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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01
General strike Threat ridiculous.

Genera Strike Threat RIDICULOUS
To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
An item in this mornings paper tells
of a general strike that is to be called
in the even. OF Mcnamara being put
on trial. | write this because | wish
to call your attention to the fact that
the International Workers Of the
World, the organization that is threat
ening this strike, is in no n to be
confused with the American Federation
of Labor.
The 1. w. w. is an independent or
ganization That is at war with the y.
II. of l.. It is a small body of men
that is not at all representative of the
working men in this country; and for
that body to threaten to call q general
strike and pretend to represent all the
w~orkinemen In this country is wrong
and may work irreparable harm.
| hope the people are not led away
by these mutterings from i%rresponsi-
bic sources. Such things can do only
harm and add to the confusion on such
matters that already unfortunately ex-
lists. These things do harm only in
proportion to the seriousness with
which we take them. This smaller Or
e~anization Is really in opposition to
the A.. II. OF L., and their threat 10
call a general strike does not mean
ANYTHING, LABOR.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01
Objects 10 Hotel Permit.

To the Editor of the Evening STAR
At the mass-meeting Sunday after
noon, held for the purpose OF dlscussihs
existing fire conditions with the view 10
eliminating deatl-traps, Mayor Hauss-
ling said that he was entirely in accord
with the laboring men in calling th'
meeting, and in demanding the enforce
ment Of fire laws. This is in line Win
the thoughts and activities of WiHllam
p. O'Rourke, the building inspector, ana
with those of Captain c. Albert Gasser'
of the ~combustibles bureau. But, al
though these officials, who represent
he accumulation of fire-preventlon
knowledge, are doing all they can 70 10
away with death-traps, the aldermen
of the building and alteration commit
tee of the Common Council are consld-
ering the a~dvisability of granting a
permit for the converting of an ofiice
building into a hotel, even though the
permit Is in violation of the building
code and was refused by the building
superintendent.
If what the newspapers published OF
81 IGtAAl 81 NAANhA hAA( AhCNNA
was taken up is true. then one of the
aldermen has already made UP his nina
that the permit should be granted, des-
pite the fact that the building In ques-
ton is six stories high and not ire
proof. and despite -the fact that he or
his committee have no right to grant
the permit.
Talk is cheap. We can have dozens
of Indignation meetings and feel we are
doing much in the way Of preventing
fires; but until the mon we elect to
office are ready to obey our laws am
are ready to act in accordance with the
laws. then our indignation meetings
viii be of no u.s.. What right has any
| alderman to pui his knowledge against
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01
INCREASE nv POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

IT'S ORTYFIVE additional postal banks were opened today III
as many secondclass cities throughout the country, max
ing ninetythree in all. The remarkable success of the forty
eight experimental banks settles the question as to the expediency
of the postal bank system, and the department will go right ahead
establishing new banks in all cities. 1t is found that the postal
banks do not interfere to any appreciablc extent with the business
of the regular savings banks. They attract a class of depositors
who as a rule have Il distrust for all banks and have been accus
TONED to keeping their savings in old stockings and similar deposi-
tories, sacrificing interest for fancied security, Thousands OF the
foreignborn send their savings to repositories in the old country.
If they had the government guarantee. as they will have under the
new banking system. they would make their deposits here. Mil
hons of these savings will now flow into the governments Golfers
10 be available for business enterprise. If "A panic shall occur timid
depostors i'll the regular banks will redeposit in the postal banks
instead of hiding their money, withdrawing it from circulation and
use, and the money will then automatically be returned TO the banks
for business uses. There may come a time, indeed, when banking
savings bank system.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01
MORE POLITICAL DYNAMITE.

