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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-01
DISQUALIFICATION
TO DECIDE VOTING
MACHINE QUESTION
Court Orders Common Council
of Bayonne to Act Ac-
c0rding to Law.
From a star correspondsnt.l

! TRENTON, March 1.-Without de-
Gliding the question as to whether the
voting machine law Is constitutional or
not, the Court of Errors and Appeals
yesterday decided that the law which
provides that Common Council must
upon application by petition of a GER
ain number of persons call a special
election to consider the question of the
retention of voting machines. the court
decided hat the latter law was consti--
tutional and orders Common. Council
of Bayonne to call a special election to
settle the question as to whether the
voting machine shall remain in use In
that city. The suit was originally
brought by Hugh H. Mara, who
claimed that the Mayor and Common
Council of Bayonne refused to recos-
nize the petitions FLED calling upon
them to issue a call for a special cleo
ton.
1t was contended on behalf of the city
officials that the act providing for
popular approval or disapproval was
unconstitutional. The Supreme Court
CIV III "ioC aho oliCSiCu lila Lie
elections be held. In supporting this
view the Court of Errors handed down
the following brief memorandum:
without finding it necessary to
adopt in its entirety the reasoning of
the court below upon the constitutional
questions raised in this case. we have
no difficulty in coming to the conclu-
sion that the act of the Legislature I'M
der consideration is not ~unconstitu-
tional upon any of the grounds upon
which its validity is attacked. The
judgment under review should be iaf-
firmed."
Justice Garrison filed a ,~concurring
memorandum in which he took pains
to emphasize the fact that in sustain
ing the case the court had not passed
upon the important questions involved
in the recent decision declaring I'M
constitutional that portion of the civil
service law providing for it's adoption
by municipalities through their COVER
ing bodies. Justice Garrison said:
in voting to affirm this judgment Of
the, Supreme Court directing the plain
tiffs in error to order special elections
to be held to determine upon the reten-
ton or rejection of voting machines
under the supplemental act of April 10,
1908, 7 wish to draw attention to the
fact that the plaintiffs in error do not
make the point that such supplemental
act is Unconstitutional as a delegation
of the lawmaking power directly to the
electors at the polls; hence the ques-
ftion whether suchgsupplemental act Is
in contravention of the Constitution In
the respect pointed out in Paterson vs..
Society and in the recent case of At
torney- General VS.. McGuinness in this
court is not passed upo or considered
in affirming the present Judgment upon
the errors assigned" Is
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-01
pLASTERERS' DISPUTE
LEADS TO A WALKOUT.

ELIZABETH, March There was a
SUSPENSION of work on the new Union
County Trust Company's building,
Broad and West Grand streets, yester-
day. when eight plasterers affiliated
with the local union quit work because
of the hiring of several men affiliated
with Oriental Union, of New York.
The New York men refused to com
ply with the rules of the local body,
and according to the union rules, 1t
was up to the local men to lay down
their trowels
John 7. Cosgrove. walking delegate,
ordered the men out. Later in the day
a settlement was discussed and an
agreement will likely be reached.
The Hedden Construction Company
has the building contract.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-01

friends, when did you ever hear of a
Republican winning out in Hunterdon
couny? Up there they still thin,
they're voting for Andrew Jackson
Mr.. McCarter then uttered a vigorous
defense of the New Jersey courts. in
response to the Rev. DIR. Mead's insinu-
alton hat they did not deserve our con-
fidence. He declared that when our
courts no longer deserve our trust and
reverence. then the State can be con-
sidered to be in a bad way.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-01
QUARREL OVER EXPENSES
DELAYS BURIAL AT TRENTON,

TRENTON. March because of a
dispute over the payment of funeral
expenses, the body of George Bentley
has been lying in the morgue in this
city, although ample provision has beer
made for it's burial. Bentley died in st
Francis's Hospital February 6 of pneu-
monia. 1t was learned that he had no
relatives in this country and word was
sent to his father in England, who at
once made provision. for the burial.
Before the fathers instructions could
be carried out. however, a man who
claimed to be a representative of a Sc
cret beneficial order of which, he said.
Bentley was a member, appeared and
claimed the right to take charge of the
burial, Since that time the local au-
thorities have been trying to adjust tho
matter between the father and the
lodge which claims the right to bury
the young. man. but thus far without
success. d
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-01
R BILL HEARING.

