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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
congratulations.


To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Now that the Board of Education
has selected Professor Wiener as prin-
cipal Of the new Manual Training and
Commercial High School, /, as one OF
his old pupils. wish to congratulate
hin, on the deserving credit he has re
ceived at the hands of the board. The
tribute Is one that is hue him for his
faithful and untiring work both as an
instructor and friend of the pupil. ]
wish to speak of a case in which Pro-
lessor Wieer showed that he had the
goodwill of the pupils at heart. A
second-year student at the Barringer
High School, on account of finances,
was compelled to leave school. Pro-
fessor Wiener missed the young man
and made Inquiries. On being informed
of the true conditions he visited the
home Of the young man and sought out
some way for him TO continue his
studies. A way was opened for the
young ma and he attended the ses-
sions of the Evening High School. Soon
fortune smiled again on his home ard
he was able to finish his education BY
attending a college, and today the mar
Is a successful lawyer. This is only
one instance where Professor Wiener
has shown that he is qualified to act
as a good adviser for the pupils al
large.
1t Is evident that the appointment,
will receive praise from every student
that ever had the good fortune tC
study under the popular professor. II
is a forgone conclusion that he will
be successful, and the board Will re-
ceive congratulations on being so wise
In its choice. STUDENT j.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
A GRAFT EXPOSURE IN HOBOKEM.

III HE Robert /" Stevens Fund for Municipal Research has been
looking into the system in Hoboken of purchasing city sup
plies, and it shows up some scandalous grating for which
the City Council is responsible. The statement of the fund shows,
for example, that erasers sold to the city by the Hudson Observer,
the local newspaper, at 70 cents a dozen can be purchased for 30
cents. Maps, retailed in dozen lots at 80 cents, were charged to
the city at S1.5O; stub pens, worth 81 cents, were bought for s1.25;
senator pencils, worth 40 cents, at Is cents; yellow legal pads retail
ing at $3.50 were charged 80 for; twentyfour books, sold to the
city by the Observer for $464, could be bought, the fund state
ment says, $147 cheaper. 1t is also declared. by the fund that the
excessive printing done has exhausted the budget appropriation by
$4,000. Mayor Gonzales, of Hoboken, has repeatedly vetoed the
extravagant bills passed by the council, but his vetoes have been
overridden. II don't seem to be able to stop it, says the mayor,
plaintively. Il have been continually sending in vetoes to the
council for payment for supplies and it costs ten cents a line to
print the vetoes in the same paper
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28

n union men will be looked upon with
distrust If 1t can be proven that they
countenanced organized murder.
But-has it been proven yet that
these men are. guilty; who knows? and
why are we so ready to accept the
words of an interested and mercenary
detective? We ought to know enough
of third degree I'M police methods to
take with a pinch OF salt the alleged
confessions extracted from prisoners by
detectives. We ought to know that the
police, be they private or public men.
look for beats and reputation-then
why are W. SO ready to take for
granted that Burns is right?
It is unfair to the millions of labor
Ing men in this country to think that
their brothers are murderers without
first proving it. 1t Is unfair to union
men to think that murder is a bust
ness with their officials. It is unfair
to all Americans to think that the
methods of the Russian Terrorists gre
our methods. Wait until the men have
been brought TO trial before you form
an opinion; wait until a jury has de-
cided that they are guilty. Until then
let public sentiment be with the ac-
cused Let the public do all it can TO
insure a fair trial. Let the public
maintain the innocence Of tie men un-
til they are prove guilty, and If they
should be it is time to begin an in
vestigation of unions and union men.
I am not a union man and not in
am IN American who wants to see fair
play. Not the R%ooseveltian fair play,
but the Thomas Jefferson and Abta-
ham Lincoln kind.
AUGUSTUS KING.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28

