dition and made it difficult for the hos
pital attaches TO handle Miss Beckley.
The girl had told her friends that
she was an old sweetheart OF Cunha' s
and that their romance dated back to
the time when both lived in the Hawa-
iian islands. In 1907 Cunha married
Miss Sterling. Frank c. Havens ap-
proved the match after Cunha had
proved his mettle by working in the
offices of the Realty syndicate. Cunha
came OF a wealthy Hawaiian family.
and when he entered the university at
Berkeley became popular at once. He
was a famous sophomore athlete
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
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Rheumatism
Costs Nothing TO Try

Rheumatism. Lumbsgo sciatica. Pain IN the
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TO be astonishing 1t has been proven that this
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The FIVE ingredients mentioned above oreparsd
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II you suffer from any form OF uric acid q,
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Test this great remedy for yourself free nv
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For sale and recommended in San Francisco bv
The Owl Drug CO.. Sutter and Van Ness. Six
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Market street. 943 Kesruy street. Phelan build
ing Oakland stores-Thirteenth and Broadway
Tenth and Washington. Sixteenth and San Pablo.
41S Thirteenth street.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
THAW ILL TREATED
SAYS HIS MOTHER
nenied Whites of Egg, Orange
Juice and Privilege of
Playing Piano

MATTEAWAN, N Y. Aug. 21.-Mrs.
Mary Copely Thaw. mother of Harry K.
Thaw. made public today statement
criticising the treatment accorded to
her son in the Matteawan state hospital
for the criminal insane since his re-
turn to that institution by order of JUS
tice Mills. Mrs. Thaw says:
Even the privilege is denied me of
giving my son the whites of eggs and
orange. juice prescribed for him by his
own and my physicians. and which
heretofore 1 have given each afternoon
when 1 made my visit
For the first time in these Is
months they have denied him the privi-
lege of playing the piano.
LOCKED UP AND STARVED
HE is still locked up in the bare
cell. which 1 described in court, at
o'clock; although other patients, some
of whom do not work. are allowed to
remain up until o'clock.
yesterday my son had nothing
whatever to eat from 6:15 a. m to 5:45
D. M, because lawyer came to see him
at noon, dinner 0OuT. hNen tile Keep
ers wished to get him something to
eat, but DR.. Baker gave special orders
that they should give him nothing dur
ing this 111a hours of starvation.
I'VE inquired of DIR. Lamb the rea-
son for the deprivation. He answered
that what they had done was not ap-
preciated much when we went to court.
To this Harry replied, DR.. Lamb.
treated both you and DR.. Baker much
better in court than you deserved. as
YOU know, when testifying. SO this
must be revenge for what my mother
said DIR. Lamb made no denial"
ILL TREATMENT is DENIED
superintendent Lamb. of the Mattea-
wan asylum said today:
when all arguments are made the
question remaining for final settlement
is shall Harry K. Thaw submit to the
same treatment and accept the same
privileges as are accorded all other pa
tients at the Matteawan state hospital
or shall he have all changed so as to
suit his peculiar wishes?
Eat no time during his residence in
the hospital has he suffered any priva-
tion whatever.
The visiting privileges to Mrs. Thaw
have been more liberal than she could
gain in any other state institution that
know of.
1T is for lack of reason and judg-
ment that Thaw is here. 1t is for lack
OF reason and judgment that he makes
no effort to adjust himself to conditions
which are by no means unfair or
unjust"
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
NEWS OF OAKLAND BERKELEY ALAMEDA AND sANIEANDRO
WRFCKER OF HOME
FLAYED BY JUDGE
Tappan Says Claude Berry
Would Have Been justified in
Killing Fernando Calves

ALAMEDA, Aug. 21-'Tf I had a
wife, and came home and found a man
in her bedroom with her. as you were
found, 1 would shoot him like 1 would
a rat. If you were in Mrs. Berry's
bedroom. as her husband says you
were, and l believe he tells the truth,
it would have been justifiable horni-
eide if he had killed you in your tracks.
am convinced that you were respon-
sible for the breaking up of the Berry
home"
In the foregoing words Police Judge
r. b. Tappan today grilled Fernando
Calves, a Mexican, who had been ar
irested at the instance of Claude n.
Berry, who accuses Calves of having
wrecked his home by alternating the
affections of his wife, and who was at
tackled last evening by Calves.
The testimony showed that in the
fight, which took place in Park street
near the Crescent hotel, and not in the
bar of the hostelry, as first reported,
the Mexican, who is the larger man
applied vile names TO Berry and pro-
! ceeded to beat him. Berry drew a re-
volver and welded it on the head OF
Calves. He also punched the Mexican
in the eyes and bit his ear and finger
Calves presented a battered appear
ance- berry IdCc was slightly
scratched.
Clothing that belonged to Mr. and
Mrs. Berry. and which was found in
the Calves residence. were shown in
evidence and was ordered returned to
the owners. Berry said that Calves
took the clothing from the Berry
house. Calves said that the wearing g
apparel was given to- him by Mrs
Berry to be stored
After hearing the testimony Judge
| Tappan dismissed the charge against
Calves and refused to issue a warrant
for the arrest of Berry on a mayhem
charge The court ordered the two
men to keep apart Berry was sued
recently for divorce, his wife alleging
desertion. In a cross complaint he
named Calves as correspondent. Calves
was arrested a few weeks ago for fall
ure to provide for his wife and child
He was formerly employed IS a gate
man on the south side line of the South
ern Pacific company Berry is a tray
cling salesman.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
SCHOOL GIRL MADE
GODDESS OF LABOR
Miss Nadine Spooner to Preside
Over September Celebration
in San Jose
Especial Dispatch TO The Call