TRENTON. March Chairman
Housed of the House committee on
labor and industry has announced a
pubic hearing at the State House
March Fl at 8 d. m. on Assemblyman
Peter James's bill to prevent the cold
storage of meat or other food 1or a
longer period that six months. TINS -
the bill aimed to get to the root OF what
is declared to be at least the SECONDARY
cause of the high cost of living.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-01
STRIKE TIES UP PLANT.

BAYONNE, March ALI the union
boilermakers employed by the Philip
Graver Tank Works, now engaged at
the C~resosote Works, Constable Hook.
went on strike yesterday as a result OF
orders received from the head of the
union The strike Is u to grievances
against the Graver company. better
working conditions being demanded.
The Creosote Works are completely
tied up.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-01
EARTH SHOCKS IN ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS. March 1.-Five long
earthquake shocks were recorded by the
seismograph at st. Louis University
yesterday. The shocks were from east
to west. according to Father Goesse,
and portend a severe shock in the ex-
trerne southwestern portion Of the globe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-01
GLASS FACTORIES IN FULL BLAST.

MILLvILLE. March 1.-All the big
glass bottle factories of Whitall. Tatum
Company, several of which have been
working alternately, started yesterday
full capacity with prospects Of a steady
$50 fIaf 1910
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-01
HYOME|

Cures cstarrh or money back. just
breathe ittn- Complete outfit, including
nhaler11 !. Extra bottles Soc pTuggists.i
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08

appeals to men of wealth who were
of the Republican party, and at last
secured from them, either in actual
cash or pledges, $4,000. Next he can
vassed Philadelphia, where he also
secured large surl, then New York
and several other cities. In none was,
his mission known to or even sus-
pected by any one on whom he did
not call; and in this manner he at
last got together fund that totaled
close on to three hundred thou3and
dollars, to the great delight and relief
of the national committee. Then,
having been assured by those in the,
secret that he had performed great
service in behalf of the Union, Mr.;
Vanderbilt went back to his duties as;
appointment clerk in the treasury de-,
partment.
Just how Mr.. Vanderbilt induced
the men he visited to contribute to-
the campaign fund, nc one ever knew
exactly" added Mr.. Jayne. All any
one ever learned from him was that
he made personal appeals. He never,
boasted about the important part hci
played in making possible the re-elec-'
ton of Abraham Lincoln. | am one
of the very few men with whom Harry
Vanderbilt ever talked about this feat
of his; and l am certain that l am
the only one now living who knows
personally that it was he who raised
the Lincoln campaign fund of 1854"
Copyright 1910, by e. ]. Edwards.)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
How Lincoln Was Reelected

Gov. e. D. Morgan of New York, his
predecessor in the national chairman
ship, had collected upward of hun
dred thousand dollars to conduct Lin
coins first campaign, but it was es-
timated by the party leaders that con-
siderably more than double that sum
would be required to re-elect their can
didates To whom should be allotted
the herculean task of obtaining is
immense sum?
ut was at this trying moment that
the name of Harry Vanderbilt was
suggested as that of man who knew
many prominent men in the money
centers. Who put forward his name
Mr.. Vanderbilt never learned, but i'm
mediately thereafter he was asked to
undertake the raising of the campaign
fund, and, with characteristic mod
esty, he replied that he would do his
best to get together the badly needed
funds
Quietly and with his mission
known to only few, Mr.. Vanderbilt
began the task Of trying to raise at
least two hundred thousand dollars,
and as much as three hundred thou
sand dollars if possible. The first city
that he visited, as l now remember 1T,
was Boston. There he made personal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Harry Vanderbilt Obtained Nearly
100000 to Pay for the Campaign
by Personal Appeals to
Wealthy Men in the East.

