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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-22
BLUEFIELDS DECLARED
AN OPEN PORT BY U. S.
Yankee State Department at
Odds with Norway.

WASHINGTON. July 22.-Crossing
diplomatic swords with Norway, the
State department, replying to protests
from New Orleans commercial inter
ests. against Norwegian recognition of
the Bluehelds, Nicaragua blockade, to-
day declared Bluefelds TO be an open
port Norway. it was said was misin-
formed of conditions there.
Norway's misunderstanding was
laid by the State department to Michael
J. Clancy, consular representative Of
Norway at Bluefields, and until yester-
day vice-consul of the United States at
the same port. Acting Secretary of
State Wilson today announced that
Claney's resignation as vice-consul had
been accepted, his service in the dual
capacity being against the law
Charge Morgersstierne, of the Norwe-
gian legation, today was given copy
Of the departments reply.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-22
ORPHANS MOTHER
LOSES FIGHT FOR
BOY SHE. ADOPTED
Kenneth Williams, Aged 4, Taken
from Custody of Mrs. Sara
Van Allen Murray.
E. PROVIDENCE ORPfIANAGE
WINS LEGAL BATTLE
WOman's Morality Upheld by
Court, but Her Story of Her
Income Is Criticised.

That Kenneth Williams, the 4-year-
old boy adopted by wealthy Mrs. Sara
Van Allen Murray, Of 98 Warrington
place, East Orange, must go back to
ST. Mary's Orphanage. an Episcopalian
institution at East Providence, r. l.,
solely on the ground that Mrs. Muir
rays means of livelihood are pre-
carious, was decided by. Vice-Chancel-
lor Howell in an opinion in Chancery
chambers today, and marks the end
of "a long and bitter fight for the pos
session of the bright little lad unless
there is n@ppeal to the upper courts.
While the vice-chancellor in his
opinion Indignantly dismisses all sug-
gestions of immortality and unfitness on
the part OF Mrs. Murray to care for the
child, as alleged in the petition. he
frankly says that't story she told on
the witness-stand in regard to the
sources of her income were full of ex
travagance and prevarications," and
she did not tell the truth about it.
The fight was won by former Judge
Thomas L. Raymond on behalf of the
orphanage, and he will take immediate
steps to have the decision carried into
practical effect by serving the neces-
sary papers for the removal of the
child from his East Orange home to
East Providence.
BInmes Christian Science Church.
Mrs. Murray, who is known as the
Orphan Mother" blames members of
the Christian Science Church in the
fight for the possession of the boy. She
was "a formerly identified with that
church, but has established church of
her own, and her husband is lecturer
and writer on religious and metaphys-
ical subjects.
In the reference to her testimony
as to the sources of her income, which
the vice-chancellor denounced, these
words were used:
"Her whole story concerning the
sources Of her income is so full of ex-
travagance and I2revarication that I
am forced to believe that she is not
telling the truth about it. Yet 1t is
Continued on Third Page.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-22

S27 Chicago and Re4urn-
Lehigh Valley Railroad. August ~.
Tickets I'll Market street and Market
street station. Newark----Aov.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-22
PUEBLO, COL, IN DECADE
HAS GAINED SIT PER CENT.

WASHINGTON, July Census re-
turns issued today show the population
of Pueblo, Col, to be 44,S95, as com
pared with 2s157 in 1900. an increase of
ST. per cent.
Pueblo county, Col. has population
OF 55.22s, as compared with s4.44s In
1900.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
A Question of Ownership

ssI WANT to put hypothetical question to YOU
said the pretty girl after the man had picked out
the comfortable chair in the room and had seated
himself therein. It is long and complicated as
of the questions propounded by lawyers in
criminal trials but think you will be able to follow
its intricacies
Suppose you were woman-ne. for example
evening They strangers to each other and came
and went separately. Suppose that after they had
gone you noticed an umbrella which had been left pre-
sumaby by one of your callers Suppose the next
morning Miss telephoned you and asked if she had
left her umbrella your house: that she had left
some place, she couldn't just remember where, but she
believed it was at your house. Was it? You said it
was, and Miss A said she would send boy right
around to get it; she had just learned that she would
have to leave the city for quite while and would
you kindly give the boy the umbrella?
Suppose the boy and you gave him the
umbrella and then little later Miss B came rushing
in and asked for her umbrella, which she had left at
your house the night before-her umbrella mind you
the very one you had just sent to Miss A. but which
Miss swore she could positively prove to be hers
you'd be in something of pickle by that time
wouldn't you?
ssWel suppose that to clear the matter up you
rushed around to Miss AS, hoping to recover the
umbrella, but found that both she and the umbrella
had already gone. Then you rushed around home
again, to find Miss pacing up and down your room
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