IT F all governors were trained jursts competent to anayze a
legislative act and tell whether I S a duplicate of an existing
statute or a repeater of a good law, or whether it is not in
conflict with the Constitution and is otherwise all right. If all gov
ernors could make a ready analysis of a legislative act. the rule for
signing bills within five days after a legislature adjourns would
be a good one. But governors are not all expert in the law and
legislatures persist in passing large patches of bills just before
adjournment and leaving them on the governors hands. The object
of legislation is good laws. The period within which acts shall
be signed is of secondary Importance. The State Constitution in
regard to the signing of bills is indefinite. A reasonable interpreta-
ton is that the bills must be signed five days after adjournment,
but good authorities, including the present Encouragement, dis
pute that Interpretation. After all, what does the point amount to?
And if the governor is not a skilled jurist. is it not better to give
him time TO properly examine leftover legislative bills so that
imperfect and vicious laws may be avoided?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
Prosecute Egg Thieves.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
I was glad to see an ccoun in the
Evening STAR recently Of a couple Of
egg thieves at Weequahic Park being
caught and fined. These people deserve
all the punishment they get, for they
are stealing from the public who pay
for these efforts to beautify the parks
with their taxes. According to in
formation furnished by the Essex
County Park Commission, numerous
eggs laid by ducks and other animals
In the park have been stolen in the
past years, but this spring the thieves
have been more active than ever.
One of the officers at the park to
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
TheoreticnI Legislation.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
1 am a police officer OF our city and
as such and as a citizen, I wish to enter
a protest against the law prohibiting
public o~fficiels from being carried free
on trolley cars. This is a most shame
ful piece OF legislation and another in
dication that Governor Wilson'S theo-
retical ideas are Impractical. I voted
for this gentleman fully believing at
the time thai he would attack the
corporations and not the pockets of the
w~orkingman. OF course, no blame can
be placed with the trolley company
for this legislation, and while they
have not been instrumental in It's en-
actment still 1t Is In a measure pleas
ing legislation to them.
Governor Wilson coerced the dunn
mics" in both houses at Trenton ard
among other hobbies of laws he wished
passed, the so-called public utilities bin
Is his and he got it passed by whipping
the Legislature into line" There is no
use of further kicking, as it is now a
law, and cannot be changed until we
get another legislative body that has
Grains, Independence and percert tive
qualifications I al least that exten,
that he poor mans pockets won't be
| touched.
Don't forget, Mr.. Governor and Mr.
1911 lawmakers, that we have friends
and many of them. The police and
fremen will dump" you and all others
with the so-calIed Democracy III your
"burrs." I'm a Democrat n sorry
for the first time, I have even been
Watch the next election for the defeai
of anyone in the 1911 category, ant
especially the Democratic element.
TRAFFIC SQUAD.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
Y QUESTION BOX.

Questionable second phalanx OF my
finger of Apollo Is longer than the
other two. The first Is longer than
the third. And the finger itself reaches
nearly to the end of the Saturn finger.
Yet I'm not considered much of an
artist. ARTHUR K. B.
Answer-The creative artists first
phalahx of Apollo is longest. You are
Undoubtedly very artistic in feeling,
but possess no creative ability. The
long second phalanx indicates the de-
veloprnent of the business side of tho
Apoilonian. You should be a brilliant
success in whatever pertains to money
making.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28

IN n act of the Legislature which is now a law is of important
interest TO workmen. 1t regulates the hours of labor of
mechanics, workmen and laborers employed upon public work
of every character in New Jersey. 1t is provided that eight hours
shall be the limit of all such labor employed by the State or any of
its municipalities, or by any contractor or subcOntractor on public
work. provided only that in case of accident or unexpected con
tingency extra labor may be permitted for extra compensation. Vio-
lation of the provisions of this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor
The act does not apply TO contracts entered into prior to it's passage
There is no humbug about this labor Law. It's terms are specific
and the penalty ample.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
se,,eve, McNamar. rnnocent.

To the Editor OF the Evening star:
On nothing more than the word of
a detective. a number of union men
are accused Of several of the most
atrocious crimes committed in recent
years. Thousands of persons are ready
TO believe these men guilty despite
the decision in the Meyer, Haywood
and Pettibone case. When the West
ern Federation of Miners officials
we're accused of organized murder the
nation went into Mysteries and de-
manded the death of the three men.
A "confessor' was conveniently found,
examined by a psychologist and pro-
nounced sincere and truthful. On top
Of that, then President Roosevelt called
the men undesirable" Yet, despite
all that, a jury Of their peers pro-
nounced the men innocent. Despite
all tho odds against the men. In the
shape Of organized wealth. the men
were pronounced innocent by a jury Of
disinterested farmers.
The ease of the structural ironwork-
ers is similar. Burns, a great detec-
tive, says the men are guilty. AS
soon as he said this the men were
kidnapped and taken to another state
That this kidnapping was illegal lie
manifested by the arrest of the snen
responsible for the extradition. The
whole affair looks like a frameup. II
the detectives have THE goods on
the men why are they In such a hurry
to extradite them? Their speed weak
ems their case.
] am unptopared to say whether the
mel are guilty or not. I do not know,
If they are not guilty ] hope that they
will be set free. II guilty then I sin
cerely' trust that they will be punished
to the limit Of the law. II these mef
are guilty then they are, not only MUIR
derers but destroyers Of unions Unionl
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
Just a Line
About Men
You Know

