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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-17

the manager of the company, his reply
was:
well. suppose it is. isn't it in good
hands?'
Il told him most decidedly that l
did not think our concern was in good
hands if it was controlled by a COM
petitor, and the men who had originally
furnished the money for its organiza-
ton We're frozen out, so that they
could not participate in the profits that
should be derived from so valuable a
property"
Others in Fight.
Mr.. Lauderbach holds 1O3 shares in
the Newark company. Associated with
him in his fight to nave the company
wrested from the control of the trust
and put on a paying basis are Edward
Zusi, who holds 675 shares: L.. L.
Staehle, who holds 100 shares, and was
elected a director of the concern at the
last annual meeting, despite his pro-
test that he did not care to hold the
dummy" position, n the estate of a
prominent physician, which holds $500
shares of stock in the local concern.
1t is expected that the meeting OF
the stockholders will be held within the
next week or ten days.
Citizens of Montclair are determined
that some action be taken to have the
rates from that city to Newark lowered
by the New York Telephone Company
The rate for subscribers is ten cents fol
each call, and at pay stations it is flf-
teen cents. The rates from Orange
which is the same distance from New
ark as Montclair, are ten cents foi
pay stations and five cents for sub
scribers, and the Montclair people de
clare that they will not stop their fight
until the rates there are made the
same as in Orange.
They point out that there are more
telephones in Montclair than in an
other town of its size in the United
States and declare that this alone |:
| sufficient reason for consideration or
the part of the telephone company.
At the next session of the joint legis
lative committee that is hearing The
arguments for a probe of the trus
there will be present representatives o
the stockholders of the Newark Tele,
phone Company. n of the citizens Of
Montclair and other suburbs of New
ark. Many civic and commercial bodies
will also be represented and much data
will be presented that will show dis
elimination in telephone rates al
through North Jersey.
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COURT ATTACK
AGAINST PHONE
TRUST PLANNED
Stockholders to Ask Receiver
for Newark Company, Throt-
tied by Monopoly.

State Railroad Commissioner Frank
H. Sommer, who is prosecuting the
telephone trust for the EVENING
STAR, expects to be able to prove at
the adjourned joint legislative inquiry
next Thursday afternoon that the New
York Telephone Company obtained con-
troll of the Newark Telephone Com
pany, the only independent company
here, and the Hudson Telephone COM
pany, the only independent company in
Jersey City, for She one purpose of
stamping out competition, thereby Civ
ing the big company a monopoly in
the northern section of New Jersey anu
thus permitting the existence of the
excessive rate schedule. Mr.. Somme1
viii Try 10 SHOW the legislators mat
certain otnclais ana directors Of the
Two inactive concerns are upon the
pay roll of the telephone trust He
Will also show that the south Jersey
held Is controlled by the Delaware and
Atlanric 1%elephohe Company, d trust
concern, and cnat its president, Union
N. belnell, is first V1ce-president of
the parent company, too.
There is renewed activity on the part
OF the stockholders OF the Newark Tele-
phone Company TO find out why the
concern is managed SO that it is in no
way Il competitor of the trust. as those
VINO bought the stock were told that II
would be.
The efforts on the part of the citizens
OF Montclair to nav the rates from
that city to Newark adjusted to con-
form with those from Orange, which
is practically the same distance from
this city, arc also being renewed.
The move on the part of the stock
holders Of the Newark company will
take a decidedly definite form in a day
or two when b.. S. Lauderbach, of ia
North Seventh street, a ~stockholder,
will consult counsel regarding the call
ing of a meeting Of the stockholders
OF the company for the purpose of de-
nlanding ADMINISTRATION of the affairs
of the concern, which may result In
the appointment OF a receiver for the
corporation. In speaking of this mat
ter Mr.. Lauderbach said:
This company was organized seven
teen years ago, and has never paid a
cent of dividends. / can see no reason
for this, unless it is the result of the
throttling of competition. to which the
officers in control of the company are
acquiescent. The concern holds a
franchise hat is worth at least $4,000,
600. n this is entirely too valuable a
property to the stockholders to allow
to lie dormant.
There is no question in my mind re-
garding the control of the company by
the Telephone Trust. AS long as three
years ago, when l made this charge to
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~"P
wicked leader of the tong, who swore
he'd have, that very hour, the pretty
white girl in his power.
"a pretty face she has, cried he.
shell make a fine white slave for
mel"
He calls her lover, Leon Ling, and
straight commanded him to bring, on
pain of death, that very hour" the
white girl to his opium bower.
"R-r-refnember. Leon. do not fail, or
death thai makes the -braVest quail
shall be your lot!-now fade away and
bring her here this very day."
Poor Leon Ling, it may be said, had
no great low for being dead. With
many a protest and demur he said at
last; I'll go for her." He brings her
to that awful den. Old Chong Song
grins with glee and then he smokes an
opium pill or W and cries.
Fair maid, I worship you,,H
She tries to stab Chcng with a dirk,
but he gets in his villains work. Find
ing it little use to wheedle he stabs her
with a. poisoned needle. Lighting an
other stick of punk, his frightened yes
fall on the trunk.
'PH HIS her in this trunk" he cried.
"Oh. how l wish she had not died!
Vain are regrets-it is too late-and [
must now abide by Fatei' With grief
al fright his face is green, then
chinatown May comes on the scene.
II saw ycl do the deed, Chong Song!
l am the witness to this wrong, and
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find him on the Hamburg pier, and
Maysie has him on the hip. Without
me, dear, you shall not skip!" From
her r tries to fade away-she brings
her pistol into play-he stabs her and
she shoots him down-he falls into the
bay to drown!
at is the end!" he cries, and sinks.
Thus dies the very worst of Chinks.
And, from This lesson, we may learn,
never the opium pill to burn-never to
fuss with Chinese punk-never to med
die with a trunk.
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GRIFFITH GETS PITCHER.

