Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-04
Just a Line
About Men
You Know

Philip n. jackson, the real estate
man who died yesterday, has been re-
membered vividly for twenty years by
pretty neary every one of the surviving
passengers who rode on the Gov
errors special the night it went to fatal
wreck near New Brunswick. Mr.. Jack
son was not only one of the most active
of those who hurried to the work of
taking the dead and injured from the
debris, but later he passed his hat
among the ~unwounded and succeeded
in collecting more than $500 in aid Of
the victims. For years he was known
as the hero of the wreck.
Frank ]. Mcintyre, who played the
Travelling Salesman in the Newark
Theatre last week, told this one while
In town: 1--WE were playing a small
town down South one night, and after
the show were forced to sleep in a de-
serted church across the street from
a hotel that was too crowded to put
us up.
1.-THE landlord had placed cots in the
church and made things as comfort
able for us as he could. At about 2
in the morning one of the boys grabbed
the ROPE and rang the bell. The ex-
cited landlord came over and wanted
to know why the church bell had been
disturbed.
"'Oh,' said Bill, we Just wanted two
cocktails in pew 90"
The firm of Day & Day vacated a
suite of rooms in the Globe building
some years ago and when the firm of
Knight & Knight heard of this they
made application for the suite. They
were disappointed, however, for they
were told that as soon as Day & Day
moved Morrow & Morrow took the
rooms. and that Knight & knight were
Just a day late.
When Elvin Crane ran for governor
"Jake, the Barber volunteered to go
out electioneering. He reached Perth
Amboy, and took the ferry going, as
he thought, to South Amboy.
AS soon as he got off the ferry he
headed for the first place that had in
viting swinging doors.
Everybody have one with me-" he
yelled In true Western style. Come
on up, everybody"
What is all the jollif1cation about?"
someone asked.
"why. I'm Jake" he answered.
"And who's 'Jake?'"
81 am the friend of the next gov
ernor, Elvin Crane
Crane is not running for governor
of this State. too, Is he?" he was asked.
A few more questions elected the
fact that he was in ~Tottenville, Staten
Island. He looked at the money he had
put on the bar mournfully and walked
out.
While the Jersey Central local was
booming across the meadows on Its
way to Newark a few weeks ago, a
WGll-klOWn COtIliIlulSI VI tAlo lO"t'
standing on the platform of n of the
cars, was caught by a combination
wind-gust and train-lurch, and next
instant found himself precipitated
headfrst to the ground. A dozen pas
sengers a seer the accident; the
train was stopped and a crowd hurried
back, expecting to find the Newarker
dead and mangled at the roadside. In
stead, they were surprised to see his
figure hiking away across the fats.
Two weeks afterward a fellow COM
muter met the victim. "In heavens
name, man." he said, why did o run
away from the train that day when we
were all coming back to get your" The
other turned on his questioner a face
filled with pity: Ibid any Of you
galoots think I'd have the nerve to
face that crowd after tumbling off a
Jersey Central train?"