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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26
MOTOR DEPARTMENT CENSURED


state Auditor Drake Ayers Law Is
Violated and Charges ineniciency.
The happy family In the State
house at Trenton has had another
/ falling Out.
Positive charges Of inetiicieRcy, lack
of business methods and violation Of
the law by attaches Of the State motor
/ vehicle department. are contained ia a
report submitted to Governor Fort BY
State Auditor William e. Drake aud
sent by the former Tuesday to Secre-
tary Of State Dickinson.
The disclosures are the result of an
Eaudit Of the books, accounts and busi-
ness methods of the department., and
unstinting criticism is expressed Of
the management of Commissioner j..
3. r. Smith.
The charges are that Commissioner
~. B. r. Smith has failed to properly
organize his department. and that he
| has not kept in touch with its affairs.
| That the banking of money has been
loosely conducted.
That remittances have been turned
mat Trenton at convenience of the
agents and not as required by law.
That some agents have been paid
salaries, as well as allowed heavy ex-
penses, although law, auditor declares,
provides only for fees.
That there is no evidence that the
chief inspector performs the duties re-
quired of him.
That all the inspectors have received
maximum salaries of SO a day and ex-
penses besides, although the act con
tains no provision forlate expenditure.
That there is evidence of compli-
mentary registration cards having
been issued.
That no record Of the expenses Of
the department has been kept.
That the cash received at the de-
partment has been used for personal
purposes
That while three persons have keys
to the safe, the cashier has no such
key,
Mr.. Smith, in reply to the State
auditors criticism, asserted that he
would be able III the near future to re-
flute the charges. He bitterly assailed
the Governor, alleging a conspiracy
between the State Executive and the
auditor to discredit the department.
and declared the audit was not COM
plete by any means.
Co-incident with the revelations
made public regarding the State Mo-
tor Vehicle Department. there is
story hinging on the sending to that
bureau last Saturday by Franklin W.
Fort a check for S445. The amount
represents fines for auto violations col
lected by the Governors son, while re-
corder of East Orange, from which Of
fee he resigned in September, 1908.
With the check Mr.. Fort sent a let
ter in which he stated that the pay
ment was made under protest, his
contention being that he had pre-
viously sent a check for the aggregate
sum of the fines for which it was al
legged he had failed to make an ac-
counting.
The former recorder added, however,
that he had been careless in keeping
his papers, and that at the present
time he could not lay hands on the
vouchers or documents which would
shed light on the matter. Having
moved his office, Mr.. Fort explained,
many of his papers had been tied in
bundles and it was impossible for him
at the present time to produce his
records.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26

EDWARD CASPER STOKES is the first
Senatorial candidate In the field Pc
titions indorsing him are in circula-
tion in Cumberland county, where he
lives, and he announces that he is to
make his appeal for support directly
to the people Of New Jersey, and not
TO the politicians. BY this he means
to have il known that he will not take
any part in contests for seats in the
Assembly or Senate.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26

IN consequence of illhealth it is pos
lively announced that United States
Senator Nelson w. Aldrich will under
no circumstances be a candidate for
reelection. He is one of the ablest men
in the upper house of congress, and
his absence will be missed. Meantime
his withdrawal from the race will
arouse new interest in political affairs
in the little state of Rhode Island.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26

The Newark charter revision com
mittee has voted in favor of having
the common council abolished and the
adoption Of commission form Of
government. Many other cities are
doing the same thing The day Of
large municipal bodies elected by
wards or districts has passed The
commission form Of government has
proved to be a great improvement
wherever tried.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26
Her Excuse.

"Why-er-yes.' Miss Cooley admit
ted, perhaps you did hear me telling
the minister / was only twenty-five"
''Oh, I'm surprised" exclaimed Miss
Gaddie, "and you a Sabbath school
teacher tool"
But" Miss Cooley protested, "the
minister himself has told us it's al
ways better to understate thing than
to exaggerate. &C Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26
Every Old Thing Made New

Old kitchen chairs, benches. lawn-swings,
porch furniture will require only a small can
Of our Domestic Paint in open mouth cars to
make them look like new.
Get it from Phillips & Day, Morristown;
P. c. Henry Co, Basking Ridge; w. r..
Wilson, Whippany; ]. 4. Meade & Son.
Hanover.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26
Natural inference.