SCRANTON, Pa. Feb. 17.-Edward
Lynch, of Pittston, lei here, who was
q pitcher in the Ohio-Pennsylvania
Baseball League last year, today for
w9rded a signed contract to Manager
Griffith of the Cincinnati National
League Club. agreeing to play with that
team during the coming season.
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A delayed Advertisement brings only the
aftermath OF trade. It's the first call that
captures the procession OF customera
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ApopLExy FATAL TO sHopxEEPER.

Wallace NJ. Clark, so years old, of u
Belleville avenue, died in the City Hos
pital today as the result of a stroke OF
apoplexy he sustained yesterday. Clark
had a little store at the Belleville ave-
address and boarded with Mr.. and
Mrs. william August. He had a wife
and several children in Wilmington.
Del. His family has been notified.
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STAR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS.
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at is the end" he cries, and sinks.

if you do not treat me well, n dress
me up in diamonds swell, you villain,
you know what III dot I'll sic the
New York cops on you!"
He criez: THE cops / do not fear,
they'd never find me in a year! But
on the safe side 1 will be, I'll treat you
we'll
wise plant" cries she.
He burns another stick of punk-and
says: How shall we lose this trunk?'
He gazes at it with a frown. I'm send
it on to Newark town."
Then how the roar of voices swelled.
Great~Caesar, how that gallery yelled.
The audience walled, with many a
tear:
"Ni1-don't you dare to bring 1t
herei"
Then Chong and Maysie plan to bring
the guilt to the door Of Leon Ling.
They'll think he did this Chinese
crime. and You and | will have the
time to skip from this unhealthy land,
and on through Europe, hand in hand,
we'l travel safe and sound!" cried he.
And May replied: Most willingly
but. ali. not yet-the third degree!
The cops they put him through 1t
well. but not one bare fact would he
tell. Naught from his story would he
swerve, although he nearly lost his
nerve.
AT last-the end is drawing near-we
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charge OF stealing s25 from him. and
then refused to make a complaint, he
was held in 800 bail as a material wit
ness to await the cotton of the grand
jury. The two women are held in $500
bail each.
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COMPLAINANT HELD AS WITNESS.

