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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
A woMANAssls7ANT SCHOOL COMMISSIONER

Al It'll the changes made in the State school laws by the
WV Legislature last winter an entirely new administration
was created 10 replace the old one, and it has come in with
%welldefned plans of school government. There is a State board of
eight members and ii highlysalared State commissioner, with four
assistants. In the contemplation of the Legislature all of the
commissioners assistants were to be men. The Federated Womens
Clubs have asked that one of the four assistant commissioners
shall be Il woman, and that properly the woman commissioner shall
have to do with the Younger school children. Petitions to State
Commissioner Kendall to appoint a woman are now in circulation.
Women compose the larger part of the teaching corps of the State,
but there are no women in an administrative capacity and none to
give The views Of women in the matter of training of children of
tender age. 1t might be claimed that inasmuch as one-haf the
school children are girls the sex has "A right to representation in
The school government. but the plea is made only on account cf
the Younger children of both sexes. whose care is best understood
by a woman. The law excludes women from district school boards,
so they have no local representation. The new State commissioner
will doubtless give to the request by The Federation of Womens
Clubs the consideration il deserves.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29


To the Editor of the Evening Star:
In the Manchester disaster Friday
the attention of the public is again
called to the fact of a laXness some
where in the management ofsrailroads.
Why are not more precautions taken to
prevent such a very frequent occur
renee as this?
The present yea seems to be on
unusually unfortunate n in this re-
spect. 1t will, without doubt, go down
in history as one in which there was
an unusual toll of life taken by the
railroads.
An accident such as that in New
York should be thoroughly investigated
and the company should be held fully
accountable, If it is shown in any Nay
that 1t was their carelessness that
brought about the wreck. Too often
the power of the railroad is such that
the real facts are smothered and the
public soon forgets until another acct
den occurs. The strictest kind of
logislation should be enacted, and
then, if the railroads do not profit by
it, the courts should award the fami-
lies of those killed and those injured
such damages that the railroads would
find it Improbable to be careless.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
RUSSIA AND JAPAN
SETTLE WAR CLAIMS.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 2s.-The
Emperor of Russia and the Emperor of
Japan exchanged kilograms of mutual
congratulation yesterday on the ocea-
sion of the settlement of various claims
and counter-cIaims for indemnity on
both sides for losses incurred during
the a The negotiations have ON
tinued for years.
In the settlement which has just
been reached Japan agrees to hand
over to Russia S15O,00O for apportion-
ment to persons whose private claims
Russia has supported, and to pay
$500 for a Red Cross ship which she
seized. Japan will purchase for $65, 900
the property of Russians situated on
concession land and in the suburban
districts of Port Arthur. She agrees
to pay renta for the use of houses of
Russians at Kwantung, and abandon
claim to the treasury of the Port Ar
thur municipality.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
A warning.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
/ see that there has been one more
moving picture show horror. Although
It happened at Cannonsburg, Pa, it is
not far from home. and we should
take warning and guard against a
repetition here. The picture-show
house where the accident happened
had only one entrance, eight feet wide,
and at the same time. a seating
capacity of fifteen hundred people.
The theatre was well crowded when a
film exploded, causing a panic and a
wild rush for the only door. During
this mad rush twenty-five were killed
and about seventy were badly hurt, and
most of the victims We're women and
children.
To make matters worse, they are
talking about lynching someone who is
said to have yelled Fire." Wouldn't
it be a fine blot on the name of Penn
s%ylvania If the authorities, who are
really responsible for this horror, should
allow a wild mob to lynch anyone who
may be arrested in connection with this
case? The proper parties should take
this matter up and see to it that there
is no possible chance of y occurring
again. INTERESTED.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
QUEEN MARY PRAISED
FOR HER PEACE EFFORTS.

