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New-York tribune., 1910-08-12

Some comment Vas made on the fact
that while the surgeons pronounced the
Mayor better yesterday they allowed
only his wife to see him, whereas on the
previous day they allowed acting Mayor
Mitchell and others of his official family
to talk to him.
In explanation ii was stated that the
city officials had been allowed to go to
him on the previous day merely to re
lieYe his mind and let him know that
the city's affairs were proceeding un-
interruDtedlV
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
suggests Retaliation.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
If the commuters have really got to
pay more for transportation why should
they not insist upon better service and
better facilities than they now have?
For instance, the Lackawanna CONF
muters are Obliged to endure the dis
comforts of a mighty poor track, par
ticularly between Hoboken and Rose
Vile avenu where 1t is badly out of
line and surface. which condition pro-
Huces oscillation of the coaches that
IS very disagreeable. Usually when
frost disappears railroads rehabiiitate
tracks, removing decayed cross-ties,
substituting new ones. replenishing
ballast, s~urfacing and lining track. In
fact, putting the track in proper shape.
At some points on this road there are
not only throws in the track, but
real jolts, which are caused by track
out of alignment. /,
No such condition obtains between
Newark and Jersey City on the P. r.
r. Upon any of those trains nj could
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
MARVELLOUS GROWTH OF TELEPHONE.

There are owe ten million telephone
stations in the world. "A statistical re-
view of the telephone industry gives
his astounding fact and also states
that there are over twenty-seven mil
lion miles of wire. T~wo-thirds of the
telephones and wire mileage are in the
United States. The telephone business
is put in the third rank among this
country's industries, putting it on the
basis of per capita investment. 1t is
slightly exceeded by the iron and steel
and the foundry and machine interests.
In Europe. Germany leads all other
countries in the number of stations,
Boosting some nine hundred thousand.
Los Angeles, Cal, leads the world in
the number of telephone subscribers to
population. Stockholm, Sweden, runs
a close second. The telephone invest
ment of the world on January /, 1910,
amounted to $500. 600, 900. and the tele-
phone conversation for last year num-
bered nineteen billion. We in the Uni
ted States used nearly two and a half
times as many calls as any other coun-
try.-Leslie's.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
THE DAYS BEST STORIES

TO- was sent to the country to stay with relatives. Johnny, aged O. re-
manned at home.
When the new arrival had made its appearance Johnnys father wrote a
long telegram Ito his little daughter Id the country, announcing that OIL her
return home she would find a new brother awaiting her
The father gay Johnny 81 to go out and send the telegram. When
Johnny returned he handed his father sixty cents change.
How is this?" asked the father.
your telegram was too long father, and I cut it down inc saved you
money" said Johnny
What did you say in the telegram the father asked.
Johnny handed him a copy of the telegram 1t read:
Susie Smith, Bngynley Ohio:
Dear Sister, wiz. It's a boy. JOHNNY"
sNornan E. Macks National Monthly
A LoNG-WINDED prosy counselor "a arguing a technical cae recently
- before one of the judges of the Superior court He had drited aIong
= in such a desutory way that it was had to keep track IL what he
was trying to present and the judge had just vented a very suggestive yawn
Il sincerely trust that / am not unduly trspassing IN the time Of this
court" said the lawyer with a suspc ion of sarcasm in his voice.
There is some difference the judge quietly observed, between trespass-
ing OF time and encroaching on eternity "-Phnadephia Public Ledger.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
SsfNG MONEY TO STRANGERS.

p9n Would not rent a house
'4eing it, a woman of small
SN,f bid hardly buy a piece of
h, "A. market without looking at
..EFing that she would get her
~ y With; yet thousands all over
..ranl4 will send their money to
hoaasth distant cities, of whose
,~no.o I'D ability they are entirely
wonda.fNieving that they have some
-. -, fheme to get rich quickly.
No.. ,srs remember that IL they
NOV !. .atocks, the safest and best
~ m.,,l through some member
bo,.a ,piished stock exchange
~ a~r,haa.gn securities. listed on
w. So which have a stand
oon..a.p. s.et, because they are
a.. -. ought and sold. Bet
sa,,ar masoor and struggling
al, a.h.n,as .aqrn to keep out OF
his or her money A"u As
safe institution
dividend-payins ~ .
tation or in an IND ou iepu-
real ..t..s ro,r, ..fpaying bond or
teslie's.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
WILL THE SOUTH JERSEY COMMUTER ESCAPE ?