Because Frank Shapinski. 30 years
old, of rs Morton street. had Mrs. Cora
Menus, 2S years old. and Mrs, Mabel r.
Miller, 90 years old, negresses, of 1
Cooper place, Jersey City. arrested on a
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A CORY TRUNK,
SOME SMOKY PUNK
AND CHINESE JUNK
Are in a Play That's Come This
Way with Thrills Each
Day.

The gallery howled in CORY glee-it
was a fearsome play to see-"The
Chinatown Trunk Mysteryl" A weepy,
Chink held sway. From cu~rtain-rise
to curtain-fall sweet CD joss-stick
smoke pervaded all. The gallery cried:
I'VE like the trunk. but spare us from
that Chinese punk"
To Chinatown by night we go, where
yellow forms fit to and fro-a scene
surcharged with walls and woe! The
villain was the great Chong Song, the
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A Strong Twin Team ---~~a~~
Bargain Specials
And Extraordinary Offers of the Advance Spring Sale
&c BIeached and Sc UnbIeached Muslin

FRIDAY OSLY-50oo yards, mill ends, . to q
medium weight; good body. good lengths; Z
clean, fresh musllns; considering scarcity and A.
high price of cotton yarns, these musllns should Z
be and viii be snapped up quickly for the price; y
36 in. wide; Friday -.
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Friday Notion Specials

Cotton Ta%pe-Large roll, l1a-inch vide,
regular SC. special &c.
Skirt Braid Black only, Manhattan
remnants, 4 yards, regular i2c, special &c
Shoe Lnces-Tubuiar, 20 inches long.
extra heavy, / dozen to u bunch, regular
SC, special &c.
Imitation Gold Collar Buttons-One
dozen on card, assorted sizes, value i0c,
special Sc.
safety Pins - One dozen on q card,
nickel only, regular Be, special 3 doz' &C.
Dressing Pins Puritan Brand. all
brass, $40 pins to paper, all sizes, regular
Sc, special &c.
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S3.75 Bleached Table Napkins
soc Bleached Table Damask

FRIDAY ONLY-72 inches wide; all pure linen
make; very heavy weight strong and durable; A
will give excellent wear: fun bieached pure =
white; magnificent rich satin lustre In splendid
variety of pretty designs; special for Fridays
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-11-18
Vanderbilt-Sewanee.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. a. Now that
the football eleyens representing Wander
bit and Sewanee Universities have gone
through the season undefeated, enthusi-
asts on the game are awaiting eagerly
the annual battle between these teams
here Thanksgiving.
From all appearances it will be the
greatest game that the South has wit
messed in many years. So far, Wander
bilt has shown the strongest defense,
having been scored against only once,
Mississippi getting a safety and two
points; Sewanee has been scored against
frequently, but she has also piled up
bigger scores against her opponents than
has Vanderbilt Both teams are yigor-
ously claiming the victory. The most
however, are willing to
grant that il will be the great battle Of
the season.
Plans have been launched for great
reunion Of the Vanderbilt Alumni
Thanksgiving morning. Already more
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-11-18

street from Florida TO a point north Of
Main at big ditch, on Sixth from Wash
ington to said big ditch. Westward
on Lee from First to the alley between
First and Second, on Florida from
Fourth to Fifth, on Washington from
the alley between First and Second to
Second, on Washington from a flush
tank between Fourth and Fifth to Sixth,
Oh Church from Second to flush tank
between Fourth and Fifth, on Main
from Third to Fifth, and further on Main
from Fifth to Sixth.
West of the NJ. & O. R. r. and north
Of the ~, G. 4 st. L. Ry sewer pipes
will be laid as follows: Northward-b
ginning where the pipe is laid under the
n, c. & St. l.. Ry., on First street from
Main to Gibbs, on Second street from
extension Of sewer pipe under the ~,
G. &-St. l.. Ry. to Gibbs, on Third street
from extension Of pipe under the n, C.
& st. L. Ry. to Gibbs. Westward-on
C-llege from Second 70 Third.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-11-18