wondering what earth she should ever do because
it beginning to rain cats and dogs and she hsd
dozens of places go that day and would ceE
tanly get soaked to the SKIN and maybe catch her
death of cold because she had no umbrella; because
you-you, the careless monster-had given hers away
to somebody who hadn't the shadow of right to itl
you'd feel pretty desperate by that time, wouldn't
you?
We'll. suppose that to relieve the situation still
further you offered replace Miss B's umbrells
The suhstitution WASN'T your own umbrella but ons
that another friend had left at your house short
while before, excellent umbrella, best of sils
and beautiful handle; much better, no doubt thar
the Miss B had lost. Would that be fairs Would
you have moral right to square yourself with one
person by giving her the -hEella that had been ef,
at your house by somebody ese9"
Right exclaimed the young man. "Wsr--. ser
tanly. An umbrella is common property. The courts
have decided that If a man leaves an umbrella an,
place he has right to expect to it again.
"Oh, am so glad" murmured the pretty girl
But what is the end of all this hypothetical in.
qusition, asked the man. What is it leading up tor
"Oh, nothing" said the girl Lets talk abou
something else"
They did talk about something else for three hours
When the started home he said:
"Oh, by the way, where's my umbrellas left
here the other night, didn't II"
You did," said the girl sweety at was YOU
umbrella that took square myself with Miss B.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

the magnetic something else, whatever they call it,
company really in existence If they happen to get
hold of the real first class promoter, farmers
friend they will at least have gaudy collection of
literature and engraved stock certificates paste
their scrapbook when the final blowup comes. This
has got come, you know because their inventions
or ideas are not at all practical in the first place and
can't under any circumstances be worked out sue
cessfully
Wall Street Easy
"The easy marks in Wall street their special
prey l can't include in that class lot of the older
heads of banking houses brokerage firms, but you
would be surprised at the number of men engaged
in high finance there who barely escape it. 1t is gem
orally the newcomer to whom they make plea and
who takes the chance with them of acquiring for
tune This is the transient of Wall street.
He has made stake in other part of the coun-
try and is here to play the big game with the big
players Very few of his sort ever win. And only
phase of the poetic justice of his cleaning is the
inventor crank
"The farmers friends make much capital out of
my crank, especially if his invention is very radical.
They manufacture one or two machines that will look
good and that with some assistance will work little,
and they flood the country with literature advertising
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
The San Francisco SundSs o4,i


Il have friend who takes little financial inter
est in every invention of possible practical nature
that is brought to his notice. He wins an average
OF in 10 times What he loses in the other ma
times does not amount to his winnings, so | thin
his pretty good plan. OF he is careful rn
looking out for himself in the way of contracts and
things like that, and then he wouldn't take flyer on
perpetual motion solution He gets expert advice
as possible on all occasions too.
But the general public does not scatter its eggs
like this friend of mine A who can halfway
prove his dream get gilt edged stock certih
and sell them by the hundreds. The backer OF
the cranks invention. if he be not very clever pro-
and versed in all the ways OF putting the article
the market in the attractive style, is certain
to lose all his investment in very quick order. The
mere fact that he is willing take chance at another
mans game argues for his easness in the eyes of the
money hunting with idea.
The only real work being done is by the profess
sional inventors OF the country and by the engineers
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
! "A Chat quth the Wizard of MenLo Park About the
Impossible and Ridiculous Devices on Which He Is
Lnzited to Pass Judgment.