Jack London, the famous author,
never makes an extenlporaneous
speech. He also has a peculiar habit
of wetting his upper lip when he
stumbles over q word while reading
his speech. on evening when he APP
peared before the New England So
ciety, In Orange, he told the audience
that the reason he must read his speech
was because he is a very slow thinker.
when 1 write" he said. II some-
times have to think an hour before
getting the right word. 1 spoke in
Seattle some years ago. and for a while
could not think of the word | meant
TO use. When I did there was no au-
dience to near me say It."
Samuel Kalisch, who has just been
elevated to the Supreme Court bench.
has received numerous letters of con-
graduation from we1l-vishers. Some
of the writer's are not eve known per-
sonally to the recipient, but have sent
in congratulations merely as a matter
of race pride, as Mr.. Kalisch is the
first Hebrew that has ever graced the
court to which he has been appointed.
=
Otto H. Schultz tells of an examina-
tion in logic in which a student said
that effect went tefore the cause. AS
an illustration of his he gave that of
a man pushing q ~wheelbarrow.
Robert Edeson, playing at the New
ark Theatre this week. is thought by
many to be an Indian. He plays tie
redskin so naturally that his audience
believe him to be one. That is not the
case, however. Mr.. Edeson is white,
in every sense of the word. He plays
the Indian we'll because he has
studied him. In talking about indians
the other day to a party of friends, he
told them that the indian has no
swear words, and that when one of
them gets angry at the other. instead
of swearing he will say something like
this, you gray-haired, bow-legge1
%hIuNiIt' ! ms tIt ltleilih6 ~ a
physical defect OF affection, expresses
the height of the Indians contempt,
says Mr.. Edeson.
Philip B. Nutzel. superintendent Of
general delivery in the Newark post
office, has a reputation of being very
fond of fishing. No the ordinary kind
of fishing, in a pond, with a regulation
and line. No, he fishes right in
the %postoffice, and any time he is not
at his desk one of the men about the
office win tell you he is fishing.
Investigation revealed his fishing
place: he uses the mail chute In the
building as his pond, and then his fish
ing escapades were explained. Every
day or so a couple of letters get caught
in the wooden mail chute, which Is
supposed to carry letters from the Of
fees on the second and third floors to
the mailing department. Mr.. Nutzei
does not want Uncle Sans mail TO be
delayed one minute more than he can
help. so he proceeds to extricate II.
With a weight attached to a long
string he fishes" in the chute until
the letter is released.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
THE WATER COMPANY CONSPIRACY.

eTaHE STAR has said that the bankruptcy of the Hudson County
Ii Water Company was a deliberate act intended to bring the
federal government into the dispute. The company has a
New Jersey charter, but, curiouslv, both the receivers appointed
are residents of New York, and they were picked out by representa-
tives of the East Jersey Water Company. This selection enables
the receivers to carry out their part of the program by going to the
federal courts to enforce alleged contracts for the diversion of water
The claim tina. the people of Richmond Borough were enduring the
horrors of a water famine had been Knocked out by Staten Islanders
themselves, so the receivers switched the claim to the fedora. forti
fcations, and by mysterious influences at Washington the support
of the secretary of war was enlisted. The ramifcations of the
water company conspiracy against the State will be exposed at a
future day, and the story will astonish the good people of New
Jersey.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
REPUBLICAN DIVISION IN THE SENATE.

1T HE discord among the Republican majority in the Senate
in the Sixty-frst Congress was not abated by the changes
that retired so many of the "od guard" 1t is as marked
at this session as in the last, and as long as the party issues remain
it will continue during the life Of this Congress. A presidential
election campaign usually brings warning party factions together
TO make a front against the common enemy. but the Senate factions
are as wide apart as the Republican party is from the Democratic.
Their differences seem ineradicable. In the presidential election
in 1908 the Republican party was a unit and its victory was over
whelming. Next year will witness a wonderful change, d party split
upon national policies, disorganized by last years defeats and dis.
tracted by faction. A masterful leader in hhe presidential Office
might show the way to victory. Mr.. Taft is not such a leader. The
only masterful thing he has done has seemed TO widen the breach in
his party.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
The People 5 Rostrum
+S.444#++4S~s4E Observation-Disclosures

how the nests had been placed on q
raft in Weequahic Park lake thirty
feet from the bank In an effort to
thwart the egg thieves. This is cer-
tainly identifying the park under diff
1culties, and sich a state OF affairs
should not exist. The people who steal
about them, and still they are counted
as part Of the population for which the
work is being done. 1t would be a
good thing for all concerned If an ex-
ample was made OF the next person
found guilty of stealing public property
from the parks. A. WALKER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
A PLANK ROAD OF STONE.

1HHE longdelayed paving of the new Plank road will now be
proceeded with, and the material used will be stone. The
enactment of the legislative bill authorizing the State road
commissioner to decide as between wood and stone for ma
teral, if the two county boards we're unable to agree. settled the
question by it's moral effect. The Hudson board retreats from it's
untenable position and consents to the use of stone, the only ma
terial that should be considered for a pavement for a highway of this
character. Manufacturing and transportation interests that have
waited so long for the Plank road to be built may now take courage.
The road is about to be built.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
LII. BAT M~ERcURIANs.