sewerage, making il possible for every
family in the corporate limits to be con
nected, il they SO desire. Citizens must
remember, however, that it is not storm
sewerage, but sanitary sewerage, there
fore the surface water is not provided
for, simply the waste from the bath tubs
and sinks and the deposots in the closets.
1t is sanitary sewerage strictly. Storm
sewerage would have required much
larger pipes and very much larger ex-
penditure without relative advantages.
Hence it was that the city deemed storm
sewerage impractical.
A motion was made by Mr.. Burney
that the city accept the proposition to
complete the sewerage made by Sullivan
& Long, if the money could not be had
for less than per cent, in any event to
borrow the money and complete the
sewerage system under one controct with
Sullivan & Long. The motion was
seconded.
Mr. Walker and several others adj
dressed the Mayor upon the proposition.
Mr. Walker thought that the money
could be secured at a lower rate than s
per cent, but he was heartily in favor of
the work without delay. Others
spoke up and concurred in the move
ment and the sentiment prevailed all
over the house. Citizens were asked if
they were willing to sign the notes for
$4,000 as security and nearly every
man in the house responded, A vote
was then taken upon Mr.. Burney's mo-
ion and passed without a dissenting
roice.
For the benefit Of those who did not
iear Mr. jerks statement we will re-
produce the plan as published in this
,aper Aug. 5. This will simply show
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-11-18
TO HONOR WATTS.
Elaborate Banquet For Popular
Nashville Banker

One OF the most elaborate banquets
ever held in Nashville will be rendered
Saturday evening" November 19, at the
Hermitage Hotel by the Board of Trade
to f. 0. Watts, the newly elected presi-
dent of the American Bankers Associa-
tion. Saturday Right invitations were
issued to every member of the Board Of
Trade and to select number OF person
al friends of Mr.. Watts. J. H. Baird,
chairman of the place and program
committee is anxious that all who re-
ceived invitations reply at once, as ac-
commodations can only be arranged for
loo guests and preference will be given
to those who reply first. It is requested
that answers be mailed to Mr.. Baird by
Thursday morning at the latest
Leland Hume will be toastmaster, and
toasts will be given by six or eight men
prominent in the Board Of Trade and in
the banking world The banquet will
begin promptly at p. m. in the dining
hall Of the Hermitage, giving the diners
an opportunity to catch the last cars
home. The committees on decorations
and other details incident to the banquet
are at work on the final plans
Among the gentlemen from a distance
who have signified their intention Of at
tending the banquet are George Rey-
nolds, former president of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association; j. II. Gut
ting of st. Louis, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee Of the American
Bankers Association; Thomas Preston,
Of st. Louis, former owner Of the
Nashville American, and Lexie Parks,
from Union City, Tenn, who is a boy
hood friend Of Mr.. Watts.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-11-18
Never Reached Pole.

Berlin, Nov. 15-I had a talk Will
the famous German astronomer, Prof
Andreas Gale, of the Polsdam Geodeti.
cal Institute, who assured me that when
he got through with him, Commodore
Peary, the man who has been honored
by the world over as the real discover OF
the North Pole, will look no better than
his despised rival, Dr. Cook. Prof.
Gale, whom nobody will think of ac-
cusing of any bias in the matter, has for
many months been submitting Peary S
proofs to a very critical examination.
The Professor asserts that Peary until
now had given absolutely no scientific
proofof having ever been near the North
Pole, but on the other side has made
several assertions which tend to show
that he has never been there.
The so-called proofs" published by
Peary are OF no scientific value what
ever, no more so than DR.. Cook s, said
Prof. Gale, and at the same time he
added that Peary did not even possess
the instruments necessary to find out
where he was at any certain time during
his trip. Furthermore, the Professor
said, Peary would not have known how
to use the instruments il he had had
them. Nothing in Peary's own reports
show how he knew that he was travelling
straight North during the latter part of
his trip. The only way to make sure
Of this was by using theolodlits and OBJ
of the stars, but Peary had
done neither.
In very short time Prof. Gale will
publish his criticism in the Duetsche
Revue, the well known German month
y. but at present he asserts that nobody
s entitled TO make the statement that
ne has reached the North Pole unless he
5 able TO prove this by observations
hat win stand the test Of science, and
here is nothing, absolutely nothing,
scientific in the observations made by
'eary.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-11-18