NEW YORK, Aug. APPOINTMENT
among the passengers who landed yes
terday on the Caronia were Mrs. Elmer
Block and her daughter. Miss Dorothy.
Mrs. Block, who is chairman of the
American Peace and Arbitration
League, and president Of the Editorial
Review, met the Queen of England in
her sojourn abroad. Mrs. Block yes
terday said Queen Mary is a woman
of wonderful force of character. ana
will make a great impression on the
work of peace promotion in assisting
her husband. the king, with advice IN
his governmental labors. Regarding
the arbitration treaty between the
United States and Great Britain, Mrs.
Block said 1t had created a tremendous
impression in Europe in favor of
peace.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
Fires and Rusty AInrm Boxes

Fires and Rusty AInrm Boxes.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
When a fire broke out in the Fire
mems building recently The necessity
of taking the proper care of 1re-alarm
+. employee of the pharmacy on the
ground floor of the building ran out
and tried to open the door of the fire.
alarm box on the northeast corner of
Market and Broad streets, and had to
call a policeman for assistance. Even
the bluecoat could not turn the key.
try as he might, for several precious
minutes. The box was finally opened,
but the alarm had been sent in to
fire headquarters by the brainy tele-
phone operator in the big structure.
What might have happened If the
girl thought only of herself and left
her post? Here was the giant sky
seraper of Newark on fire, and the
room in which the blaze started was
filed with alcohol, %carbonie gas and
many other explosives.
While u fire department is on a
par with the best in the country, |
think the commissioners should look
into this matter and prevent a repe-
tition of this blunder. A cool tele-
phone operator may not always be
handy, and it would be a neglect of
duty to ignore a situation like this. A
rule should be established in the fire
department %delegating a man to in
spect every 1re-box in the city at least
once a week. The elements are bound
to put locks out of order in time, and
careful inspection will prevent d
calamity such as might have happened
in the Firemen's building.
FAWSITE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
VINCENTZ'S BAND PLAYS
IN EAST SIDE PARK TONIGHT

The following program will be given
tonight in Cast Side Park by V~incentz's
Band:
"Star-Spangled Banner" march.
Royal Standard" Brifiaux; introduce
ton and bridal chorus from "Lohen-
grin" Wagner; selection, Some Of
These Days. Rossiter; overture,
Light Cavalry" Suppe; selection.
Madame Sherry" Hoschna; character
istic. (a) "The Railroad Rag Birn-
berg. CD ~"Alexander's Band" Snyder;
selection, I'll Trovatore." Verdi; over
ture, Medley" Snyder; novelty Eye
Ancients," Reeves; America"
The date for the Weequahic Park
concert, postponed on Sunday last. will
be announced later.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
BELIEVE NEW GUN WILL
DESTROY SCOUT AIRSHIPS.
Initial Tests of New Weapon
Prove Encouraging.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The en-
ccuraging initial performance of the
new naval aeroplane gun has created
much gossip among officers of the navy
as to the promising possibilities of the
rev weapon. The consensus of opin-
ion of the naval ordnance experts to-
day is that the problem of finding a
means to repel an attack by a squad
ron of aeroplanes or to destroy a
scouting airship is close to solution by
the American navy.
While the new gun car be fired from
any angle in the half circle, 1t is the
general belief that 1t will never be
aimed at 80 degrees or in a p%erpendic-
ular position, for the reason that the
sl,ell might return to the deck of the
naval vessel, probably unexploded,
wreaking the destruction intended for
al. enemy.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
Likes STAIRS Book Review.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star;
Allow me to congratulate the STAR
upon the acquisition of William Hamil-
ton Osborne to help brighten its col
umns with his Saturday contribution
on literary subjects. 1t is evident that
his book reviews are co~nscientiously
done, which is more than can be said
of many reviewers, and that he has a
thorough knowledge of his subject,
which is also more than can be said
of many writer's.
But. aside from all this, he has a
large fund of practical hints of inter
est to the writer as we'll as the reader.
His colump is well worthy of study.
r. W. b.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE DANCE HALL.

