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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04
HERoIsM or COAST GUARDS
Annual Report Shows Remarkable
Work Of United States Service.

Annual Report Shows Remarkable
Work of United States Service.
Aside from saving hundreds Of lives
and millions of dollars worth Of prop
erty involved in marine disasters the
United States Life Saving service man
aged to render assistance to many un-
fortunate persons in distress,
The annual report of the superin
tendent of the service shows that a
woman about to be hurled over a
bluff" was rescued by lifeguard,
while an intoxicated man about to fall
Off dock, man who had lost his way
in a marsh. another who had broken
through the ice, two others who had
climbed 100 feet up the face of cliff
and We're unable to descend and still
another who tried to commit suicide
came within the vision of the vigilant
guards and were saved.
roFive automobiles imperiled in quick
sands or marshes were rescued.
psIn the last fiscal year there we're
L376 marine disasters, involving the
lives of 5000 persons, that called the
life saving service into activity. Sew
enty-two vessels were lost. although
only thirty persons gave up their lives
In consequence.
The value of the property involved
in these disasters was SIG, 106,0 $50. the
value of property lost being $2.29b. $50.
OF the 1876 vessels meeting disaster
the life saving service rendered aid to
1919, valued with their cargoes at
&la. 318.R1h.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04
NEW BlPLANE TYPE AIRsHIP.
Providence inventor Believes He Has
Solved Aerial Problem.

Providence Inventor Believes He Has
Solved Aerial Problem.
With an airship which he believes
viii eclipse the best efforts Of the
Wright brothers, Otto Herman Of Prov
idence, r. l., automobile mechanic and
inventor Of novelties, plans to make
his first flight within the next few
weeks, probably in Providence.
Mr.. Herman's machine is Of the BIZ
plane type and differs from the Wright
models chiefly in having smaller wings
and the steering planes and the pilots
seat in front There are the usual
birdlike tail and two propellers, with q
diameter Of seven and quarter feet
each. A light FIVE cylinder gasoline
engine consuming only a quart an
hour, furnishes the motive power for
the biplane, which weighs $40 pounds,
The steering planes are operated with
equal facility at front or sides, and the
wings spread only thirty and a quarter
feet against forty-two in the Wright
machine.
The Curtiss style of starting on
wheels win be adopted, and Mr.: Her
man believes run Of only thirty 1--WE,
yards will be necessary. A steering
device which he has patented will en-
able him to make Roadway even
against thirty mile breeze. He says,
II believe l have solved the aerial
problem"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04

ington with Martin Sheridan Of New
York city. the champion athlete of the
world:
MY ideal OF an all around man is James
b. Connolly of Boston. You know Jim.
He was with you at the Oiympian games
In Greece. Connolly is what / think a
man should be- If my boy Theodore turns
out to be as good a man will be satis-
fed Connolly has strength agility and
perseverance. He loves outdoor. health
full life. and he Is clean through and
through. want my boy to be as good a
man as Connolly.
The man whom President Roosevelt
has picked out for Theodore Junior
to pattern after is a husky, breezy,
virile type OF man. who has shown his
ability to hold his, own under all sorts
Of adverse conditions. He is a noted
athlete who has won honors as a
jumper in the Olympian games and
wears many medals rewarding his
prowess in athletics ON the field and
ON the water
Mr.. Connolly has been on whaling
voyages and has sailed in fishing YES
sells in the north Atlantic, the North
sea and the Baltic. He has spent the
depths OF winter months on the New
foundland banks and fought through
the Santiago campaign as q member
OF the United States army. His whole
life has been one OF physical exercise
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04
HUNTING TRIP IN AlRsHIP.

