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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-15
HOUSE is FIRED WHILE
TENANT IS ABSENT.

A blaze of an unknown origin was
discovered in the home OF Mrs. Mama
Barnes, colored. at 72e Sixth street.
at two o'clock this afternoon, and be-
fore it could be extinguished had done
damage 10 the extent of s1.500.
There was no one at home when
neighbors discovered the fire. Mrs.
Barnes having gone out to do some
shopping. Both the interior and ex-
terror Of the house, which is an eight
room home, were badly damaged. The
property is owned by the Robertson
Realty Company Of Orange street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-15
NON-UN|ON HOTEL
FOR LABOR MEET
CAUSES WRANGLE
Executive Committees Action in
Selecting Headquarters Con-
demned at Convention.

When the delegates to the thirty
second annual convention of the State
Federation of Labor began to assemble
at Wevers's coliseum this morning
they found storm brewing over the
fact that the executive committee had
made a hotel classed as non-union the
federation headquarters.
Bartenders' Union No 131 and Walt
ers' Union No. 1Os. of this city. were
so wrought up over the event that they
adopted resolutions condemning the
executive committee for making their
headquarters in the Continental Hotei
and advertising that hotel as headquar-
ters in the official convention call"
Further the resolutions provided that
all out-of- town delegates who had Sc
cured quarters in the hotel be required
to leave there at once, under penalty
of losing their seats in the convention.
Immediately after the committee on
credentials made its report to the con-
vention, John H Mclean for the Essex
Trades Council introduced the resolu-
ton and moved its immediate adop-
tion. AS a precedent for such action
Mclean cited a similar case which oc-
Cured in the New York State fedora
tion few years ago.
President Cornelius Ford, for the
committee, said it was unfortunately
true that a non-unlon hotel had been
designated as official headquarters be-
fore the official call was issued.
The president. who resides in Ho-
boken and represents Hudson county
in the Assembly. was informed by the
Hoboken bartenders' union soon after
the official call was issued that the
headquarters selected was not favor
able to union labor.
Investigated the Charge.
He investigated the charge, found it
was true and since then has held all
meetings of the executive committee in
Michels Hall, 60 south Orange avenue,
which has been made headquarters of
the committee instead of the Conti-
mental Hotel 1t was too late to change
the official call. the president added,
and he considered the executive COM
mittee had rectified the blunder when it
transferred it's own meeting place from
the Continental to Michers Hail.
Delegate Mclean expressed the be-
lief that it would have been fairer TO
the out-of-town delegates to have
notified them in advance either per-
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-15
BOY SHOT ACCIDENTALLY
BY BULLET FROM RIFLE.
Weapon Was Pointed By
Younger Brother in Fun.

AS the result of the accidental dis
charge OF a .22-calihre Flobert rife to-
day. Howard Reeve. Il years old, Of 10
Schley street, Is now a patient in tho
City Hospital with a bullet lodged in
his body Just below the right shoulder
blade. It is not thought by the hos
pital authorities that the injury wiz
prove serious.
While playing with the rife in his
home, Walter Reeve. 10 years old
brother Of the injured boy in fun
pointed the gun at his brother. Before
he realized what he was doing he had
pressed the trigger and the bullet
struck the boy in the back. DR. Wood
house, of Ss5 Clinton avenue. was sum
moned and advised the removal Of the
injured youth to the hospital.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-15
TO AWARD PRIZES
FOR BOOKLOVERS'
CONTEST AUG. Is
Examiners Finish Work on An=
swer Lists and Turn Them
Over to Judges.