MNNE of the evils in the social life of a large city is the cheap
W. public dance hall, TO which young men and young women
Unfortunately resort. The police realize the evil, but
have no means of correcting it, Cergymen who actively interest
themselves in the moral welfare of neighbor'hoods know and protest,
but to no purpose. 1t occurred to the school authorities of Jersey
City TO combat this evil by means of neighborhood dances on the
roofs of public schools, and so well pleased are they with the results
at one school chat the roofs of Other sehoolhouses will be utilized
for dhe purpose. 1t is in the winter season, however, that the hall
dances are most in vogue, and then the open school roof cannot
be used. 1t may be practicable for social workers to provide in
some other way for Il social recreation that amounts to a real
need and must be recognized. and to safeguard it for young girls,
as the Jersey City school authorities have so well done.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
HOW STATE SCENERY is MARRIED.

GOVERNOR FRANKLIN MURPHY sought to get an act
vi passed by the Legislature to prevent the DETACHMENT of the
scenery of the State by unsightly large signs erected in fields
or painted on barns along the lines of railroad travel. New Jersey
is a great highway. Many thousands OF. strangers pass through
the State every day on the different railroads, and the outlook
from the car windows is offended by these disfguring signs. Gov
ernor Murphy failed in his object and the signs remain. There are
similar blots on the landscape in evidence on the improved roads
of the State. In New York Il new law prohibits the DETACHMENT of
trees and buildings with advertisements without the owners written
consent. and next Friday the fifty automobile clubs of the State
will engage in the work of destroying all signs that are not legally
authorized. We may now look for "A similar law in New Jersey,
or perhaps Il more drastic one, forbidding any DETACHMENT of the
stenery.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
VACCINATION AGAINST TYPHOID FEVER.

cUS lie success which attended the incubation of soldiers in
Texas With the typhoid fever vaccine has caused the issuance
Of an order for the incubation of all officers and enlisted
men under 10 years of age. Although the weather and other con
diGons in Texas during the troubles on the Mexican border were
such as TO invite typhoid sickness, the army, protected by the
vaccine, was singularly free from ii, whereas in 1898 Camp Alger,
in Virginia, was Il pesthole. But if the typhoid vaccine is neces-
sary for the soldier, why not also for the civilian who may be ex.
posed to the disease? When a smallpox case is developed vacci-
nation is eompulsoriy administered 10 everybody within the neigh
borhood of the case. The cause of a typhoid epidemic, whether in
the water or milk supply, must be sought and removed. But mean
while the effect of the typhoid poison can be guarded against by
prompt use of the vaccine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

Mr.. and Mrs. William Bouldin, jr,
of Prospect street, East Orange, have
been staying at Lenox. Mass, for d
short time.
Among the Newarkers visiting in Call
ifornia are Mr.. and Mrs. Schuyler b.
Johnson, Arthur w. Crane and Miss
Edna Crane. They are at the Hotel
Del Monte, in Monterey. At the same
hotel is MI. B. H. Campbell, of Eliza
beth.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Sittenham and
the Misses Sittenham, of East Orange,
have been on a motor trip,to Elizabeth
town, N. Y.
Miss Marjorie Earnshaw, of Orange,
is at Mt. Pocono, Pa, and lis staying
at the Mt. Pleasant House.
>
Miss Louise Colby, Miss Amalie Colby
and Miss Margaret Buckley, of East
Orange, are at Watch Hill, r. l., and
are registered at the Watch Hill
House.
Solomon H. Howe and family, who
have been al Lake Sunapee, N. H, for
the simmer months, will shortly re-
turn to their home in South Orange.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ingersoll, Of
Scotland road, South Orange. who are
abroad, are travelling in Belgium and
will visit Denmark before they return.
Mr.. and Mrs. George. c. Wintringer,
of Quitman street, left yesterday for
New Haven, Conn. They will remain
until after Labor Day.
1t is announced that Mrs. Emelihe
Pankhurst. the noted English suffragist,
will lecture in this city at the new
Symphony Auditorium, Broad street,
on the evening of Monday, December
4. The lecture will be given under tina
auspices of the New Jersey Woman
Suffrage Association, of which Mrs.
Clara Laddey, of Arlington, is the
president.
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Battin are ex-
pected at their town house, 81 Mt.
Prospect avenue, on Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. e. Morris Ferguson.
formerly of DeGraw avenue, are spend
ing the summer in the Pocono Noun
tains, and will return in a few weeks
=
Miss Kathryn MacEvoy and Miss
Margaret MacEvoy, of North Eleventh
street, nave gone to Sayville, l.. l.,
where they are the guests of their Sis
ter, Mrs. Edward F.. Clark.
Mrs. j. II. storch, the Misses Storch
and DrolI Storch have gone to Ocean
Grove. They will be away for a fort
night.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
LOCAL VAR NEWS OF
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