ca HE situation in Morocco gives cause for grave disquet in
Europe, for it is full of political dynamite. France and Spain
by the terms of the Algeciras agreement are the policemen
of Morocco under certain limitations. A French column has reached
Fee, the Moroccan capital, for the protection of the sultan and for
eign interests from the revolted tribesmen. There have been growls
by German newspapers al French activity, and now comes a care
fully worded menace from a semioffcal newspaper. France must
not go too far and the other signatories to the agreement will feel
relieved of their obligations, and their consequences would be
serious. The menace is understood in France. An accident in
Morocco may annihilate the Algeciras agreement and bring forth
en- ultimatum to France that will mean either humiliation or a
var which might involve all Europe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01
FTRE-SWEPT BANGOR

IT'D ANGOR, Maine, has been swept by conhagration entailng
I'D property losses that seem irreparable. The town did not
have adequate fire protection, and the flames, once well
started, were resistless in their fury, devOuring Bangors
best substance in a few hours. American cities. one after the other,
have been victims of the fire fend. Chicago, Boston, Baltimore,
Nashville. San Francisco, Paterson and other cities have expert
enced all the terrors and disaster of great CONGREGATIONS. Some
thing has been learned from them, but not much. Scores of towns
and cities in the United States today are no better prepared for the
emergency of fire than they ever were, Too many show a blind
dependence on Providence.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01
Just a Line
About Men
You Know

Former Assistant Prosecutor Louis
Hood is one of those members of the
legal profession who readily grasps a
complicated situation and absorbs its
details to a remarkable degree What
Is more, he has retentive powers that
are often the wonder of his associates.
Some lime ago some one askeG in his
office for the details of a case that
years g had bothered the Chancery
Court. 1t was more involved than q
sonnet by Browning. He failed to fin
the ~dust-coyered and dog-eared papers
in the case, sat down, thought for three
minutes and then spun off the story his
visitor wanted, as though he had
worked on it the day before.
Commissioner Mat, Stratton. of the
Fire Board, is in the true sense of the
word a fireman. He has travelled .iiuch
and studied fire-fighting conditions in
every large city in the Union. 1t is GUS
tomary to present visiting officials with
fire badges, and the commissioner has
In his possession nearly q hundred such
badges, representing as many cities.
The dyed-in-the-wool fans have daily
missed the presence of the Rev. DR..
William H. Morgan, of the Central
Methodist Church at Wiedenmayer's
Ball Park. There is a reason. DR..
Morgan is abroad. Were he home it is
safe to say he would be at the game
roofing for the Tigers. DR.. Morgan
used to play ball when a youth, and he
has always retained his interest in the
game.
Although he is so years old and has
been in the customs service nearly half
a century, William ]. Martin. deputy
collector and clerk, is more active and
alert THAI scores Of men thirty years
younger than himself. Mr.. Martin lives
at Summit. some distance from the
railroad station there. Every day he
walks from his home to the station and
from the Delaware, Lackawanna and
western station, on Broad street. this
city, to the customs offices in the Post
ONCE building. He attributes his good
health TO his love of walking.
; =
All kinds of maids for sale at
wholesale and retail" is the sign that
nearly startled out of their wits sew.
eral members of the grand jury three
years g when they were making a
tour OF inspection OF the "Hill" section.
An investigation showed hat the COM
modify meant was mead, a connection
made of honey and used by all orthodox
Jews on the Passover. The owner of
the store came from a part of Russia
where they pronounce it maid" and
that is the way he spelled it.
By force of habit or something equal
ly bad, which time alone can cure.
some members of the Newark Board Of
Trade still walk to the old h~eadquar-
tiers, at 764 Broad street, every day.
The new home is located at 500 Broad
street, in the Globe building.
Recently one of the members called
to. see James NJ. Reilly, secretary, and
related his trip to the old place north
of Market street. And the funniest
part of it," he added, good naturally,
lis that / have offices right in this
building. and | went from here to the
old place"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01

To the Editor Of the Evening star:
Consistency is certainly a jewel that
is good to behold in men, particularly
in men in public life.
For that reason | cannot understand
how Governor Wilson, who talked II
preached public duty during his recent
campaign and always appeared to
champion the cause of the dear peo-
pie" now hat he has made himself
solid on the job, can consistently start
off on a 7,O00-mile trip for the express
purpose of feeding the presidential bee
in his bonnet. 1t is certainly, to say
the least, pretty bad taste for a man
TO lay down on the work for which
he gets such good money, just to fur
! Their his ambitious plans. a. mar can
not be said to be faithful to his duty
who does that.
It's the same old story. do as say
but don't do as | do" H.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01
change. Too sweeping.