Prize winners in the EVENING
STARS great Booklovers' Contest will
be announced in ten days. Promoters
of the contest hoped to be able before
this time to set definite date for the
announcement which has been so eager
ly awaited by the thousands of contest
ants who worked hard and faithfully
to share in the $4,000 list of prizes II
was because absolute accuracy and
fairness was desired above all things
that the examiners were permitted to
take so. much time.
In just ten days the fortunate win
ner of the SO, 500 modern home in Hill
tonia will be notified of his or her sue
cess. In like manner winners Of the
other magnificent prizes will know of
their good fortune. The corps of ex-
pert examiners who have been busy
the past few weeks going over the lists
Of answers have practically finished
their task. Each list has been care
fully examined, marked and. classified.
1t is now the duty of the three judges.
Monsignor Whelan. DIR. Inglis and Rab-
bi Leucht 10 select from those lists
which have been found to be most
nearly correct the prize winning ones.
This contest has proved the most re-
markable and successful OF any OF the
contests conducted by the EVENING
STAR. Examiners found that the con-
testants in many cases displayed re-
markable ingenuity in answering car
toons in terms of the titles of books
which had not inspired the pictures
This was to be expected, since the field
of book titles is very large one, and
such titles are not as definite as prov
erbs, for instance.
Contestants Did Well.
None of those contestants who now
stand in line for prizes succeeded in
obtaining as large percentage of cor
rect answers as did the winners in the
proverb contest. This fact is easily ex-
planned by the nature of the contest. as
the grade of the work is fully as high
as that in the other contest, and it was
easy TO see that many who participated
in both contests had profited by their
earlier experience
The work of making the final awards,
which falls on the contest judges. win
not be easy. but it was not believed it
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-15
SQUADRON AT YOKOHAMA.

YOKOHAMA. Aug. l5.-T'he Ameri-
can squadron. including the cruisers
charlston and New Orleans. under COM
mand of Rear Admiral John Hubbard,
arrived at Yokohama today. The cruis-
ers have visited Chemulpo, Korea. and
tanned at the American consulate ~
Seoul
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-15
SIX KILLED, MANY HURT
AS BIG DAM COLLAPSES.

WATERToWN, N. Y, Aug. Is
Several Italian laborers were killal and
a large number injured by the collapse
today of a portion of dam of T. a.
Gillespie Company at Massena, on the
big power canal,
The injured We're taken to hospital
al Cornwall, ontario.
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MAYOR GAYNOR IS
IMPROVING ON HIS
LAST DANGER DAY
Patient Had Comfortable Morn
ing and Shows No Symp-
toms of Poisoning.
PHYSICIANS HOPE TO
DISCHARGE HIM AUG. 29
The Mayor Will Then Be Taken
to Adir0ndacks to Conf
plete Recovery,
Improvement continues. The mayor
had a comfortable morning.


had comfortable morning.
HOBOKEN,l Aug. 15.-Mayor Cay
nor, carefully watched by his surgeons,
is making continued and marked I'M
provement on this, the seventh day
since he was shot down by a would-be
assassin, and unless unfavorable symp-
toms develop late this afternoonlhe win
be considered out of danger. He passed
a comfortable morning and showed no
signs of development of blood-poison-
ing. One of the physicians who is at
tending Mayor Gaynor said that, bar
ring unforeseen and improbable compii-
cations, Mayor Gaynor viii be able to
leave the hospital two weeks from to-
day, and that by the middle Of next
month he will have recovered sum-
ciently to start for the Adirondacks.
Secretary Adamson said that the
mayor seemed stronger today. Now
that the patient is taking more nourish-
ing food and his sleep is better, his at
tendants feel that he will recruit his
strength rapidly. His appetite is good.
The blood tests continue satisfactory
and taints of any infection have not
been discovered. The cough which so
distressed the mayor has quite disap-
peared.
The police are engaging themselves
on a theory that James J. Gallagher.
the would-be assassin, may have had an
accomplice. This Gallagher denies but
a man with police record Is under
suspicion
Mayor Gaynor will be taken to the
Adirondacks just as soon as his con-
dition permits, but whether he will un-
dergo an operation to remove the bullet
before his trip to the mountains has
not been fully determined.
Today Ends Crisis.
zone day more and we viii be able
to call Mayor Gaynor q convalescsntss Z
was the declaration at ST. Marys Hos
pital in Hoboken today The patients s.
condition continued satisfactory when
he awoke this morning from his sixth
night on hospital cot. His attendants
were frankly cheerful and more
optimistic than on any previous occa-
sion.
The physicians are watching the
passing of the day with keen interest,
for with its safe conclusion the
dreaded bugbear of crisis" will be
practically over, and they will allow
themselves to consider recovery as
sured.
To-day is a milepost," declared Rob
ert Adamson, the Mayors secretary
( IF any serious turn for the worst Is
to develop 1t must come today and If
he passes the end of what is practical
ly weeks illness without sign OF COM
plications, he viii be in good way
toward recovery. There is little to
fear after today"
DIR. Arlitz. house physician at st.
Marys, was authority for the state
ment thatl the cough which mad at
times bothered the patient was lessen
ing in force. and that it was not nearly
so annoying as it had been. In fact,
the mayor himself succeeded in prac-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-15
DIVIDEND FOR srABOARD co.