AS a remarkable instance OF how
It is possible for man to accomplish
a work regarded at the time as or
supreme Importance and still remain
in comparative obscurity. the case
of Harry Vanderbilt, a nephew of
Commodore Vanderbilt, who died re-
Gently in New York city at green
old age after making a fortune for
himself as a manufacturer, is of es-
pecial interest. For this Vanderbilt
on the authority of his lifelong friend,
B. j. Jayne, who earned name and
a fortune for himself in the seven
ties by uncovering nest Of great
customs frauds, should be accredited
with the honor of having made it pos
sible for Abraham Lincoln to secure
his reelection to the presidency in
1864.
For some years prior to the out
break of the Civil war;" said Mr..
Jayne, who is now almost eighty
years of age, Harry Vanderbilt held
a responsible position i'll he Ports
mouth New Hampshire) navy yard;
but when Salmon P. Chase became
Lincoln's first secretary of the trees
ury, Mr.. Vanderbilt went to that de-
partment as appointment clerk. re-
naming there for more than ten
years, or until the middle of Grants
administration. 1t was during Lin
coins first administration that MIR.
Vanderbilt's ability as a trusted pO-
litical worker was discovered and
proved on several occasions by the
party chiefs.
ut is we'll known that, following
Lincoln's denomination, the party
leaders in charge of the campaign
greatly feared that Mr.. Lincoln would
fail of reelection on account of the
inability of the national committee
to obtain funds sufficient to carry or
a thorough and aggressive campaign.
1t was at very anxious period of the
war. The drain on the resources OF
the nation had been exhausting and
no immediate relief was in sight.
Taxation had reached what appeared
to be the limit of safety aid all de-
mands for money for political pur-
poses were met by sullenness or abb
solute refusal
The national committee seemed to
be powerless to find a way out of the
uncompromising situation. Its chair
man, Henry ]. Raymond, the distin-
guished newspaper editor, was not an
adept in the art of raising campaign
funds, and he had profound distaste
for ordinary political methods of get
ting money for campaign purposes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
A GREAT INVENTOR
Activities of George WeSting.
house Circle the Globe.
Genius Who Holds $1,000 Patents and
Whose Air Brake Is in Universal
Use on Railroad Trains
of the World.

New York-The recent retirement
of George Westinghouse, for nearly
twenty-five years head of the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing
company, recalls the career of this
Napoleon of invention.
For many years the name of George
Westinghouse has been a name to
conjure with. The man has been a
modern fulfllment of the Aladdin
lamp idea. Everything he rubbed
with his inventive genius became a
wonder article; everything he touched
turned to gold. First it was the fam
Gus air brake, that great appliance by
which che saved more lives than
Napoleon lost in all his battles" Then
it was the system of operating rail-
way signals and switches by COM
pressed air; after which came the ia
candescent lamp, the gas engine, the
steam turbine, electrical motors and
machines by the score, and a thousand
other inventions that placed Mr..
Westinghouse at the time of his re-
tirement in control of the largest ag-
gregation of patented appliances in
the world. Fifteen thousand patents
are filed away in his strong box. His
activities circle the globe; there are
Westinghouse plants in Russia, Can
ada, Great Britain, Germany and
France. His parent plants are of
course in or near Pittsburg, more es-
pecially Wilmerding.
To condense the career Of this man,
who ranks with Watt, Stephenson,
Morse and Whitney, into paragraph
or two. the biographers tell us that he
was born at Central Bridge, Schoharie
county, New York, on October 6, 1916
A decade later his parents moved to
Schenectady, where his father became
in time connected with the prosperity
class as owner of certain agricultural
works. The tinkering son divided his
attention between the school and the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Newspaper Accounts Of the Sullivan
Ryan Prize Fight Caused the
Preacher to Be Late for En-
gagement at Divinity School.

The well nigh universal interest
that was being taken in certain event
scheduled to take place in San Fran
cisco on July has served to remind
me of the lecture that great and pow
erful preacher, Henry Ward Beecher.
forgot all about. My authority for the
anecdote, which reveals one side OF
the abundant human nature which
was so characteristic of Mr.. Beecher,
is the late Prof Johnson I. Platt OF
the Yale Law school
"Mr. Beecher was always favorite
lecturer at Yale, before the divinity
school," said Professor Plat. You
may recall that he delivered several
series of lectures on the Lyman
Beecher foundation, named after his
father, and at other times he also lee
tured before the school.
We'll, on the afternoon of the par
ticular Beecher lecture | have in mind
the hall was packed to the doors with
students and others eager to hear
him. The hour set for the beginning
of the lecture was three o'clock, but
when it arrived there appeared no
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Job Is Whole Lot of Trouble anc
Causes Many Near-SWear
Words.