The chronic muck raker's wife look
ed up from her evening paper, AN
other great mans birthplace is to be
restored, she remarked.
about time growled the chronic
muck raker From whom did he steal
itY'-I Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26
Badly Handicapped.

Jane There was one thing about the
beginning Of our engagement that l
never liked.
Mary Tell me all about it, dear.
What was the trouble?
Jane-It was tame, painfully tame.
eTame? Why was it tame?"
sit happened last summer, you
know. We were out in canoe when
Sylvester proposed, and neither Of us
dared to move the least bit for fear OF
tipping over.,' Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26

A MEMBER of the assembly, who has
been known as the special deyotee Of
the governor, his supporter in all
things, has been rewarded by an office
He is to have job in the Railway re-
formatory, at the governors sugges-
tion, a new ONCE, created for him. 1t
pays the munitcent salary Of 81, 200 a
year
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26

BUCKLEY AT Morristown, April
23rd, 1910, Adelaide Shackford, wife
of the Rev. James M. Buckley. Fun
eral services at the family residence
Morristown, Tuesday, April Goth, at
$3.50 p. M. Interment at Dover, N.
I'll.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26
The Cut She Wanted.

"Good morning, Mr.. Cleaver,' said
the blushing young bride to the butch
er. "What have you that is nice this
morning?"
II have cats of all kinds, Mrs.
Birdy," replied the butcher. 'Any
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26

kind you ask for will gladly let you
have"
Zine" said the lady. ''I'll take
cut in the price of beef-about so per
cent, please Harper's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26
W0MAN'S TOWN IMPROVEMENT
COMMITTEE.

The City Beautiful committee is en-
deavoring to interest the school child
rem of the town in planting and caring
for small gardens and window boxes,
along the lines so successfully carried
out in Cleveland and other cities. To
this end competition is to be started
next week.
Plants and seeds are to be sold to
the children at a nominal cost and
simple directions for their culture will
be given at the same time. Twenty
prizes will be offered for the best gar
dens or boxes and honorable mention
will be given to those who stand next
to the prize winners. The mayor has
kindly consented to award the prizes
on some day in September to be an
nounced later.
Gardens will be inspected monthly
and other progress reported in this
column.
The following notice, on heavy white
cards, will appear from this date TO
April 10Th, 1910, in various parts of
the town
The Woman's Town Improvement
Committee
Take Notice
Cleaning-up Day
Friday, April 29th, 1910.
Wagons furnished by the town will
be sent to collect rubbish left on the
curb in barrels or boxes.
No bedding, furniture, ashes or gar
bage will be taken.
The above opportunity for cleaning
your premises of all rubbish and start
ing the new era of a :" spotless town.
is due to the Woman's Town Improve
ment Committee with the hearty co.
operation Of the mayor Of Morristown,
who has graciously condescended to
furnish the wagons to cart away all
the refuse material.
Complaints of vacant lots, which
should be cleaned of rubbish, can be
sent to Mrs. Augusta Storm, chairman
Of Sanitation Committee, No. 81
.Ridgedale avenue, before April 25th
that they may receive attention on
Z" Cleaning-up Day."
The Children's Protective commit
tee of Women's Town improvement
committee have commenced work or
The ball ground on Speedwell avenue,
and hope to have it ready for use next
week. It viii be under proper super
vision and free to any MOrriStown boy
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-26
MEDICAL MEN
FLAY FORT

CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAeE.l
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-11-19

Continued on Page A. J
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-11-19
Strike On the Canal.

