Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-20

In a letter to his sister, which has
been made public. Mayor Gaynor Wv
idly describes his sensations when the
attack was made upon his life in Ho-
boken. How terribly clear an unusual
situation may be mad for the reader
when it's details are stated simply
without fiourishes by the man who has
undergone the experience he d%escribesl
my next consciousness was a terrible
metallic roar in my head" writes the
mayor. ct filled my head, which
seemed as though it would burst open.
It swelled to the highest pitch, and
Their fell, and then rose again, and so
alternated until 1t subsidized into
continuous buzz. I was meanwhile en-
tirely sightless." Could Hugo have
done as well with such material If he
had received 1t second hand?
Members of the Civic League of
Newport were addressed yesterday by
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. The venerable
authoress is now in her 92d year. Her
advice was listened to eagerly because
of it's own worth and not merely be-
cause of the extreme age or the
achievements of Mrs. Howe. Such a sit
uation should be a source of finest in
spiration. 1t features a woman whose
splendid mentality time could not dim,
who had never begun to live IN the
past, out has kept so fully in touch
with the times that her reflections are
accepted freely as wisdom, which may
be built upon as on a foundation.
1t is stated authoritatively hat Act
ing Mayor Mitchell, of New York, last
night sought permission from Mayor
Gaynor to remove Commissioner Baker.
Whatever may be the merits of the
acting mayors attitude toward the
head of the police department, most of
the friends of the mayor will be sorry
that he was bothered with so trouble
some a matter at this stage Of his
convalescence 1t is altogether probable
that the city might ave wormed along
under the present police regime for
another month at least.
1t is evident now that the campaign.
in a great many sections of the country
Is to be suffragetted. The process is
under way now in New York State.
S~uffragettes are seeking pledges from
delegates to both State conventions In.
an effort to insure a woman's suffrage
plank in one or both platforms. While
1t goes without saying hat their efforts
in New York will be futile, they will
turesque. M
Promoters of the international avia-
ton meet, to be held at Belmont Park
the latter part of next month, are now
in a position to assure the public that
the greatest of the bird-men of the
world will be seen in competition here.
A number of records should fall before
his galaxy of record breakers. 1t is
only natural to hope that the showing
of the American ~aviators and the Amer
lean machines may eclipse that of the
foreign invaders.
The public will greet the report that
the IMAM higher up in the sugar
frauds has finally been sentenced to
eight months Imprisonment and the
payment of a fine of $1,000, with the
chorus, "Well that is something The
prison sentence, short though 1t may
seem, will be regarded as a step In
the right direction. Time was when a
fine would have been held as punish
ment enough.
The opportunity to witness the new
football rules in action is at hand.
They were received on paper with
mingled feelings by the experts. Some
contended that they handicapped the
game unto death, while others saw
through them the lawn of a better
football day. The novice may, there
fore. be excused if he fails to detect a
great Zeal Of change in the game.
Since Clifford Harmon and his bal
loon, New York, have not been sighted,
1t is assumed he is the winner in the
balloon race, which had its start in In
dianapolis Saturday. A balloon race Is
as uncertain, until the last entry is ac-
counted for. as is a complimentary pri-
mary senatorial Endorsement race until
the last district has been heard from.
RFVOND CRITICISM.