The Newark Daily Advertiser, now
the STAR, on August 29, 1851, published
the following:
"One C the members Of the Fourth
regiment, N. j. brigade, was killed in
a skirmish with some rebels on Sun
day. The party of which deceased was
a member took two rebel prisoners.
Among the slain at the late battle
in Springfield was Oscar Knapp, for
merry of this city,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
crI1Iclnc. lerscr 1nsnne As,Inm..


To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Since leaving New Jersey | have had
every opportunity of comparing the
treatment of the insane heye with the
treatment in ether States / received
SPECIAL permission to visit several hos
pitfalls for the insane in the different
States | passed through. and l have
come to the conclusion h a they are
far ahead of NeY. Jersey in their man
ner of treating those whose minds are
unbalanced. The authorities in those
States visit the asylums regularly
without previous notice to the keepers.
and the result is hat only the patients
who are really insane are kept there,
instead of those who are a little weak
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward K. kempf and
Spencer Kempf have gone to Asbury
Park for a sojourn. They are estab-
lished at the Ardsley.
Mrs. Chester II. Disbrow, who is
spending the summer at ocean Grove,
has been entertaining her sister, Mrs.
George Donavan, of Rocky Hill.
$
Miss Marion Bailey is the guest of
friends in Allenhurst this week. She
will return to Denville for over Labor
Day and remain there until fall.
Miss Elizabeth Atwater, of Mt.
Pleasant avenue, is visiting Mrs. Paul
]. Horton at Fort Slocum, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Waldeyer, of
Orange. have gone to Caldwell to re-
main until after Labor Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller and their
| family. of Ridge street, have been
| spending a month at Asbury Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Gebhardt, OF
South Eleventh street. are spending
several weeks at Diamond Point, Lake
I George.
Howard Al nstrong, of Grafton ave-
nue.. has returned from a vacation spent
at Erie Beach, Lake Erie, Canada
Mrs. Armstrong and the children will
remain until the middle of September.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Mcintyre and
Miss Jessie ed Miss Mary Mcintyre
of Weequahic avenue, have returned
from Ocean Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert b.. Gilchrist, of
Elwood avenue. have been sojourning
in Atlantic City for several weeks.
y,
Mrs. Cora M. Bross and her son,
Harold Bross. of Woodside avenue,
have returned from Flanders, where
they were the guests of relatives.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G. Harris and Mr.,
and Mrs. j. w. Pudney. of the Forest
Hill section, will return this week from
several weeks stay at Stamford, in the
Catskills.
=
Miss Margaret l.. Miller. of South
Sixth street. has gon 10 ocean Grove
for a brief %soiourn. She will return
shortly after Labor Day.
MIR. and Mrs. George H. Simonds
Miss Alice Simonds and Douglas ST
monds have been at. Culver Lake for
several weeks.
Newell J.. Ward, of South orange,
gave a luncheon last week. at the
casino at Narragansett Pier.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
MCDONALD CONCESSIONS
IN HAITI TO BE PROBED.

CAPE HAITIEN, Aug. 29.-The
Chamber OF Deputies has named a COM
mission consisting of Ave of its mem
bers to investigate the railroad contract
awarded TO James p. Mcdonald and all
concessions granted under General
Simon's government. There are SEN
sational reports that the government is
trying to invalidate these concessions.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
u~nfceling Monster.