Latham Carried His Gun There and
Bag Of Game on HE, Return.
Hubert Latham performed a sensa-
tionaI feat in his monoplane the other
day. He was invited By the Marquis
de Polignac, president Of the commit
tee on aviation, to join In hunt at
Berru, near Rheims, France Latham
went thither from his aviation garage
at Mourmelon, La distance Of about
nineteen miles, In his Antoinette mon
oplane, in just half al hour. He took
a double barreled shotgun, and sup
ply of ammunition with him in the
aeroplane
He landed at the Marquis de Poll
gnac's shooting box, breakfasted with
the party, took part in the hunt and flew
back to Mourmelon four hours later,
carrying on the monoplane not only
the shotgun, but also the bag of game,
mostly pheasants, which he had killed.
Great interest in the feat was shown
by the hunting party. The members
of it were watching for Latham, and
the monoplane was made out while ii
was still far away. 1t appeared very
small when first seen, but rapidly grew
larger and soon was above the heads
OF the huntsmen, Latham made two
circles before h1f chose a landing place
and then came down easily and landed
without the EslIghtest trouble. It was
almost SUNSET when he started on his
return Journey
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04
"DIxIE' MOST POPULAR AIR.

Congress Library Experts Official
Proclamation Gives Il First Place.
Dixie has finally been officially
proclaimed as first among American
songs and music in patriotic popu-
larity" by o. G. I. Sonneck, chief Of
the division OF music Of the library
Of congress, at Washington, who re-
Gently issued from. the government
press an exhaustive report on four
famous compositions.
Yankee Doodle he says, though no
longer national ssong, Is still ma
tional air and second only to Dixie"
in the popularity contest. The origin
and evolution Of Yankee Doodle, !"
"Htar Epangled Banner" "Hail Column
bia" and america" are treated in full
detail. He has furnished, as far as
possible, a correct version Of both
text and music of all four pieces.
Facsimiles of the original manuscripts
are reproduced In the volume.
The history Of Yankee Doodle" is
described ais "a perfect maze of con
flicting sturies'' and countless addi-
tons to and variations from the orig
inal AS many as fourteen variations
Of 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" are
noted. accompanied by gradual proc
ess Of polishing and modification. The
year in which America" was first
sung in public is given as 1882. but the
exact place and date were not definite
ly ascertained.
Hail Columbia" is strictly a product
of the United States in both words
and music. America" and "The Star
Spangled Banner" both partly original
ed in England.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04
SIGHT SAVING
CAMP AICN IN OHIO.
Lead Taken In a Move to Pre-
vent Needless Blindness.
GREAT WORK FOR HUMAN GOOD

Methods Adopted by Ohio State CONF
mission For the Blind to Help the
Sishtless to Help Themselves-Pian
to Save Eyes Of Babies and che
States Own Pocket.
There are today about 1900 blind
persons in Ohio who need not have
been blind. About $4,000 is being
spent in this state annually to take
care Of these needlessly blind people.
"Avoidable accidents and unguarded
machinery contribute largely to the
loss Of sight. Blindness in many
cases could have been prevented by
simply dropping certain fluid into
the eyes of the children soon after
birth. Two minutes treatment for
each child would have saved for each
seventy years of light. Two cents
worth OF prevention would have saved
sight to citizen and to the state $10.-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04
CONNOLLY FOR CONGRESS.
Sea ,TsIe Writer to Oppose o'conneIl
In Massachusetts

Sea .Tsle Writer to Oppose o'conneII
In Massachusetts.
James B. Connolly, the author, ia
nous for his sea stories and friend Of
former President Roosevelt, is a can
didate for the Democratic congress
nomination in the Tenth district of
Massachusetts against Congressman
O'Connell.
Connolly lives on Harvard street,
Dorchester, Mass. He started with
the United States battleship feet on
its voyage around the world, having
been commended by President Roose-
welt as his special chronicler and his
torian. He remained with the feet
until it reached the Pacific coast, where
he left it and returned to New York.
From there he sailed on the steamship
Republic, intending to rejoin the feet.
He was on board the i'll fated ship
when the accident happened that sunk
her.
Mr.. Connolly is the man to whom
Mr.. Roosevelt paid the following trib-
ute few years ago in talk at Wash
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04
BELGIUM's NEW RULER.