COLON, Nov. 18-Ta sailed from here for
While here he of the boiler makers
demanded higher Mr. Taft asked for consider
the demands They refused demanded
He hereupon declined
The have gone ON strike.
SAN FRANCISCO Nov 16An issue of bonds
Panama Exposition
PANAMA Nov. 16.Ofcias charge of the Panama
informed President Taft the will by
NEW YORK, Nov 6-In editorial in the Outlook Roosevelt
his expressed by him his speech Osawaoe
unchanged
HONOLULU Nov 1S-rhe planters had banquet at the
Young Hotel last night followed by theaa Members of
Howard Company individuals from the other theatres
The planters resumed their business session this
1t has been definitely decided that there shall be
Waikiki beach
900 club mas been nauguated here headed
Frear.
Sugar stocks have taken jump downward all along the line
McByd selling Honokaa $13 75 Oahu $500, Waaua
$4,000
WASHINGTON Nov lS-Batteries ID and First Field
companies Second Infantry coming Hawaii
will be stationed at Schofed Barracks
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 1S-Congressman Baker, Democrat
has been elected by majority of l24.
SAN FRANCISCO Nov 1SGov Glett has called together
committee to discuss affairs of Importance.
LEONE Nicaragua, Nov. 1SThe leaders in ntiAmercar
riots have been ordered out of the country.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-11-19
Lords and Commons Clash.

LONDON Nov IA bill to take the power away from the
House Of Lords passed the first reading yesterday expected
quickly the second reading The King has summoned the
council consider the support
Reform The King thus taking sides against the Lords in the
present controversy with the House of Commons.
LONDON, Nov 16--A crisis pending power
the House of Lords.
LONDON Nov ia shock of earthquake registered
by the scientific instruments here yesterday.
PORTSMOUTH, Eng Nov 1.-THE first division of the Ame-
can batteship feet arrived here today
WASHINGTON, Nov. H. Berkeley, Oakland and Alameda,
California show population Berkeley has popu
aon of 4O34 increase 200 Oakland has
srease of 124 per cent.
LONDON, Nov 18--The sailors belonging American
battleship fleet, given welcome here today
DENVER Nov. 18Johnsone the who made the altitude
record here dashed death yesterday while
attempting his bird which
Ghous mutaed the body attempting souvenirs
HONOLULU Nov 17Joshua Tulan has been sentenced to
four Years Jail for sending scurous telephone several
well knewn Honolulu ladies.
The first shipment of this crop will shortly
The planters have finished their work. Tonight will
banquet and private tharcas ny members of the Howard
pany.
Libby, McNeal Libby bought Hawaiian Pineapple
Company owned by McFaane They have contracted with Jane.
B. Castle to take his entire crop.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-11-19
Trouble In Mexico.

MEXICO CITY Nov 17-Agcnts of President Diaz
earted far reaching his and
The revolutionary directed from the American side OF
the border There have be uprising simultaneously IN
twelve Mexican States and had been stored in
quantities in convenient localities believed the leaders
the revoutonists recently captured in Los Angeles
ROCK SPRINGS Nov 16The that Mexcans had invad-
ed the State of Texes be a myth
HONOLULU Nov 49, Private advces Funcha that
emgrans applying large numbers Agent Campbell for trans
portation.
The Planters listened here yesterday 1t
babe they will enlarge the experiment work
Yelled attacks being made Consul Canavaro and there
may be II Portuguese consul in Honolulu shortly.
The Eks President which will
in motion their carnival on Washngtons birthday.
George Davis will defend Joseph ddy who charged with
der Francisco.
George r. Carter instrumental the appointment
OF brakes place the Internal Revenue
Department.
OKLAHOMA Nov l6I The United States Supreme Court has
decided that Guthrie shall be the capital of the State
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-11-19
Tourist Came
ToIn Heaven
An liberated Tooth Caused Visiting
Victim to Mistake Honolulu.