To The Editor Of the Evening star;
Mr.. Victor Berger. Congressman from
Milwaukee,. started his congressional
career with the following denaanos'
The abolition of the Senate, the taking
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01

Word was received from Washington,
D. c., that the Shah of Persia was shot
and killed at a shrine near Teheran.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01

Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt
was reelected president OF the Police
Board of New York city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public and
not more than one hundred words
treating of topics of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01

The Woman's Town Improvement
Association. of Montclair. succeeded in
having the unsightly freight station of
the Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern railroad removed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01

Eight cents a quart for milk was til;
price decided upon at a meeting of the
Milk Dealers Protective Association il
Irvington.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY
MAY |, 1896,

A eannon ball, heavily coated with
rust, was unearthed on the property
of Elias Drake, Irvinston. II is sup
posed to be u relic of the Battle of
Springfield during the Revolutionary
War.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-01
THE WEATHER TODAY.
Rain and colder tonight and Tues
day; south winds, shifting 20 north.
TIMROD TARPY SEE

There are times when we can't 50
what we want to.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20
ENTERING PoR1 ARTHUR.
Il Is Something Akin TO saillns
Through = Picture Frame.

Il 10 Something Akin to saiIlns
Through = Picture Frame.
Getting into the harbor Of Port Ar.
thur Is something like an Alice IN
Wonderland trick. One sails through
a picture frame-the rocky bluffs at
the mouth. barely wide enough for q
stout ship to squeeze through without
lacing wondering how there can be
room for ship to anchor between the
frame and the picture itself. small
hamlet somewhat Swiss or Norwegian
in homelikeness. But once behind the
frame the wonderland unfolds. The
small basin of water becomes lake.
like body. delightfully."- protected be-
hind sheltering cliffs. The little ham,
let reaches out into two big towns.
one on either side.
The old town to the east contains
the older Russian buildings. barracks,
storehouses and the like. Here also
now are the small Japanese shops and
the poorer classes of Japanese dwell
ings. semi-Japanese in construction,
with the ramshackle Chinese quarter
on The outskirts.
The new town to the west Is an
open. modern European or American
residence section. built largely by the
Russians in the palmy days. imposing
government buildings erected by the
Japanese. hospital, shady park and
we'll run modern hotel. = New Or
leans Times Democrat. A..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20
Curious Anticipations.

Many peculiar anticipa lions have
been cited against patent applications.
At one time congressman took the
patent Office a lock invented by one Of
his rural constituents. The lock was
an exact copy of lock figured in
price on Locks" showing the lock
used on gate of ancient Thebes. thou
sands Of years before Christ. The con-
gresham, after examining the illustra-
ton which was shown him by one of
the officers. exclaimed that be didn't
care who that fellow In Thebes was
he certainly stole it from his constitu-
ent. On another occasion an applica-
ton for a patent was filed for flower
basket whose construction correspond
ed in detail with the Scriptural descrip-
ton Of the ark in which Moses was
placed in the bulrushes. which we are
told in the second chapter of Exodus
was an ark Of bulrushes daubed with
slime and with pitch. This is also
probably the first recorded instance of
REINFORCED concrete structure.-Sci-
enti6c American
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o @ @ @ @ @ 9 @ @ @ o
BASEBALL NOTES.
) 8 o o o 8 o q @ @ @ o