The man threw down the hammer
"Doggone the ding blasted, dong
swadded thing." he remarked
At the same time he carefully
wrapped the fingers of his hand about
his thumb, from which sparks and
streaks OF light were radiating.
All day long he had tried to build q
chicken house. The thumb was but
an incident, and the day had been
filled with just such incidents.
In fact. after he had hit the thumb
first it asserted it's presence so furi
ously that he couldn't miss it if he
tried. 1t was glowing target for the
hammer.
Finding that he was not killed the
man resumed operations. 1t is lots OF
trouble to build chicken house s
feet long and feet wide and feet
high-almost as much trouble as
building real cottage.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08

shop; when he wasn't masticating his
buzz-saw. At fifteen he had invented
and made rotary engine. One day
the notion struck him that he'd like
to help Uncle Sam out in the navy.
So he took s. ot at the examinations
and scored a hit, landing a job as as
sistant engineer. Before he reported
for duty the Civil war had broken out!
He enlisted in the Twelfth New York
National Guard, re-enlisted later in
the cavalry, and finally turned up on
the high seas as an engineer on the
gunboats Muscoota and the Stars and
Stripes.
After Gettysburg was fought and
landed him in Union college Two
years there were enough for him. The
magic of machinery called him away
from the academic life, and be found
happiness again by taking up his old
work in his fathers factory. 1t was
while working there that he invented
the air brake. Railroad managers who
first jeered at his idea of stopping a
train with wind had to eat humble
crow. In a short time the invention
was in universal use and had revo-
lutionized railroading, as locomotives
could be constructed that would travel
at high rate of speed, so long as
they had that little lever in the cab,
which by a single turn of the en-
gineer's wrists would bring the train
to standstill in half it's length. In
the United States all railroads are
compelled by law to use the device.
and this was adopted by congress
and everywhere around the great
curve of the world the whistle of
Westinghouse" air brake is heard.
His first prominence in electricity
came with mis- purchase from Gaulard
& Gibbs of alternating electric cur
rent patents. This was in 1885. and
he met great opposition from public
sentiment in trying to perfect and in
troduce this system for lighting and
power making. At the time of the
Chicago worlds fair in 1898 he re-
ceived the contract for lighting by
making a bid of $1,OOO,OOO under
others. His shop in Pittsburg soon
became the place where electrical ex-
perts of the world gathered. Tesla
went there and received Westing-
houses financial and practical help in
developing the induction motor.
Westinghouse built the first ten
great dynamos for Niagara. He also
constructed the dynamos for the ele-
waited and subway lines in New York.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
KEEP BABY'S SKIN CLEAR

Few parents realize how many es-
timable lives have been embittered
and social and business success pre-
vented by serious skin affections
which so often result from the neglect
of minor eruptions In infancy and
childhood. With but a little care and
the use of the proper emollients, baby's
skin and hair may be preserved, puri-
fed and beautifed, minor eruptions
prevented from becoming chronic and
torturing, disfguring lrashes, feelings.
irritations and chafings dispelled.
To this end, nothing is so pure, SO
sweet, so speedily effective as the con-
slant use of Cuticura Soap, assisted,
when necessary, by Cuticura Ointment.
Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp,
sole proprietors, Boston, for their free
32-page Cuticura Book, telling all about
the care and treatment of the skin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
7weed's Methods in Business