"oh, mother, Jack doesn't love me
any more
What makes you think so, my
dear?"
He ran out of mucilage and he
wanted to borrow some OF that p-p-
pudding sauce l made today"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public n
not more than one hundred words
treating of topics of the hour
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

minded and in somebody's a l
think that if we had a regular inspee-
ton here our asylum would not. be IN
such a crowded condition.
FRANCIS A. JOYCE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
lUsTAIIHEr
NBoUT MN
%O%OW

Theodore G. Burgher, of the l.awark
customs-house, insists that the truly
rural customs in the country have not
died out. He told his associates of a
farmers picnic he attended While IN
Morris county on Mis- vacation.
They even sprang that antique gag
of seeing a horse with his tail where
his head ought to be; price one dime.
It was funny to watch those old arm
crs come out looking as though they
had been caught stealing JAM
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

L. D. oward Gilmour, assistant
counsel for the Public Service Corpo-
ration, loves to get away from New
ark the State judicial buildings
at every opportunity. The rulings of
the Bos.rd of Public Utility Commits
sioners and the many hearings before
them in which the corporation Is inter-
ested has kept Mr.. Gilmour on the run
nearly all season. His favorite pastime
when away from the worries of his Of
flee is a chair ride on the boardwalk at
Asbury Park.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

The I%nglefngen, from Dramruen,
Skien and Kragerse, on the Skagerak,
steamed into New York harbor the
other day.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

ON July 10 Mrs. Nance Place died.
and it was feared the excitement
would he too much for her, so she was
taken to the home of Miss Addie
Vaughn, near Rice City, r. l., where
she seemed to gain in strength a little
and was able to be outdoors every day.
From the Windham Comm Tran
script.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
After Dinner Jokes


A little Scranton, Pa, girl hanged a
little playmate to a tree like they do
in the moving picture shows she ex-
planned.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

Justice Samuel Kalisch, of the Su-
preme Court, had his first experience
on the bench in the local county courts
the other day, and it was an urfor-
tunate one at that. 1t was a habeas
corpus proceeding, involving the pos
session of a ~16-year-old girl, who be-
came hysterical when, under the law.
the justice vas compelled to decids
against her. The girl cried and
screamed, and the women interested In
her did likewise. After Justice Kalisch
had left the bench n of the women
berated him not wisely, but too we'll.
Although he is a thoroughly seasoned
lawyer, Justice Kalisch, after wadins
through the flood of tears and with the
lamentations of the women ringing IN
his ears, remarked before he wen.
away hat he didn't like habeas corpus
cases of that kind. 'rt7g -
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

The Pensacola navy yards, at an eX-
pense of s217,5 produced SIS, 1913 Of
material for use on warships last year.
When you catch a rat, carry it over
to your neighbours lot and let 1t loose
there. All the other rats at YOU house
will follow, including a ripping neigh
borhood quarrel.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

Thomas Murphy, OF Brooklyn, hit
Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy with a murphy
and was arrested by Policeman Peter
Murphy, and arraigned before Lieu
tenant Thomas Murphy at the police
station.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

Constable Charlie" Connors was sta
Several of the Indians got hold of fire
water and had a glorious time. Things
went along smoothly until the I'm
juns'' began to mix 1t up" amongst
themselves.
Bluebird, q strong bird, became I'M
manageable when Charlie" said to
him: Look here, Bluebird, you have
gone high enough. Unless you get
back to earth I'll change your name
to Blaekbird."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

Newell J. Ward, of South orange,
gave a luncheon last week at the
casino at Narragansett Pier.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29
>Soc,SNNsEE5)
NG1E5 &C.,
0UBURBAN TOWNS

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward X. Kempf and
Spencer Kempf have gone to Asbury
Park for a s%ojourn. They are estab-
lished at the Ardsley.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Simonds,
Miss Alice Simonds and Douglas ST.
monds have been at. Culver Lake for
severa weeks.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

Mrs. j, H. storch, the Misses Storch
and Droll Storcb have gone to Ocean
Grove. They will be away for a fort
night.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

Mrs. Chester H. Disbrow, who is
spending the summer at Ocean Grove,
has peel entertaining her sister, Mrs.
George Donavan, of Rocky Hill.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-29

Futuregrdphs
Caruso In 1897,

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