How az Youth King Albert Was In
terested In His People.
At the age OF ten the new king OF
Belgium. then Prince Albert Leopold,
first showed his keen interest in the
people he has come to govern. A tutor
had taken him to inspect the barracks
OF the Belgian army ,-and he was much
impressed with the poverty of some
Of the soldiers. Secretly he penned q
request to the late King Leopold III.
for q private audience. The next day
brought him an important looking doc
ument with a big red seal, command
ing him to appear at q specified time.
Prince Albert was there on the sec
ond, though be had to dodge several
tutors.
In formal language he petitioned the
king to increase the pay Of the sol
diers, recounting the particular cases
Of poverty which had come to his mo-
tice LET this increase be taken from
the pay Of officers,p he advised in all
seriousness. They marry wives with
dots and can afford it,
Your royal highness.' replied the
king, hiding his amusement, ..you will
perhaps be- king one day. 1t would
be unfair, for me to be credited with
an innovation of whseh yon are the
author The problenS therefore. will
be reserved for you. III the meantime
here is a little assistance for the most
needy"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04

sonal correspondence assisted them to
bring together men and women of
character and force in their several
communities, who viii stand by the
commission in its great work-to help
the blind to help themselves and to
ward of the needless loss Of sight.
Ohio has thus taken the lead in a
movement already begun and being fos-
tered by commissions in several states
east and west. movement that bids
fair to take on something of the char
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04
.R0OSEVELT'S BIC HUNT in AFRICA
GrsphlC Pen Picture Of the Giraffe
as 4 Strikiun Feature Of
III en-
Landscape.

handsome in its way, but its length of
leg and neck and sloping back make it
appear awkward even at rest. When
alarmed it may go off at q long swing
ing pace or walk, but If really fright
Dned it strikes into a peculiar gallop
or canter. The tail is cooked and twist
ed, and the huge hind legs are thrown
forward well to the outside Of the fore
legs. The movements seem deliberate,
and the giraffe does not appear to be
going at fast pace, but IL it has any
start horse must gallop hard to over
zen 1t starts on this gait
Y be dropped forward at
with the straight line Of
est, and the big head is
ince. CRATES are defense
nd, though they may kick
incautiously comes with
" are In no way danger
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04

900 for support, to say nothing Of the
increased productiveness Of sighted
workman.
1--WE want remedial legislation to
save sight to thousands yet to come
We are thinking not only Of present
cost to the state and present blind
ness, but OF the preservation OF light
and life, happiness and usefulness to
a multitude yet unborn.
1.-THE Ohio state commission for the
blind wants to send teachers into the
homes Of some Of the blind. It wants
to find places for the employment Of
some others In factories for the see
ing. 1t wants workshops established
where may be employed blind per
sons who could not be placed In pri-
vate workshops And 1t wants to pre-
vent blindness iii thousands among
the rising generations BY spending
about $1,000 per year in the state in
supplying, through the local boards
of health, physicians and midwives.
the prophylactic br protecting fluid,
free to the people upon application. to
be used In treating infants in pre-
serving their eyes,
Such is in part the message that has
been stirring Ohio In new way.
Never before has a state or other
government undertaken by lecture
campaign to inform its citizens of
the possibility OF preventing infantile
blindness and to arouse them to stamp
out all needless loss Of sight.
Genius In Work For the sehtless.
To bring facts known to a few of
the laity and to physicians very gen.
orally before the public in way to
impress them and to arouse them to
action, the Ohio commission to imr
prove the condition of the blind i'm
ported man of unique personality. a
genius in the work for the sightless,
Charles f. F. Campbell of Massachu-
sets, to conduct the whirlwind cam
Ipaign With still and motion pictures
to illustrate the theme and to at
tract the audiences the speaker went
from city to city. addressing some
times two or three audiences daily
and travelling to every quarter Of the
state.
Mr. Campbell Is superintendent of
the industrial department of the Mas
sachusetts commission for the blind.
He Is the son Of the well known Sir
Francis Campbell, the blind American
who has been for forty years at the
head of England's most noted school
for the sightless Mr.. Charles Camp,
bell has devoted his life to the inter-
ests of the blind. His knowledge and
his enthusiasm made his message both
| valuable and attractive, No newer than
$4,000 people heard it In the course d
the twenty-seven days spent In the
| campaign.
Lawyers, doctors, business men, SUI
| perintendents Of schools, editors and
| women engaged In humanitarian work
were drafted into service by the presi
dent of the commission. inf whose
hands were placed the details of the
| plan. Having wide personal and pro
fessional acquaintance. the president
Edward M. Van Cleaye. superintendent
| Of the State School For the Blind al
| Columbus. called on his friends to I'm
| dertake the advance work and by judi
| cious and slSillful advertising and per
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04
how the Former President Stopped
Just IN Time the Charge Of
Huge Wounded
RhlnOCerOs.
~ the December scribner's ex-