NV OW that the advanced communication rates on the railroad
I'M lines between New Jersey and New York are to go into
operation without any more ado, unless the Commuters
League, after its vain appeals to Trenton and Washington, can
secure a stay in the Federal courts, what do the railroad companies
propose to do in South Jersey? The commuters between Philadel
phia and points in the southern counties as far as Atlantic City
have been looking listlessly on at the agitation in North Jersey, as
If the increased rates there did not concern them. The Pennsyl.
vania and Reading have made no move to raise their fares. Why
should they care about the New York commuter? But what guar
antee have the South Jersey commuters that they will not in
their turn be squeezed? If the railroads can succeed so easily in
boosting their rates in North Jersey, netting them an immense in
crease of income annually, why should they not put the screws on
at the other end of the State and add a few hundred thousand dol
lars TO their income? There is absolutely nothing to prevent
nothing at Trenton and nothing at Washington.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
LIMITED POWERS.

There are quite a large number
of persons right here in Newark
who couldn't think Of enough mean
things to say about the hot weather
who will not be pleased with the
cold wave,
Too much of a good thing" and
unreasonable" and isn't this the
limit for July?' are some of the
things they r saying about the
iced temperature.
So far as the weather Is concerned
the weather man can please some
of the people some of the time, but
that let's him out. 1t is impossible
to please some of the people all of
the time or all of the people some
of the time.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18

Quite a beyy Of persons in these
parts are looking forward eagerly
to the coronation of King George V.
Looking forward to this corona
ton has many advantages. as a
pastime. II is safe and sane and
will last through all sorts OF
weather and the varying seasons
So many Of the more common
sports and amusements are de-
pendent upon a particular segment
of the year. Thus, tennis is seldom
affected after the frst snowfall, and
skating would be a poor sport in
deed without ice.
But, starting as it does in the
heated SEASON. looking forward to
the coronation" will get better
right Aiong through the fall and
winter. and even spring.
A large percentage of the enthusi-
asts who right now wouldn't miss
the coronation for anything win
BEGIN to get trapped pedals on the
proposition along late next May.
TIA promoters wisely fixed June
Y. fsii, as the date Of the function.
Thus the coronation fans can talk
about it for almost a year, and
When 1t comes to a showdown the
waather will be warm, SO that there
need be no serious results from q
sudden change of heart and ehfi-
pAklns.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18

up while passing street cars that have
stopped to TAXI on or let off passengers.
Many cities throughout the country
nave adopted such a regulation, and
1t IL rigidly enforced, the result being
that accidents similar to the one in
Montclair are almost unknown.
Such a precaution in Newark would
be advisable, for the reason that many
of our streets are very narrow and be-
tween q car and the curb line there is
often scarcely enough room for the
passage of a vehicle. Al night, par
ticularly, the element of risk is greatly
increased, and 1t would seem to be a
good time now to avoid a repetition OF
such accidents as the one that occurred
yesterday. #. L. c.. {
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
HAT REAL ESTATE DEAL IN NORTH BEPdEl

tt Ohm DAILY, the hangeron at the Hudson county court house
oJ and the habitue of SANDY Clements Corner" in Jersey
City, who negotiated that big real estate deal in North Der
gen for the benefit of the North Bergen School Board, is to be
produced as a witness before the Frelinghuysen investigating com
mittee on Wednesday to tell how he did il. Nobody in North
Bergen knows or ever heard Of John DAILY except the members of
the School Board, who never told. 1t was a remarkable deal for
an impecunous man to put through, and a man, too, who didn't have
a bit of knowledge of North Bergen or of it's public school affairs,
and who has still less knowledge of real estate values. The story
John DAILY will have to tell to the investigating committee on
Wednesday will be heard with absorbing interest. A man who,
without capital, knowledge. experience or business standing, can
buy fftysix lots for $4,000, sell oneffth of the lots the poorest
ones) to a school board for $10S00 and have the balance to make
his profit out of, has the making of a captain of finance. There
are lots of undefpaid or impecunious men in Hudson who are
anxious to know how it was done and learn the trick for them
selves.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
Predict. wilson. Election.