SAN JOSE. Aug. 21-Surprising even
her most intimate friends, Miss Ma
dine spooner, a charming and accom-
plished high school girl of this city,
was this morning declared winner of
the goddess of labor contest which
has been held in this city for the last
two weeks by the labor councils.
The balloting closed-at 2 o'clock this
morning. The last count before the
hnal closing of the ballot boxes gave
Miss Alta Phipps, the popular leading
lady of Local stock company, lead
of 700 votes over the nearest compet-
itor Miss Ida Mathews. Exactly one
minute before the ballot closed friends
of Miss spooner. who held third place
deposited nearly 1000 votes, which had
been held out for such contingency
and all the dancers at the labor ball
left the auditorium believing that Miss
Phipps had won. The final count
showed that Miss Spooner's plurality
was 1,01S.
Miss Spooner was awarded the honor
of presiding over the Labor day cele-
bration in this city as goddess of
labor with 3,413 votes; Miss Alta
Phipps received 2,395 votes and was
awarded a s25 merchandise order: Miss
Ida Mathews with 1909 votes, gets a
SIS hat order; Mrs. Reinhold, with 971
votes, gets a SIS kodak, and Mrs. Can :
avan, with sos votes, is awarded a 50
shoe order
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
CITY OF OAKLAND'S
FLIGHT POSTPONED
Monster Balloon Still Suffering
From Encounter With
Barbed Wire Fence

The monster balloon City of Oakland
Is depressed. with several injuries that
require careful nursing. and so Miss
Geneve Shafer and Captain Park A
Van Tassem win not soar unfenced
fields OF air today. The barbed wire
fence that caused the mishap as the
ascension was about TO be made a few
days ago, besides leaving its mark. or
the captains hand. scratched the bal
loon In several places. and both aero
nauts report that the fight eontem-
plated this morning must be postponed
until week from today
From the Aero club grounds al
SiXty-third street and Telegraph ave-
nue., Oakland. the ascension surely viii
be made next Sunday. the pair Of sky
pilots report for by that time al viii
be in readiness. They hope 70 sail faI
down the Livermore valley, or in any
other direction that viii insure flight
that viii not end in the ocean, and
cover. in ALL a distance, by land meas
urement Of 50 miles.
Miss Shaner viii 20 the gas route as
the representative Of the San Francisco
aero club. and Captain Van Tassell as
a member OF the Oakland aero club
Miss Shaner. who resides at 3O2 Hol-
yoke street, in this city, is a sister OF
Cleve T. Shaffer, the aeronaut who eN-
poets 10 make a flight in his aeroplane
- thin q few days time, and VIII study
-e air currents that she may be able
10 place the information at the dis
posal of her brother.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
EXPERTS OVERHAUL
BOOKS AND PAPERS
District Attorney Donahue
Seeks New Evidence for
Grand Jury Investigations

OAKLAND. Aug. 21.-The most
searching investigation of the affairs of
Public Administrator George Gray's
office is being made by District Attor-
ney Donahue, who announced today
that he had reinforced Carl Eisen-
schimmel as handwriting expert by re-
tanning Theodore Kytka. The experts
are working on the books and papers
in the administrators office, and ac-
cpuntants are inspecting the clerical
work of the last two or three years.
The results of the close scrutiny will
be laid before the grand jury Tuesday,
when the inquisitorial body meets to
when a forgery and steal of s115 was
discovered in the case of A. L. Pound
stone, veteran who died intestate and
was buried in the potter's field.
While the district attorney would
make no statement as to his discoveries
and would not tell what his action
would be, the general line of the inves-
tigation is revealed in the employment
of the additional handwriting expert.
False entries and corrections made in
the accounts will be searched for, and
every document that passed the public
administrators Office during the last
two years or more will be examined to
detect any other forgeries that may
have been committed. The district at
torney's hunt for other crimes in the
administrators office was expected by
attorneys.
No word has been heard from A. j.
Flood, the clerk in Gray's office, who
departed for Seattle a few days before
the storm broke in his office. Gray
told friends he believed Flood would
return and be able to throw light on
the shady transactions.
The abrupt dismissal of John S. De
Lancey. Gray's attorney, caused a sem
sation in the city and IN clubs. De Lam
cey has immured himself at Crow can
yon. and will not be seen, but it Is
known he will return Tuesday, as he is
under subpoena by the grand jury.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
ARCHITECTS SUE
EDUCATION BOARD
Action Brought on Claim That
Grand jury Gave Instruc-
tiOns Not to Pay

OAKLAND, Aug. 21.-Suit for the
recovery of sS.53Iss. alleged to be due
as balances for constructing the Wash
ington and Lincoln schools was brought
today by Sutton & Weeks. San Fran
cisco architects. against the board OF
education of the Oakland school dis
trict and the members of the board of
education. The suit has been threat
ened for many months and came as a
result of the refusal on the part Of the
board of education to pay the archi-
tects' claims.
In this. the board OF education was
following the instructions of last
years grand jury, which made an in
vestigation into the materials used In
the construction of the school build
ings and found that they were not as
good as the Specifications called for.
District Attorney Donahue, who was
active in the investigation before the
grand jury, will assist in the defense
of the board of education.