big obstacle in hundreds of adtoit ways--on paper
Not one OF them is any good 1t is but waste of
time to listen to them or TO read about them. But
what am | going to do?
They come with all sorts of ideas for the
utilization of power they claim to be able to get
power for in ocean One fellow sent me spe-
cia delivery letter wanting make appointment
to show me how he could make dynamo run
motor. After the motor was started he proposed
running the dynamo with it and thus get power for
nothing All sorts of magnetic engines, wireless in
ventions better, ideas, and various forms OF
chemical processes are eagerly brought to be
worked out. There's nothing in any of them. One
somewhat advertised attempt that of using centrifu-
gal force as motive power for airship, is laugh
able. Centrifugal force is state. The inventor
might just we'll put mince pie in his craft and
expect to propel it the wheel,wth which he says
he develop his wonderful force
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31


trc fans purred in different parts OF the room but
Thomas A. Edison pressed his hand his brow
and gave little half sigh half puff, as if extremely
trarm, when he made this remark Then he pointed
ito large wire mail basket in one corner of his desk
4 Within the next two months" he said that will
be almost full every morning OF letters giving me
ideas which viii revolutionize the world. All the
strange things that have occurred to strange human
ity in all parts OF the country during these incubat-
ing months I will hear about. will be offered in
each case the opportunity OF lifetime to win fame
and fortune All in the world l will have do is to
work out the idea. Easy, simple-accordng my cor
respondents; mere matter OF a few hours That's
the harvest Of this ideal hot weather shall reap.
4 can't afford the time to let them in for talk
any more had to stop their visits time ago.
I found that they really took up 50 per of my
time But one in all the hundreds l have had
anything that at all approached the practical The
rest were all alike, acted alike, looked alike
My crank was always cadaverous he had long
hair and invariably some cccentricty-d symmetry
OF the central Office as rule.
throughout the year I average 10 letters month
on perpetual motion alone and in the last three years
have received 5000 letters from arship and aero
plane inventors trying to get me to work out their
impossible ideas In every and whatever
idea the letter is always elaborate one screed
that has taken several hours of manual labor least
to produce Instead of spending the time that way
my crank might have gone to work with jackknife
and some glue and with half the effort demonstrated
TO his own satisfaction the impossiby of his scheme
> He always seems to to get something with
lead pencil Invariably he wants somebody else to do
the work for him.
oh yes ! read all the letters. I read very fast.
For instance, I can read novel in two hours and
then tell my wife more about it than she knows after
she has read it all day. And, say, here's something
occurs TO me:
The real egg of Columbus of education is learn
ing to read properly. We really leave out the most
important thing in a common school education. We
teach children TO read like this: On May the 5th the
wagon was sent to Morristown n. J."
. Mr. Edison held large catalogue before him in
approved fourth reader fashion. Each word he slowly
and painstakingly articulated. Then with gesture
OF impatience he tossed the book to one side.
J.. One Had Good Idea
+ "A single glance at a line would have been sufi-
Gent to inform the reader about what happened to
the wagon on May 5. The art of reading whole
line at once easy to acquire 1t should be taught
the o,bc schools Then children would read with
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

this great achievement, what it is going to mean to
the world, what it is going to to those who get
in the ground floor then giving simple but explicit
directions for sending money through the mail These
people sail within thirty-second of inch of Sing
Sing most of the time and of them slip and
get there
This sort of business will always be, more or less
Postof1ce authorities minimize it, but they can't
absolutely stop it. Every young must have a
certain of experience with things of this char
acter. All the government do is to that he
gets it in the least expensive way
1T took me 40-.no, 30-no Is years to get my
experience. got into all kinds of trouble because
paid attention to business.
"The only way | know of telling the good from the
bad in the matter of inventions advertised for sale is
insist on thorough tests. These are in many cases
easily simulated Wonderful of power may
be really hidden batteries and electrical connections
1t is very often difficult, extremely difficult to recog
nize old element in dress 1t is very readily
taken for element.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

pleasure and would teach themselves rapidly they
grow older. You might almost call crank on
this subject. But have more than idea
AS I say, never but crank who really
had anything worth anything He had mechanical
movement that was really wonderful But l couldn't
make any use OF it. The rest of them had the kind
of junk that lumbers up the patent Office. think
that have been inflicted with every kind OF perpetual
motion scheme ever dreamed Of In the minds of the
inventors there any doubt of the solution
OF that problem. A wheel here'-Mr. Edison made
as large circle his right arm would allow and
little hub there and there you Easy, isn't
it," The inventor spread out his hands, gave little
shrug OF his shoulders accentuate if possible the
extreme simplicity of the whole thing.
They utilize water, air, OIL wood stone, almost
anything you think of for bases. They solve the
question by Of ball bearings; they apparently
overcome all friction; they arrive conclusions that
allow a certain OF friction they get around
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