IN the December Scribner's ex-
President Theodore Roosevelt In
his article on African Game
Trails tells how it feels to have
q big rhinoceros charging on one with
MOthing between one and certain death
but a rifle. Describing how he killed
4&he rhinoceros with two shots, he says:
<@The huge beast was standing in en-
tirely open country, although there
were few scattered trees Of no great
@fxe at some little distance from him.
We left our horses in 4 ~ tn
ground and began the
cannot say that we ST.
the approach was too n.
haew from him to n
sight is dull. Thirty $,
he stood was a bush
nigh, and, though 1t
We could distinctly 81 :. J., (
xaae leaves, it shielde -
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-04

vision of his small, piglike eyes as we
advanced toward it, STOPPING and In;
single file, leading. The big beast
stood like an uncouth statue, his hide
black In the sunlight. He seemed
what he was-a monster surviving
over from the worlds past, from the
days when the beasts of the prime ran
EzOt In their strength before man grew
10 cunning OF brain and hand as to
master them. So little did he dream
az our presence that when we We're a
hundred yards on he actually lay
down.
Charged Though Badly Wounded.
Walking lightly and with every
sense keyed up, we at last reached the
bush, and pushed forward the safety
OF the double barreled Holland rifle
which was now to use for the first
time on big game. As stepped to one
side OF the bush so as to get clear
aim, with Slater following, the rhino
saw me and jumped to his feet with
the agility OF polo pony. AS he rose
I put in the right barrel, the bullet
going through both lungs AT the
same moment he wheeled, the blood
spouting from his nostrils, and gallop-
ed full on us. Before he could get
quite all the way round In his head
long rush to reach us struck him
with my left hand barrel, the bullet
entering between the neck and shout
der and piercing his heart At the
same instant Captain Slater fired, his
bullet entering the neck vertebrate
Flowing up the ground with horn and
feet. Ehe great bull rhino, still head
toward us, dropped just thirteen PAGES
from where we stood"
Hard Animal to Approach.
In the same article Mr.. Roosevelt
gives the following interesting picture
Of the ungainly giraffe as seen in the
African wildss
"Of all the beasts in an African land
gcape none is more striking than the
giraffe. Usually it Is found Ia small
parties or In herdssof fifteen or twenty
or more Individuals Although it will
drink regularly if occasion offers, 1t is
able TO get along without water for
months at a time ana frequents by
choice the dry plains or else the
stretches OF open forest where the trees
re scattered and ordinarily somewhat
Aunted. Like the rhinoceros- the Ordi-
" or prehensiIe Tipped rhinoceros
giraffe is a browsing and not a
"a animal The leaves, buds and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-26
BOY IN HOSPITAL,
MAY DIE FROM
KICK BY HORSE
William Williamson, 10 Years
Old, of West Orange, Has
Fractured Skull.

While leading a horse In West Or
ange yesterday afternoon, William
Williamson, 10 years old, of Liberty
street. that town. was probably fatally
hurt by the animal, which fell and
kicked him. fracturing his skull at the
base of the brain. An operation was
performed at the Orange Memorial
Hospital last night in an effort to save
the lad, and today some hope was en-
tertained of his recovery. The boys
mother is said to be seriously i'll and
the shock of the boys serious injury
has aggravated her condition.
Young Williamson was taking the
horse. which is owned by Mrs. Sarah
Dowd, a grocer, of Watching avenue
and Alden street, back from Christie
pher Musler's blacksmith shop, in VAL
ley road. West Orange, where it had
been shod. The animal went along
quietly with the lad until 1t turned
from King street to Columbia street.
The animal either became frightened or
fell oyer a stone, pulling the lad, who
held 1t or a rope, to the ground with 1t.
Trying to regain it's footing the animal
kicked the boy.
The little fellow lay motionless on the
ground when Mrs. Rollinger, of Column
bia street. with a passerby. hurried to
the lads side. She carried the boy,
bleeding, to her porch and tried to re-
vive him. The ambulance was sent for
and hurried him to the hospital.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-26
MTLEY.