Il don't think want to sell 1t at
all" was the reply.
Well" said Tweed, think it over,
and if you can decide upon a price let
me know"
Several weeks later Tweed, meeting
Mr.. Mead at the Greenwich railroad
station as they both were on their way
to New York city, pressed the latter
to put price upon his twenty acres.
Tweed, in fact, was insistent that Mr.
Mead should do so, but the merchant
as steadily insisted that his place was
not for sale.
But you will sell If you can get
your price, won't you?" Tweed finally
asked. you will certainly sell the
property for Tweed price?"
What do you mean by Tweed
price?' asked Mr.. Mead
Why" was the reply, "a price that
Tweed will be willing to pay"
Mr.. Mead laughed We'll, l would
sell that twenty-acre lot for $55 900"
he said, still laughing. That is $2,750
an acre. You would not be willing to
pay that for it?"
Instantly lived turned to the sta.
ton agent. Look here" he said, lend
me pen and ink, will your" At the
same time he pulled out a check book,
opened it, seized the proffered ink ana
pen, wrote out check for $4,000 on
the little shelf before the ticket agents
window and handed it to the aston
ished and nonplussed Mr.. Mead. Now
that | have paid you, Mr.. Mead" he
said, you can send me the warranty
deed at your convenience"
A high value upon the property at
that time would have been $500 an
acre. Today high value upon it
would probably be thousand dollars
an acr,, almost two-thirds less an acre
than Tweed paid in the heyday of his
notoriety.
Copyright. 1910. by e. j. Edwards
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
illustrated by the Impulsive Manner in
Which the "Eoss" Bought Some
Property He Wanted to Add
to Country Estate.

When William NJ Tweed, who is no.
torious in the history of American graft
as Boss" Tweed, was at the height
of his power in New York city-wnen,
in other words, the metropolis of the
New World practically ate out OF his
hand-he lived the greater part OF the
year not in the city that he and his
ring were robbing right and left. but In
the town of Greenwich. Conn.
There Tweed bought farm in 1865.
1t is now the country home OF Mrs. A.
A. Anderson, who is well known
throughout the country as a woman OF
great philanthropy. In the farm as it
was when Tweed bought it there were
forty acres, and upon the place Tweed
began at once to spend large amount
of money. The barn which he built
cost $4,000, large sum for such a
building in those days, and it gained
national notoriety.
About five years later Tweed decided
that he would like to secure an adjoin-
ing piece of property and add it to his
country home. This was a tract of
twenty acres owned by the late Fred
erick Mead, who in his time was a
prominent merchant and banker in
New York city. Tweed was very anx-
ious to obtain possession of Mr.. Mead's
acres because he felt that they would
round out and complete his own place.
Whatever else may be said to Tweed's
dishonor, this must be said in his ia
vor-he was man of good deal of
artistic taste and had keen eye for
natural beauty.
What will you sell that twenty-acre
tract for?" Tweed said to Mr.. Mead
one day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Mrs. Virgins Idea of London.

During the recent visit of Mrs. Wig
gin. the American author, in London,
an interviewer called on her. With
pencil poised, the interviewer asked:
"And what do you think of London,
Mrs. Wiggin?"
You remind me-" answered the au
thor eheerfully, "of the young lady
who sat beside DR.. Gibbon at dinner
She turned to him after the soup.
"'Do, dear Dr. Gibbon,' she said,
tell me about the decline and fall OF
the Roman empire"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
A Costly Sneeze.

New York.-The secret signals of
brokers on the New York stock ex-
change to their Offices are very com
pick and puzzling. A certain broker
when signaling in regard to selling
Nipissing stock always sneezed to in
dicate that he meant to sell.
One day he caught a severe cold
and when signaling from the market
to his Office window he was forced to
sneeze in spite of himself. The result
was that some of his best stock was
sold at great sacrifice The brokers'
sneeze at the wrong time cost him a
loss Of several thousand dollars.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Building a Chicken House

Then the man dropped the plank he
had picked up.
"Ugh!" he said Then he examined
his hand for the splinter he knew was
there.
Then the man grew weary of this
sort of thing. He laid plank upon
plank, regardless of angles, and ham,
mered and sawed industriously The
bent nails he left in and the roof he
laid on the bias.
Then he stepped back and regarded
his work.
We'll, you're DONE" he said; you
may not be pretty, and you may leak
like strainer, but don't give a hang
You're done" = Galveston (Texl
News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Better Than a Drug.

1.-THE late Senator Platt," said an
Albany legislator. had cynical wit.
Talking about a politician who had
changed his party, he once said to
me:
Circumstances alter everything
political views, religion, even health.
Why, I've got a friend who is af,
Hicted with insomnia / n its worst
form, and yet every morning that
man sleeps as sweet and sound as a
newborn babe when his wife crawls
over him to start the fire."