NEW YORK. Aug. 15.-The seaboara
Company. organized to remodel the
finances of the Seaboard. Air Line Rail-
way and hold its securities. today de-
clared a dividend OF III per cent. on its
first preferred stock. This is the flrst
dividend paid since 1901,
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Anything on Vour Mfnds
Think OF the Carnival OF Nations" Clinton
avenue and Van Ness place. Vaudeville, dane
ing Begins Monday night. August 18th. s
o clock Take Broad car" Benedt Blensed
Sacrament church.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-30
BURGLAR LOOSE
in JEWELRY STORE
Z. 0. Holmes and Barre Book Store
Broken into Last Night-Little
Was Taken.

The jevelry store Of Elmer @. Holmes
n the Gordon block was entered last
night and a small amount Of goods stol4
en- from his store and from that Of G. W.
Martin, the newsdealcf, who occupies d
part 81 the store with Mr. Holmes The
thief got III through q window IN the door
in the rear 81 the store One pane Of
glass was broken cut of the door, and
the person crawled II through Tie open.
Ing which is about 2 hY pa inches
The goods taken. the propriesors say,
viii not amount 20 over S25. An Inger-
4on dollar witch and few pieces Of
silver were taken from the iewelry store
and several fountain pens belonging 70
Mr. Martin are missing No money was
taken. and the safe and cash register
We're not molested. Most of the iewelry
was locked Up IN the safe
The thief had an easy chance 10 break
ont the glass and ernwi through the door
while entirely unseen, As the door which
opens out Of the block into Tie alley
between the block and Miles block IS
never locked Opening this door be-
walked into 3 dark ante-room to the
doar which opens into tbe hsck part of
the store There uo elew q the thief
hnt e Is Thought io lave been the work
of al amateur
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-30
Pat Starkey Had Passed Be.
YOnd Earthly Summons
FOUND DEAD ON RIVER ST.
Woman in House Tried in Vain to Rouse
Montpelier Man Who Had Stayed
There Last Night, Only to Dis
cover He Was Dead.

A telephone message to the police sta.
tion shortly before eleven o'clock this
forenoon stated that there was dead
man st 2S River street. the house oeeu.
pied By Mrs, j. II. Stoenbafee; and the
police, together with States Attorney
Gates, who happened To be IN the sta.
ton. went down there and found Patrick
StarkeY Of Montpelier. wing ifeess on
bed. Dr. y S. Duffy had been called,
and subsequently Dr. NJ. y. Lamb the
city health officer was called, together
with NJ 3. Nichols Of the board Of health.
States Attorney Gates began an in
vestlgation Of the case. and he at first
stated that an autopsy would probably
have to ~ made. since the physicians
were not sure what caused death. Later,
the physicians having decided that acute
alcoholism VAS the cause, he stated that
no ausepsy would be held. states At.
torney Gates said that there were no
suspicious circumstances IL connection
With the case.
Mrs Stcenbarae and the two other
women occupants of the house said that
Starkey came up from Montpelier last
night and stayed on night. az he was
accustomed TO DO quite frequently. When
he did not get up this morning. they did
not bother him, but ln the middle of the
forenoon one Of them called 20 him and
asked him il he intended to leep al day.
Getting no response, she started u shake
him and then the suspicion dawned on
her that the man was dead
The physician was summoned, and Ed
die DeForge, who was passing bv thc
house. was asked to notify tile police.
which he did. The police knew Starkey
weli, for he had been up IN the local
police court as well as the Montpelier
court Tho man had spent the greater
part Of the winter IN the Washington
county Jail serving for integieation, hsy-
ing been last sentenced for eo DAYS. lie
WAS released hv sheriff Tracy March !
,tne's Attorney Gates says that che
man had been released from sheriff Ira
cy's care only a few days ago
starkey was only 25 wears Of age and
Ills occupation was that of
a housepainier The young mans father
resides iu Montpelier and i highly con
sidcved there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-30
HOPE FOR DEMOCRATS
Is Held Ont By Woodrow Wilson Of
Princeton