Clarence Owens, the best umpire in
the American Association, will work
in the National league next season.
The American league has 80 men
hitting for 800 or better, and the
National league has II in the select
list.
Pitcher Wolfgang, of the Lowell
New England league champions, won
q out of 80 games pitched this sea-
son. He has been signed by the St..
Louis Americans.
Germany" Schaefer is spoken of
as the next manager of the Washing
ton team. Schaefer has played great
ball at first base for the Nationals
this season.
Vean Gregg, of the Cleveland Maps,
continues to hold his own and will no
doubt finish the season at the top of
the list of winning pitchers in the
American league.
The Texas league race was cork
err this season. Austin won the pen
nant with percentage of .575 and
Oklahoma City finished seventh with
percentage of .48O.
Last year Danville won the Vir-
ginia league pennant and Petersburg
finished last. This season conditions
are reversed, with Petersburg at the
top and Danville in the cellar.
Only the difference of one game
lost separated Springfield and Bridge
port at the close of the Connecticut
league season. Springfield landed the
muslin, with Bridgeport second.
The Louisville team will make a
great transforming trip this fall At
ter playing in Philadelphia, New
York and Brooklyn, the Colonels will
leave for the Pacific Coast, where
they play ten games before leaving
for Japan
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20
MARINE JUNKMEN.
Carrier Snails Load Their Backs Witt
All Sorts Of Refuse.

Carrier Snails Load Their Backs With
All Sorts of Refuse.
The carrier snail is to the sea what
the junkman is to the land 1t re-
ceives it's name from its habit of car
rying foreign objects on its back.
Nothing comes amiss to the carrier
snail if it is not too big. CASTOR shells
Of small mollnsks. bits Of broken coral.
tiny stones and even fragments of
broken glass dropped overheard from
passing vessels are cemented firmly to
the edges of the growing shell, nor is
this curious creature satisfied when
the shell is completely covered, but
continues to add to it's collection by
fastening new pieces to the old ones
already piled upon its back until it is
no longer able to move beneath it's bur
den. ."- "
AS it is an inha bitant of tropical wa
tiers swarming with voracious fish,
crabs. ETC., there Is method in its mad
ness. Its hungry enemies pass it by.
unable to distinguish it from the rocks
and shells OH the sea bottom. Some of
the snails show preference for tiny
pebbles all Of one shape and equal size.
others accumulate only shells Of one
kind. and one picked up off the coast
of Japan had its portable house entire
~ rooted with glass.--New York Press.
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SPECTACLES AN AID
Poor Batting Is Attributed to
Weak Eyes.
Prominent New York Doctor and For
msr Yale Player Suggests Use
Of Artificial Eyes to In.
crease Hitting.

In view of the statements Of Nc
Graw, Duffy, Murray and others that
the main cause of bad batting is bad
eyes, and that all recruits should
have their eyes examined in the
spring, prominent New York doc
tor and formerly a Yale player, who
asks that his name be withheld, has
written the following rather interest
ing article on the subject for the
Evening World:
Nothing to me is more pathetic
than to see how uniformly baseball
player goes into the discard around
the age of 40, particularly as regards
his batting. A patient of mine last
week told me that he wears cpectac-
les when he is batting. One Satur-
day he did not wear them and struck
out every time he went to the bat.
The following Saturday he wore them
when batting only until he got to
first base. Out of six times at the
bat he got one pop fly to the infield.
base on balls, two singles, double
and triple.
II have never batted since I have
put on spectacles, but I captained my
prep school team before I went to
Yale. had found out by experience
that I could bat an in drop every
time, so whenever our team ran up
against pitcher who used this curve
extensively, my batting average was
quite splendid. otherwise not. My
astigmatism, as 1t turned out, distorts
objects, so that pitched ball would
look lower to me than it really was:
hence the above result
would it not be possible as an ex
pertinent to take some broken-d down
outf1elder whose batting has already
fallen off, or some pitcher who bats
poorly, and try how. we'll he bats by
simply wearing spectacles until he
gets to first base? My friend Yaw
key of the Detroit club says that 6
pitcher would throw the ball right al
mans eyes if he wore spectacles
but by building heavy rim ones moth
ing would happen even if they were
hit, and 1t would be no more diff Gull
to keep from getting hit in the spec
tacles than to keep from getting hi
In the eyes. I think that some mar
who feels that he is has been
might be willing to try it."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20