alumni have expressed their intention Of
attendb@g than in any year previous. A
largeA r1mbly room has been secured
at tn. ~ fmitage Hotel, and the alumni
will Y zen an opportunity to renew old
acqul Aances and have a general old
time 1olliiica.ion Prominent alumni
and faculty will make short talks, but
the time viii be devoted mainly to hand
shaking, recounting experiences and
lunching together The University ath-
letic trophies will be on exhibit, and
cigars and light refreshments will be
served
Tickets for the big game went on sale
last week, and Prof Chas s. Brown,
who has charge OF this department, de-
elares that the advance sale has 50 far
all previous records. A
special rate Of one fare plus third has
beer made on al railroads. The sewauee
Alumni promise to also turn out in
large numbers, and athletic fans from
al over the South are expected to witness
tue big battle.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-11-18
TO COMPLETE SEWERAGE.
Citizens in Mass Meeting Vote to
Complete Contract.

One Of the largest and most represent
ative citizens meetings ever held in
Union City was in the City Hall last
Monday night
Mayor Coble had issued call asking
the citizens en- masse to meet the Board
Of Mayor and Aldermen at the City Hall
for the specific purpose of taking up and
disposing Of the sewerage proposition.
Contract for a system of sewerage in
Union City was made with Sullivan q
Long, Of Birmingham, Ala, on q basis
of$2s, Asa forcomplete contract in three
installmcnts, the first instalment in
cluding septic tank, the mains and a
small amount Of lateraIs to be completed
for $12, 800, the three instalments to be
done at intervals and completed in three
years, the contract being binding on,
Sullivan 4 Long to complete only the
first installment, Provided, however,
that III case the city should make pro-
visions for one complete job without in
terruption, the work to proceed until
finished, Sullivan 4 Long were held re-
sponsible to complete the work as speci-
fed.
The first installment will cost approx
imateIy $14 500, including Mr.. jerks
commission as engineer and $500 paid
for the land on which septic tank is To-
Gated Mr.. jerks commission is 5 per
cent additional Of the entire contract,
payable as the work is completed.
This was the question to be acted up
on last Monday night and the crowd was
OF one mind--that the sewerage SYSTEM
should be completed under enc contract
the one now in force with Sullivan &
Long, and to be finished as rapidly as
the work can be done, which will be
some time next year,
Mayor Coble read proposition made
by Sullivan q Long to the city in sub
stance as follows: II the city agrees to
have the work continue until finished
under one contract, Sullivan & Long
to carry the city for $4,000
with per cent interest until January,
1911.
The Mayor explained further that the
city had borrowed $4,000 to complete
for the first ins'allment, but
that this Indebtedness would without
any unforeseen event be Cancelled next
February. 1t was then up to the city TO
provide for a floating debt OF $4,000 to
the sewerage as proposed under
one contract. or this Sullivan & Long
proposed TO carry $4,000. the city to
'aise the remaining $4,000.
Mr. jerks, the engineer. was present
ind was asked to make a statement. He
aid that the work Of the first INSTALL
nent, approximately three miles, has
been completed as planned out to the
on East Main street, with the
exception Of work on Second and Third
treets, leading from the main some-
here in the soutl hportion of the city
efthward along Second and Third
81 ugh that part OF the city TO Burdick 's
tS;sry north Of the n, c. & st. L. Ry.
Mr.. jerks made brief exhibit Of the
shole system, giving the names Of the
tfects and portions Of the city 10 be
,loyided with pipes The system, he
Il ed, practically gave thecity completel
a