New York, March 20 The political
tide Is now turning Democratic aud the
day when the Democratic party must
take charge Of this eeuntry's affairs Is
almost At hand. were declarations made
by Woodrow Wilson president Of
Princeton university IN d speech al the
Democratic dinner IN Elizabeth. n. j.,
last night Mr. Wilson said il part
The signs and portents of the time
are al certainly most encouraging to
those who believe that the Democratic
party can Be servieeable to The coun-
try at this iNnetnrc ri "a aHalrs 1T
would seem that everywhere the
thought Of men who are anxious for
the welfare Of the country, IS turning
against the present politics and purposes
81 the Republican party and that the
day when the Democratic party must
take charge of affairs is almost At hand
But it would be o great mistake to con-
slider these circumstances as merely a
party opportunity
"Iet us ask ourselves first then what
out standards are. Why do we assure
ourselves that we can advise and lead
the country better than the Republic
cans cant
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-30
WEDDING WAS HELD
DESPITE TRAGEDY
Two q Guests Killed and One Injured
BY Train While on Way to the
Church in Wavsrly, Mass,
Last Night.

Waverly, Mass, March 90 Two lives
were lost il 3 grade crossing accident
here last night IA which carriage on
the way to wedding was struck BY
train on the Fitchbrq division Of
tho Boston and Maine railroad. not 100
lyards from the church u which the eere-
mony was to take place
Charles A Brver Of Center Harhor,
n. IT, hrother.n.law Of the bride, was
killed, as was Ernest Ai Herlow. d lo-
cal carriage driver and Mrs Katherine
az BfYer wife Of the former. and the
brides own sister was So seriously in-
jTed that she may die
The church ceremony was not held
but the marriage was celebrated quietly
in the home q George G Flett. chair
man Of the Waverly board of select
men, father of the bride and Of Mrs
Bryer In another room while tie eere-
monY was takinn place, Mrs Bryer was
suffering from three fractured ribs. a
.disloeated shoulder and possibly iHtcr-
nal injuries. ihe principals il the wed
ding were Miss Helen E Flett and
Leonard G Buckle Of Reading.
The buggy in which Mr. and Mrs.
Dryer were driving to the First Congre-
rational church, where the wedding was
to take place, was struck fairly IN the
body hy an express from Boston to
Roberts station just beyond Wal
than
While the horse which was drawing
the vehicle escaped without a scratch,
the carriage itself WAS splintered and
its three occupants hurled from Il
Mr Bryer was carried on the cow
catcher for nearly 200 yards before the
train was brought to q stop Harlow's
body was tossed t0 one side, where lie
was picked UP and hurried 70 the sta
tion EIe died there a few minutes lat
err Mrs. BrYer was thrown to the
ground not far from the accident,
Beside the victims and scattered along
the rails we're the bouquets Of flowers
which Mr. and Mrs. Dryer we're bringing
to the wedding Intended as offerings
of joy, they served as decorations for
the dead
Martin Newmeyer, the aged crossing
tender, claims that Harlow drove bis
carriage under the descending bars
which guard tue railroad crossing at
1rapelo road after Newmever had
sounded the warning gong The horse
mad reached the second of the two tracks
when Tile on-coming tram, sereeehing it's
struck the light buggy The
gatskeeper helplessly watched The trag
edy. unable to assist those who had dis
regarded his efforts to keep them from
danger
Mr Bryer was 2S years old and
native Of Center Harbor n II About
eighteen months ago be came here and
Was married 70 Miss Katherine NJ FIett
Ernest M Harlow was 26 years old
and unmarried He leaves widowed
mother on Frank avenue Waverly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-30
KLAus Won wIrH ENocKour.
Defeated Mantell in Ninth Round Of
the Bout At Boston.

Boston, March 81. Frank Klaus. n
Pittsburg, knocked out Frank Mantell
Of Pawtueket, in the ninth round of
their bout at the Armory Athletic as
sociation last night Mantell had the
affair won on points up 70 the middle of
the sixth round when an upper cut TO
the jaw put him down for the count.
In the eighth, another upper cut drove
him half way through the ropes, and a
left hook brought the Pawtucket man
to the mat He struggled to his feet
and managed to stay the round out
In tho ninth, a succession of hard
punches. followed BY another right up
per cut to the jaw put Manteli ont for
keeps.
Mantell had Klaus All at sea IN the
early rounds, with a straight left iab
and his ability 10 land with both hands
when IN the clinches. He had bis or
ponent's nose bleeding for five rounds
and blocked most Of Klaus leads. but
the latter was playing a waiting game
and was successful
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-30
PRINTERS STAYED Away
Did Not Go to work in Brastleboro shop
Yesterday.