while he does not intend to play ball
any more,- he would like to have an
interest in the Boston club. From all
that can be learned there is not much
chance of Taylor selling out this year,
though there is chance of something
being done with him after the present
season closes.
Stahl has a double purpose Of
wanting to invest in the Boston club.
In the first place it could be figured as
a rebuke for Taylor, with whom he
has not been on speaking terms for
some time, and then any money in.
vested in that club would pay hand.
some dividends.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20
'. Books and Beeches.

At sale in New York bibli0phile
said: T..
Book Is a word that comes from the
German buche. or beech. But what
connection has a book got with a
beech? III show you"
The bibliophile led the way to su-
perb Caxton that had just been sold
for $780, H.. &C.. .-
This volume. you see." he said. "is
bound in boards-not pasteboards-real
boards. beech boards. That is how all
books were bound when printing be-
gan. Yes, when printing began in Ger.
many. each incunabulum. or early
book. was bound in buche-in beech
boards half an inch thick, covered per-
haps with leather. tipped and clasped
with brass and studded with precious
Or semi precious stones" s.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20
o @ @ o o o o o o o o . o O
WITH THE BOXERS.
o o o o o . o o o . o o

Q . . Q Q . Q . Q . . . . . . .
Big Jim Stewart, the New York
heavyweight, is going to make an
other try at the game this winter.
Pennsylvania boxing fans hope to
have a boxing commission something
after the pattern of that in New
York
Rude Unholtz claims he got the
worst of the decision in his recent
bout with Charley Dalton at Los An
geles.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20
STAHL WANTED BOSTON TEAM
Former First Baseman Is Said t
Have Been McAIeer's Partner In
Recent Negotiations.

J. Ed Grillo declares that Jake
,Stahl, former first baseman of the
Bostons and now prosperous Chi.
cago banker, was Interested with Jim
McAleer in the movement to buy the
Boston American league club. Stahl
represents considerable wealth, and
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS

ADVERTISERS great state of
North Dakota offers unlimited OPP
portunities for business to CLASH
fed advertisers. The recognized
advertising medium is the Fargo
Daily and Sunday Courier-News,
the only seven day paper in the
state and the paper which carries
the largest amount of classified
advertising. The Courier-News
covers North Dakota like blank
ct; reaching all parts of the state
the day of publication; it is the
paper to use in order to get re-
suits; rates one cent per word first
insertion, one-half cent per word
succeeding insertion; fifty cents
per line Der month. Address the
Courier-News, Fargo, N. D.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20

TO RENT-A five, six or
seven-room house with water con-
nections and other modern conven-
fences. House must be in good re-
care of Pioneer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20
Two Veterans Let Down.

Jiggs Donohue and Jake Beckley,
two former big leaguers and left
handed first basemen, have slid a
little further down the toboggan.
Jiggs has been released by the Gal.
weston (Tex.) team and Beckley has
been given his walking papers a.
manager Of the Hannibal team.
The Maps still have chance to get
revenge on the Cincinnati Reds for
the way they were treated in tho Sc
ries for the championship Of the state
last fall. The management of the two
clubs are now considering the propo-
sition to have the two clubs meet
again this fall for the supremacy Of
Ohio. A definite decision win b
reached later.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20

Talk to the people In prosperous
North Dakota through the columns
of the Grand Forks Herald; read
every day by 10000 in $50 towns
and rural routes in the northern
half of the state. Classified ads,
for sale, help wanted, exchange,
real estate, etc., for IL cent a word
each insertion. Send stamps to
The Herald, Grand Forks, N. D.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-20

WANTED TO TRADE-What have
you to trade for new standard pia-
no? Call at second hand store,
Odd Fellows Bldg. +