in charge of various projects In fact. in the engi
neers clubs in the great cities of the United States
you may find all the men, outside of the chemical and
electrical inventors, who doing all the big work
being done in this country. There's nothing in the
world that beat New England Yankees nventinz
small automatic machines. This genius is borr in
them. In great many ways | consider them the
most remarkable inventors in the world.
Il don't believe I've ever had many cranks come to
me from that part of the country. They make men
of good sound sense up there. The authors of the
letters that I'm going begin to get as soon as this
incubating season is over | can't say much Of
think they have exaggerated kinks in some of the
folds OF their brains | am just as anything
that Pm going to get the old windmill storage
power idea that have received every fall long as
l remember"
From what part of the country do the most
cranks Gomez / asked the inventor motioned for
the boy to turn extra electric fan.
Kansas ne replied They to flourish with
the grasshoppers"
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31


But he is confident chap, the crank. You can't
say much or do much to shake him OF the firm belief
that he has accomplished something marvellous. A
man called on time ago from Bogota. lie
was the representative of an inventor there who had
equipped him with $1,000 letter of credit and sent
him UP here to astonish people with belt Tightening
device which he believed was revolutionary. 1t was
my painful duty to inform this agent that since the
earliest memory of this device had been IN
general use. 1t took long while, however, for him
to be convinced and give up his efforts and return to
Bogota.
That is what becomes of good many of the
cranks | have met They go back to Bogota, hgura-
lively. | suppose when they get there they set to
work thinking up ideas, laying plans tor other
invasions of real workers time. Some of them, how
ever, get to the of men with money, and, given
the fact that their idea is far practical that its
model may be made to do certain snowy piece of
work, eventually the radio this or electro that or
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

. HIS IS great weather for cranks; they in
cubate in the summer time, you know"
The curtains were all pulled down in
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
One Had a Good Idea

!: "A single glance at a line would have been sufi-
cent to inform the reader about what happened to
the wagon May 5. The art of reading whole
line at once easy acquire 1t should be taught in
the public schools Then children would read with
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

the long, high ceilinged library, and cleo
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-05-28

nips, SC bunch; fancy lemons, zoe doz;
navel oranges, Csc to coo green peppers,
60c Id; Florida grape fruit, 10000;
California grapel fruit, for Csc; pota-
toes, 20 lbs for Csc; new cabbage, SC
per ID; apples, sc to 10c lb; bananas,
zoe doz; beets, sc lb; young carrots,
sc bunch; caulifiower, 20@25c each
cucumbers, 20@25c each; string beans.
25c ID; green beans, 25c ID; green peas
zoe Id; horseradish, Csc lb; Florida to-
matoes, zoe lb; artichokes, zoe Id or
lbs for 35c; leeks, 2 punches, 15c; oys
ter plant, 2 punches 15c; wax beans
25c lb; Winesap apples, SO to $3.50 box;
Wageners, $2.75 box, white boiling
onions, &c ID; young green onions, Sc
bunch; radishes, sc bunch; fancy straw
berry rhubard, lbs; asparagus, 10c lb
egg plant, 40c Id; new potatoes, 10'
per ID; cress, sc bunch; Bermuda onions
3 lbs for Csc; mushrooms, soc Id.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-05-28
MINES YIELD IN
MONTH $1,000, 725
Bunker Hill, Snowstorm and the Hecla
Are Among the Leaders
For April.

According to reports made to the Min
ing World of Chicago, $s,o64,725 was
paid in dividends last month by 40 of
the leading mines of the country. Of
the mines in Idaho, the following are
reported: Bunker Hill and Sullivan,
So $4,000; Hecla, $4,000, and Snowstorm,
$22 500.
Contributing to the total of more than
$s,000,000 were "a properties classed as
gold-silver-lead producers which paid
shareholders $2,7s2,5 23. Of these "a, Is
are in the United States, eight in
Canada and eight in Mexico. Six cop
per producers, all in the United States
paid to shareholders $1,315,245, while
six metallurgical companies paid $2,233,
9s5.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-05-28
MARKET REroRg sROKAHE.


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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-05-28

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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-05-28

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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-05-28

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