One of the passengers on the
memorable S. 5. Cleveland cruise
around the world has written J. A.
McCandless concerning his impress
sions OF the cruise and particularly
of his visit to Honolulu. He leads
up to his impressions of this city in
manner which indicates that he
was truly pleased with Honolulu, its
beautiful setting and future pros
poets. He then goes on to tell of
the impressions of fellow passen-
ger, who suffered intensely from an
liberated tooth.
For three days before the Cleve-
land arrived here the passenger had
run the ganut of pains and aches.
Mr.. McCandless' correspondent,
who is Il physician, did everything
he could to alleviate the fellow pas
senger's pain, and on arrival in
Honolulu he hurried the man to a
dentists office. He was immediate
ly put under an anaesthetic, and
the offending tooth withdrawn.
The man was dazed, doped or
knocked out for nearly five hours
afterward, and when he came to it
was in bed in the hotel
1t was dark. A balmy breeze
swept his cheek, and his nostrlls
quivered as the fragrance of beauti-
full tropical flowers waited in from
somewhere. His eyes beheld a won-
derful star studded. sky and cres-
cent moon seemed to have been
fixed in the heavens. From some-
where came ear-haunting notes of
music, a grand requiem. His senses,
yet dulled by the anaesthetie, yield.
ed to the wonders about MN, ana
while his eye took in dimly the sky
and fragrance of sweet scented bios
SONS and his ears were pleasantly
assailed by music, he wondered
where he was. All. Yes, he knew
He had been at sea, and he must
have been a victim of wreck and
had been drowned-ah, yes, now
he knew. He was in heaven.
And the promotion committee
agrees with him that Honolulu is
closer to heaven than almost any
other tourist resort in the world
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-11-19
North Pole
a Mystery
Danish Explorer Says Neither Peary
Nor Cock Reached II

Neither Peary nor Cook has a
shadow of truth in his claims.
No living explorer nor Esqui-
maux has been within 100 miles of
the North Pole"
This is the startling conclusion
reached by Knud Rasmussen, say
missionaries to Greenland, who have
returned to Europe. The mission
aries, who are deemed religious and
reliable, say, too, that they bring
details of Rasmussen cross examin-
alton of the two Esquimaux, All
welah and Eturishuk, upon whose
testimony Doctor Cook relied for
corroboration of his claim that he
reached the North Pole.
After closely questioning these
two and other Esquimaux, Rasmus-
sen is absolutely certain that the
pole is still unconquered.
Rasmussen, an experienced Arc
tic explorer, is the Danish inspector
of Greenland. His mother was an
Esquimaux, his father a Dane.
Whatever Rasmussen says about
Arctic exploration is accepted with
the greatest faith here. He. was a
partisan of Doctor Cook at one
time. So, if the missionaries quote
him correctly, his report will reopen
the entire Polar controversy.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-11-19
Col. Roosevelt at the Arena.

A lady who heard Mr.. Roosevelt
at a recent Boston meeting saws
that she came away with an entire
ly different impression of him than
she had had till then. She always
admired him, though her husband
had given a somewhat reluctant
consent to her enthusiasm. They
both came out of the Boston Arena.
however, with the same word on
their lips as best describing the
rough riding colonel, hero of a
hundred battlefields of wordy war
fare. He seems to me such a
thoughtful man." she said. This
is the chief impression he makes;
that he had thought out deeply all
he says. that he really believes it is
all true, and that the conviction
won through his own earnest think
ing is what makes his words carry
such weight. There is nothing of
the boastful egotist about him, from
this hearers point OF, view. Com
pared with the other speakers, men
trained to oratorical flights, he is
simple, straightforward, unassu-
ming, modest. But he is tremend-
ously sure that what he thinks is
right. He is so clear in his own
thought that he waits to choose
exactly the right word, instead of
pouring out indiscriminate vocables
that sound we'll. After he has hesi-
tated and waited for his word an
appreciable length of time he some
times repeats it four or five times.
lie has got it, the word which saws
exactly what he means, and he
hammers it into the audience as if
so to find entrance for his burning
thought.
But the one word which this lady
best appreciated, and which went
home straight to her own heart and
convictions, came in the colonel's :
opening phrase. The other speak
ers had begun, 'Gentlemen," but
the man who is all things to all
! men, that he may win them for
rightness-Teddy to the masses and
Americas honored first citizen to
the monarchs of the old world
began his Boston address thus
Men and women of Massachu-
sets"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-11-19