Brattleboro March 30. Five ~ the
union printers IA the office Of the Yer
mont Printing company refused to 20 To
work yesterday owing % a difference Of
opinion between them and the company
There Is not 4 printers union IN town.
and heretofore both union and nonNni8n
men have been employed.
Recently labor agitators have been sent
10 Brattieb0ro from outside sources to
talk mp The formation 81 local union.
but the proposition has met with little
.eneopraeemen Il did result however
IN bringing up the question as TO whether
Il was necessary for a man to belong
20 the union 10 order to work for the
Vermont Printing company In The case
of one employe. some of the union men
agreed that they would NOT work unless
he consented to apply for membership
IN the union.
The company took the ground that
this attitude was unnecessary and nnrea
sonahle. ia view 81 local conditions ana
because the men insisted that he could
not work without Joining the union be
was discharged Therefore the union men
walked out.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-30
TWO CAPTURES
AFTER FIGHT
New York Police Get Suspected POST
ONCE Thiefs who Robbed Rich
mona. Va. Postohiee.

New York, March 30 Two men
charged BY postal inspectors with rob
bing the postofioe at Richmond Va,
some time between Saturday night and
early Monday morning, were arrested
at the Grand Central station last night.
Both offered stubborn resistance and
were not overpowered until they were
knocked sorseless "A third man es-
capped They were traced to New York
by means of three trunks shipped from
Richmond with the seizure Of which
$4,000 worth Of the ss5000 lot of
stamps obtained IN the robbery were
recovered
The prisoners gave the names of
Frank Chester, s. years old, Of st. PAUL.
MINI. and Frederick Cunningham "a
years old Cunningham maintains that
he Is banker and that his home is
in London England
Both men appeared at The Grand Gem
tral station late last night. accompanied
by The third and unidentified man. who
made his escape Chester went inside
while Cunningham and the third man
waited on the sidewalk Chester ealled
a boy. gave him trune check and asked
him to ascertain II the trunk was ia
the baggage room.
IN the baggage room was stationed
Joseph Daily. a central Office detective.
who had been called into the case by
the federal authorities lie was guard.
ing suspected trunk and when the lad
made inquiries for u, tie detective fol.
lowed him back. approaching Chester,
who attempted to Zee from the station.
The detective erappled with him. but
Chester is Of powerful build and both
men fell struggling, 70 the floor Won.
en- passengers screamed and a panic was
created in the station until the officer
subdued Chester with his club
Meanwhile the two men stationed ont
side. warned by the noise Of the sirug
gle. ran Cunningham however, was
howled over hy two pedestrians and was
quickly overpowered hy The police
Examination Of the trunk revealed in
addition TO the 10000 worth Of stamps.
a set Of burglars tools described az
headquarters as the finest ever brought
to New York There were also two
32-callbre reYolvers ia the lot
One Of the three trunks had been
shipped to the Avon hotel 30th street
and Lexington avenue. I'm care Of Charles
Hatfield Of Buffalo,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-30
]. 3. MIDpLEaRooK 81.
Burlington Man Had Sustained Shock
Of Paralysis


Burlington March sa James Oliver
Middlebrook died last evening at his
home 20 South Willard street Mr.
Middlebrook had been i'll since about the
The first of The year and some six weeks
ar0 be had shoei, d paralysis The
funeral VIII be held from the house to-
morrow afternoon az 4s30
Mr. Aiiddlehrook as born In Salisbury
Corners N X November 5, 1891 and
was. therefore. go years 81 age He be-
gan bis business career ii Troy n ~,
and eame To Burlington u ls70 For
35 wears hc was associated with A ct.
Pierce, handling farm machinery and
seeds Five years ago, after the death
Of Mr Pierce, the business was pur-
chased hy Air Middlahroois and bis two
sons Mr. Middlebrook was Of re-
firing disposition but was one Of the
best known men 10 the state IN his line
az business lie was a member Of the
Algonquin club
tie married January %, 1868, Harriet
u Duncan Of Winooski Besides his
wife. he is survived By three children,
ID a. and J. II Middlehfook and Grace
M. johnson, al Of Burlington, bv one
brother, Edward S. Middiebrook of Her
kimer. ~ Y. and by one sister, Mrs.
Henry Barnard Of Frankfort n. II