The bad Saturnian. as we have sesn.
is criminal not for love of money, but
on account Of m~alignity. He IL fond
OF wreakins revenge upon those bet
ter favored by nature. He hates man
kind because he is conscious OF his
u~gliness. and. like Richard the Third.
gfoats over the wretchedness Of others.
especially when he himself Is the au-
thor OF it.
for the sake of gain. They are not
vindictive, but they are covetous. They
do not feel that there is n such thing
as an ethical difference between mine
and thine. When they steal, they
have not the slightest compunction
about the act. The only thing that
may stay the hand of the Mercurian
thief is the fear OF the law. And this
has to be, SO to speak, visibly present
before his eyes al the time OF the OPP
portunity for theft, otherwise he will
NE jill TO ikttOI0 CfCI LAiGb POUG -
motive for honesty.
What makes Mercurians more reok-
less than others in oversteppins the
law Is that they are shrewder than
any of the other types. n are often
able to get out of the clutches OF the
law In emergencies which would leave
no loophole of escape for others.
The bad Mercurian ranges In thiev-
ing p~roclivities all the way from the
low, cunning sneak-thief and pick
pocket to the high-class f1nancier who
| conjures millions out of the pockets
| Of entire nations. The underlying char
acteristics are the same In both, n
the difference is based upon qualities
which are indicated by texture Of skin,
1exibility, thumb indications and lines
OF the palm.
In nearly all criminal Mercurians, OF
whatever degree of or refine
ment. the little finger is bent n
crooked. The lateral bending shows tie
extraordinary ~shrewdness and the
crooking is typical of the dishonesty.
Will COdL0C LCAtolCs 0thi ioAAAD
hard consistency and yellow nails, a
person with this kind of little finger
will not scruple to rob a baby Of its
bottle.
with finer texture, supple thumbs
and white color Of the nails your bad
M~ercurian is the high financier who
dazzles the world with his N%apoieonic
undertakings, and very often, alas,
gets away with it," One of the Seven
Wise Men of Greece said that laws
are cables TO the weak, but cobwebs to
he strong" He undoubtedly had a
high class Mercurian in mind when he
gave utterance to- this conviction. for 1t
is certain that Mercurians of this;
meteoric stripe understand how to
jusgle with the laws. And If statutes
do happen to be unyieldingly stubborn
1t often enough happens that your bad
Mercurian of the high calibre finds
means to have them abrogated alto
gether.
But you must be careful in estirnat-
ing whether a Mercurian belongs to
the honest or the dishonest classs for
some of the greatest and best of men
doctors, lawyers, preachers, actors
and so forth-belong to the Mercurian
type, and would rather lay down their
lives than overstep the boundaries OF
honesty.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY,
APRIL Is. I896.

Plans for the new City Hospital were
accepted by the building committee of
the Common Council. Wilson c. Ely,
Of Newark, is the successful architect.
The institution will be erected on Fair
mount avenue at an estimated cost Of
$500. 900.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28

Vice-Chancellor Emery heard the case
of the city against George r. Gray for
$3.50 in personal taxes. City Counsel
Riker and City Attorney Depue ar
gued that the city is a preferred cred
itor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28

Collector Henry M. Egner, who is
also custodian of the new postoffice
building, is inspecting the two freight
car loads of furniture for the offices
in the building.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public and
invites signed communications OF
not more than hundred words
treating OF topics. of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28

David Chandler, health officer, re-
on the steamship Victoria, from Naples,
are suffering from smallpox. They are
bound for Newark.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28

Former Governor Werts was in
Newark and visited several of his
friends in the Prudential building.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
TlMR0D TARPY SEE.

A good way to Kill mosquitoes is TO
shoot themS II that does not work, use
laughing gas.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
THE WEATHER TODAY.

showers tonight and Saturday; light
variable winds tonight becoming south
erIy Saturday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28

Do you realize what a Monthly
Income guaranteed for LIFE
would mean for YOUR wife ?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-06
PREACHER FAVORS
SUNDAY BASEBALL

Sacramento, Cal, July 6.-Prefacing
his sermon with a recitation Of Casey
at the Bat" the Rev. Franklin Baker,
pastor of the First Unitarian church,
spoke to a large congregation in de-
Tense of Sunday baseball, declaring
that the $15,0O0,O0O spent for baseball
last season was better expended than
the same sum in foreign missions, and
that the game is Americas mental
shower bath"
Declaring that the worship of one
day instead of seven belongs even
now to the theological junk pile, up
on which. are cast infant damnation
and hell fire and birthstone" DR..
Baker called attention to the large
salaries paid to the league players and
the enormous sums spent annually by
American people in witnessing their
chief source of amusement.
DIR. Baker is a baseball enthusiast
and a former player, and his discourse
lacked none of the modern baseball
vernacular. He traced the evolution
of the game for the last fifty years un-
til it's international recognition as
Americas national sport