Predicts Wilson's Election.
To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
In the lone Sunday paper printed in
English in Newark 1t was asserted yes
terday that there was opposition
amongst the rank and file of the Demo-
cratic party of New Jersey to the sug-
gestion that President Woodrow Will
son, of Princeton University, should be
nominated for Governor, and it was de-
clared also with its "ponderosity OF
particularly" hat President Wilson
is the candidate of the bosses of the
Democratic party in this State.
This is an insult to every graduate OF
old Princeton, no matter what his poll
tics may be; for any Princeton man is
a friend of and proud of the able presi-
dent of the old university.
1t was also asserted in this Sunday
sheet that Woodrow Wilson was only
an eloquent taiker, and that he was a
stranger to New Jersey politics, and If
elected Governor would not know what
to do for the best interests of the
State.
1t was only last Friday that the an
nouncement was made that President
Wilson would accept the nomination for
Governor If called by the Democrats OF
the State to be their candidate. How,
then, did the Republican editor of the
Sunday sheet know the feeling Of the
rank and file of the New Jersey De-
mocraey? He knew nothing about it,
but he did know that if the brilliant
president of Princeton shall be nominal
ted for Governor he will. as 1 wrote in
the "Rostrum' column of the EVE
MING STAR last Saturday, be elected
by a great majority oyer any Republi-
a candidate. and that with him as the
candidate the Democrats would elect a
majority of the Assembly candidates
and control the next Legislature, a
thing devoutly wished for by thousands
of independent Republicans and COM
muters also, who are disguised with the
last three Republican Legislatures.
Woodrow Wilson will be nominated
and elected Governor and will unite
all the factions in the New Jersey De-
mocracy. INDEPENDENT.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
MONDAY EVENING. JULY Is. 1910.
WOODROW WILSON AS CANDIDATE.

n T is natural that the suggestion of the candidacy of Woodrow
Wilson for the governorship in New Jersey should be dis
tasteful to those who are politically opposed to him. A weak
or vulnerable candidate in his place would be much better ap
proved. In Pennsylvania the other day the Republican State
managers contived to nominate both the Republican and Demo
cratic candidates for governor, and the Democratic candidate they
picked out was a man sure to be licked. That trick could not be
turned in New Jersey by either party organization, but there Is
ALWAYS a partisan desire for the naming of an undesirable candi
date by the opposing party organization, and consequent chagrln
when that party puts up a strong candidate. Woodrow Wilson
candidacy is disconcering to the Republican State leaders. This is
A significant compliment to Woodrow Wilson as a candidate. The
great merit of such a candidacy is to put both party organizations
on their good behavior and insure better nominations for legislative
as well as executive Office.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
MUNICIPAL BONDS SOLD LOCALLY.

m FTER having failed to get bids from banking houses for an
M issue of $5000.000 of A per cent. bonds, Philadelphia put
the bonds out for sale to individual investors in that city,
and the issue has now been oversubscribed. When James +. Con
nelly was city comptroller he originated the idea of selling munich
nal bonds TO Newark citizens in small amounts, a policy that might
well be adopted in all large municipalities. 1t is said that the
ownership of a house is a powerful aid to good citizenship, as it
gives the citizen a solid stake in government. BY the same token
the citizen possessed of municipal bond has a substantial interest
in good government. 1t is well, also, to have bonds locally held, as
the interest thereof is spent locally. The backbone of France today
lis the large Indebtedness of the government to the people who hold
the government bonds.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18