Mr.. and Mrs. Francis J. Bennett, of
the Enclosure. on Passatc avenue. and
Mrs. Arthur r. Zimbfck, of Philadel-
phia. are sojourning at Avon-by-the-
Sea for the remainder of the summer.
Mrs. B. w. Black is at the Windsor
Hotel, Cape May
William H. Arnold. 0f Whitford re-
nue., has returned from a weeks end at
Qnogue. l., I.
William Montague. of Grant avenue.
Is spending a few days fishing at
Amityville, Z. L.
Joseph B. Williams. of Marin place,
,g on a business trip to Boston. Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Moore, of
River road, have returned from At
lantic City.
Alonzo Bross. of Mountain View ave-
nue., left yesterday to join his family
in the woods along the shores of the
Penebscot river. Me.
Miss II. s. Old, of North road. is
summering at Lake Mahopao.
Mrs. Louis L. Hauser, of Brooklyn.
who has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolph Haschek. IT.. of Chestnut street,
has returned home.
Charles A. Howe, of Highfield lane,
is camping out at Lake Hopatcong.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-26

Miss Viola Cornell, of Gould place,
Caldwell. has returned from a two
weeks vacation spent in Maine.
The Misses Grace and Mary Pine. of
Newark, are staying with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Francisco, of "Ossego Lodge"
North Caldwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Young, of New
ark, who have been stopping in Verona,
returned yesterday from a two weeks
visit to their uncle, H. A. Williams, In
Hancock, N. Y, and Lake Como, Pa
Mrs. George Edwards, of California,
is stopping with relatives In Essex
Fells.
Mr.. n Mrs. Charles Braunsworth
and family, of Brooklyn, are stopping
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Braunsworth, of North Midway, Rose
land.
Mrs. Frederick r. Cook, Of Bloom
field avenue. Caldwell. has returned
from Asbury Park.
Miss Margaret Crane, of New York
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Edward G
Lyon, of Academy road, Caldwell.
Mrs. Henry Becker, OF Roseland, has
returned from Ocean Grove.
DIR. and Mrs. Robert Watts and thf
Misses Lottie and Frances Watts. o.
New York, are guests at the Monomo-
mock Inn.
Russell Harrison, of Essex Fells. who
has been Ill. is convalescent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Holmes. o.
North Caldwell, are visiting relatives
in Bloomfield.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-26
PROTEST AGAINST
CITY EXTENDING
ITS WATER TRACT
State Water Supply Commits
sion Hears Arguments in
Which 6. O. Is Defendant.

Carroll p. II. Bassett, representing
the Mountain Water Company and the
Commonwealth Water Company, bit
terly opposed before the members OF
the New Jersey State Water Supply
Commission, who met in the East Or
ange City Hall today, the East Orange
intention of exercising the right OF
eminent domain to acquire 1000 addf-
tional acres to their 1,00o-acre reserva-
ton at White Oak Ridge. SO important
were the points brought put in the
conference today that a second meet
Ing of the commission was called fol-
Tuesday, August 0, when both sides
will be given a more extended hearing.
According TO. Bassett the Common
wealth Company has owned 102 acres
In the district East Orange hopes &c
invade for a long time. Jerome D
Gibney, city. councillor of East Orange,
showed that tine Commonwealth peo-
pie had taken title to their property
as recently as three months ago. Mr.
Gibney was assisted by Edward NJ
Collie and Samuel WINERY. president
of the East Orange Water Commission
Other property-owners who appeared
before the State commission to pro-
test at the proposed action of East Or
ange were: A. s. Ross. Isaac S. Crane
Edward Deroude. William Kent and
Samuel Parsil. Deroude represented
P. J. Goodhart, of New York. who
owns 800 acres in the district.
Members of the State Water Com
mission, who were present at the meet
ing today are: Former Governor Fos-
ter NJ. Voorhees,. who presided; Rich.
ard Morreil. Morris r. Sherrerd, j. H
Bachelor and Harry r. HUMPHREYS.