a home run, and it is matter of
public record that he has made two
since he linked himself to organized
baseball, some two and half years
ago.
Many Of the players believe that
this quaint southpaw would have
found his way back to one of the
big organizations ere this if he only
took life and baseball little more
seriously. But such a thing seems
impossible for Slim. He's against
all the serious stuff either on or of
the diamond. Perhaps this is one
of the reasons why the fans all over
the circuit like him so much. fAny-
how you never hear them calling him
bone head" or rubber skull''
or.a busher," or anything like
that.
1t is the general belief that Nelson
is a sort of fixture with the Oak
land club. Players come and &C
every year, but Slim still holds ON.
And so long as he pitches good base
ball he's bound to be hit with the
fans. Occasionally they bat him
out of the box just as they do the
other pitchers, but then Slim does
not worry and he never gets sore
when the relief man comes along tC
take his job.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-11-19

Come to the sale of the Woman's
Guild tonight. Everything you want
for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Don't
fail to come and see.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-11-19
VOLUME XVII
The Human
Skyscraper
He Is One Player Whom None Of the
Fans Ever ''Crab' At


F. Slim Nelson S head extends high
er in the air than that of any other
ball player in the Pacific coast
league, and if he trained like Bat
Nelson trains there is no question
that he could make the feather
weight limit any time he wanted to
start. But he's II pitcher, not a
boxer, SO he don't have to weigh in.
Unlike most of the tessers on the
Oakland team, Sim is native
product. Up to three years ago he
had never broken away from the
wilds of East Oakland, where he
was born, and where he used to
throw rocks at lamps posts and
Chinese w;lshhuuse. This is how he
ased to practice control when lie
was a kid, and he never lost the
knack either.
Lou Schroeder, who used to run
the Alameda state league some three
or four years ago, is the discoverer
of the elongated slabster. He pick
ed him cut of a gang that was toss
ing rocks at Chinese laundry one
afternoon. Schroeder noticed that
the tall, Swedish American youth
broke more windows in less time
than any of the others. He imme-
diately came to the conclusion that
he would grab this kid and make a
pitcher out of him. All he had to
do was to offer Slim the job. The
rest was easy.
In the first year with the state
league the human sky scraper was Il
go. He liked to pitch, and he soon
developed line of curves that made
all the opposing bushers worry. He
pitched ball just like he pitched
rocks at the oriental washing and
I ironing establishments. His con-
troll was great, and he generally hit
the bullseye.
After year and half in the
state league Sims fame began to
spread. 1t spread SO rapidly and
covered so much ground that they
soon heard about him over in Oak
land. They heard SO much about
him that one day Pa Van Haltren,
who was then driving the Oakland
band wagon, took a run over to Ala
media to watch Slim work. He
watched the long fellow for about
three innings. Then he gave him a
job.
This, in brief, is the story of how
Slim introduced himself to fame
He became a big Lacquer just as soon
as he and Van Hultren had ex-
changed a few words. Van took
him over to Oakland and had him
measured for a special uniform.
This was necessary, otherwise they
would have slipped him one of the
castoffs. However, one peek at Slim
convinced Van that he would have
to contract for special suit for the
new slabster.
Oakland evidently looks good to
Nelson, for he has never strayed
away from the transbay team. This
is his third season and he seems to
like it better now than the first day
he joined the team. He knows
everybody in Oakland and they all
know him. He has no enemy in
all the world. They never roast
Slim like they do the other pitchers,
because they know that 1t will not
do the slightest good in the world
Slim never took himself seriously,
and therefore he can not make up
his mind to take anybody or any
thing else seriously. He just goes
on his way, kidding along and get
ting by. If he loses a game, it's all
right, and if he wins one, well, it''
a little better. But he never fumes
or RACES or goes into raptures ovel