TO the Editor of the Evening Star:
| think that the conductors and train
men of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. who propose to go on q strike
for an increase of wages and shorter
hours of service. are acting unwisely.
The company has always been liberal
to its employees, pe~nsioning old men
after a service of certain years, and it
Established a benefit fund for the en-
hNoyees and also reading rooms. I like
arAsee every man paid what he Is worth,
4 If the Pennsylvania men go out on
- mike they will not only lose time and
NJ + wages while they are idle, but will
,as the travelling public. / sincerely
.lthat at the conferences to be held
Athe railroad officials and the en-
-, nv may amicably settle the trouble.
u. Ulcers of the company are WILL
Icy say, to make concessions. The
kasapfs, therefore. should o act
~ SENSE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
PUBLIC THE VICTIM OF THE RAILROAD STRIKE.

the PENNSYLVANIA railroad officials and the representa-
WV tiyes of the trainmen have been negotiating and differing
on the question of an increased wage, with the alternative
of a general strike on the great Pennsylvania railroad system If
no satisfactory settlement is reached, the public, the victim in
case of a strike, looks helplessly on, realizing what a strike means
for the public interests and having no voice in the matter in dispute.
A general strike on the road for any length of time must do enor-
nous damage to private business interests and cause great and
widespread inconvenience and even suffering. Since the public,
under the circumstances, is legitimately a party to the dispute,
why should the public have no say? Rairoading is not a private
business. The railroad is the public highway; it belongs to the
public. The railroad company takes a franchise to operate it for
the public. Why should the highway be permitted to be closed
because the company and it's employees cannot agree upon the rates
of wage?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
IT MIGHT HAVE 2 9

Horatious was being complimented
on the pretty fight he and his right
and left bower had put up at the
bridge, but he cut short the con
sratulatiQns with the eager query
How did the pictures come out? 2
When told they were excellent he
remarked gioomtly that 1t would be
just his luck if Rome barred them
as being Of too sanguine and calcu-
lated to make her howl.
Il wish now I'd sold my interest
In them" he said sadly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18

easily write a LEI =. u,h,,
home. ~
All lights should ,u.,,n .eara
the d~isagreeable ~ =. ..s.s
Why should the raAa aaa.,.a .nss.
patrons of the time 49,.
through that black a..
elimination? "A
Let the P. r. r. light. h.,n ooooha.
while standing in that n,-
trainshed at Jersey CiE
The Lackawanna shA
train from Hohoken, stop ~ Nov
ark and Roseville avenuA,,t s.o,
p. M, and not keep passenl r,o,.,nn
at Hoboken for twenty-thA,.;.u4a
'n MACE at
10 ~ MIN for
trage.
wy ~ upoA e.pping
'neii 'ais VIII 'ne \op-
.ne eiea'es' vi itads
known, next to the air brake?
Let us have the automatic stoAs.
tenn that is now in use on the SD
express tracks upon the Erie rally
or elsewhere, as the employees of RI
in New Jersey are not immune agaA
mistakes, and it is the unexpected Il
usually happens.
In conclusion, why should not
commuters in New Jersey have
benefit of electric service within c
tain limits; the roads starting out 9
gle cars OF trains every few minut
Present methods of transportation
tanned in ante-bellum days, sans
lights, air brakes and patent couplin
Why should not twentieth century CO
muters, paying twentieth cent?
prices, enjoy twentieth century pr
leges on railroads?
Why does not a live newspaper
yours get after the Interstate Co
merce Commission and it's off-shoot,
Block Signal and Train Control Boa
and ascertain for your readers w
has been done with the $780, 900 app
priated by Congress May u, 1908,
Investigation of block signals, au
matte stops, cab signals and other
vices designed to promote the SAT
of railroad operation-without cost
the government"
Every commuter in New Jersey wo'
be interested and all concerned bene
ed. ]. N. KING
314 North Seventh street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
OF THE SAME OPINION STILL

"I-er-wish," began the sutton nerv-
ously, as he faced the stern parent, ito
marry your-er-daughter, sir"
You do, Ell? Well. hadn't you better
see her mother first?" asked the father.
IT have, sir, and-er-er-I still wish
to marry your daughter. "-Young's
Magazine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
Auto Regulation Poor.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
The unfortunate accident in Montclair
yesterday, when a woman alighting
from a trolley car was struck by a
passing automobile and painfully in
jured, is but another instance to prove
that our street regulations affecting
automobiles should compel autos to slow
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
NOT YET e..

Styker--I think as.
bridegroom comes frot ano :
should o.rrv an A,,.,,e altar they
Dyker-What would tss'
thato 80 Ae sense OF
Styker-Why, the nag
.al ne .h.,r yrn,..s s.9 be typi-
N..,s Chicago
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
THE SHOE OF THE dUARDsMAM.

m PRIME essential in soldering is the character of the shoe
IN worn. The United States government provides the proper
kind of footwear for the regular troops. The State makes
no such provision for it's National Guard. When a National Guard
regiment turns out for field duty the men usually wear all kinds
of shoes, without any regulation. At Gettysburg many of the
New Jersey troops were incapacitated last week by the long hikes,
their feet being bhstered. The service shoe should be as much a
4prt OF the Eegular equipment of an army as the rife and knapsaek.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
HUSH MONEY

I saw you kiss sister last night" said
Bobby threateningly.
Did you? Here's a quarter for You. "
Thanks. And then I saw you kln
the chambermaid on the staisa-
Hush! Here's a dollar for yeu,
Bobby Magazine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Now that the railroads have raised
their rates, in fairness they ought to
give better service. The shore trains
on both the Central and Pennsylvania
railroads carry thousands of people
away from here at the week-ends. On
Saturday afternoon seats on the shore
rains are at a premium, and many
people have to stand all the way to
the shore. If the railroads are going
to continue the high rates they should
provide better service.
ASBBRY PARK.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
The Peope;s Rostrum

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public n
invites signed communications or
not more than one hundred words
treating OF topics OF the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18

According to the simple conditions OF
the st. Louis-New York flight for a
$1,000 prize. an aviator must fly the
1000 miles in 100 hours, using the same
aeroplane. That competitor who starts
out and equals the worlds distance
record for sustained flight would, bar
ring accidents, have the prize in his
grasp. Bird-men have already nego-
tiated considerably over 300 miles in a
trips have not .been made across coun-
try where varying air currents were to
be encountered. The proposed airline
Journey is exciting intense interest,
which is not confined to aeronautic
circles.
A burglar arrested in Cincinnati
talked interestingly on the mooted
question of the sanity of Harry Thaw.
This man said he had escaped from
Matteawan where he had had daily OPP
portnnfty for observing the slayer of
Stanford White. He was convinced. he
said, that Thaw was sane, The value of
liiio voluntary lCoiliIlOuy 10 SltbHtAy
marred by the statement of the Mattea-
wan authorities that the burglar was
never in that institution, and the refiec-
ton that-even though they are mis-
taken-he must have been found insane
before he was sent to the New York
State retreat.
7 , - - - l1~17 4Lak kh1 I;onNaittnn
on the part of the representatives of
the Pennsylvania railroad employees to
avoid a strike, if it is possible. will
result in an amicable adjustment of the
matters in dispute. Unfortunately the
railroad and it's employees who are out
are not the only sufferers during a
strike. If all of the hardships and in
c~onveniences incident to a strike could
be confined to them it might be pos
sible to regard such troubled periods
philosophically. But the public, or that
section of 1t which uses, the road tied
up by a strike, also becomes a victim.
Now that the Madriz blockade of
Bluefields is recognized by one Euro
ropean power-Norway-the situation
assumes a rather serious aspect. The
troubles in the Central American re-
public were graduated from the usual
opera bouffe class of South American
revolution by the interest which Ger
many is alleged to have taken IN them.
Now that power whose flag is most
frequently seen in the Nicaraguan port
dignifes the blockade by recognition
of it, people all over the world will
begin to ask. WHO is this Madriz.
anyway"
Increased opportunities for outings,
excursions and sports which a holiday
brings can hardly explain the great in
crease in the percentage of accidents
which regularly mark the days off"
A strange sort of recklessness, a
"devil-may-care' spirit, seems to pos
sess large numbers Of those who seek
to crowd "active rest" and recreation
into one or two days of the week. The
result is the regular Monday morning
list of casualties and accidents, which
grows s%tartling1y large during the sum-
mer season.