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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-03
CLAIM FISCHER
GIRL SET OWN
DRESS ON FIRE
Act Result of Quarrel with Rel
atiyes Earlier in the
Week.
SHE TOLD STORY OF
ASSAULT BY NEGROES
Tale Discredited by Tenants OF
House in South Tenth
Street.

Driven to despair, Anna Fischer. who
is lying in the City Hospital today
painfully burned about the left leg, is
alleged to have attempted to take her
own life because of quarrel she had
at home.
The girl, who is II years old, was
saved from death last evening by the
prompt action of several bystanders
who saw her emerge from the three
story house at 491 South Tenth street.
where she says she was attacked by
two negroes as she started to mount
the steps on the way up to see her
friend Mrs. Dirgo, whom she hadn't
The story the girl tells is that she.
in company with the forelady of the
place where she Is employed, were
down to see the ruins of the Boyd
street fire after they left the factory
yesterday afternoon.
Soon after she left her companion she
took a trolley for home, getting on a
Plank road car instead OF a South Or
ange car which she would have to
take t get home. When the car
reached the corner of Sixteenth avenue
and Tenth street she noticed her error.
also at the sam time thinking of her
friend Mrs. Durgo, whom she hadn't
seen long time Getting off the
car, she entered the from. door of the
house, which is one door in from the
corner.
Negroes Seized Her, Set Her on Fire.
AS she closed the door and started
to mount the ST two cdlored men,
whom she described as being larger
than officer Meehan, who is six feet
two inches in his stocking feet, seized
her and demanded money. Upon being
told that she had none, they poured
keresone oil on he. clothes and set fire
to her.
When seen this morning her mother
said that it was not true that she had
been home, as she had so stoutly main
tained. Her mother also said that
Anna never went out alone, being
strictly forbidden to go anywhere with
out being escorted by one of the fam
ily, citing as an example last week
when her father escorted her home
from a party.
Anna always comes home at $40
right from work and never goes out
tCentinued sa Second Page.l
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-03
says Bout Was Tame.
ONLY ANOTHER GENTLE
TOUCH OF SPRING.

There is upon us, patient reader. an
other gentle touch of spring The gen.
tie touch came along after the three
ridiculous snow storms of yesterday
tried to buster the town into the be-
lief that winter was roaring back for
another session in March.
But when the town wouldn't scare
the temperature took a slide up under
sunny skies, until II was 81 at O'clock
this afternoon. and Professor Wiener
declares that ii will stay whereabouts
for perhaps as many as three more
days
Then we wouldn't be surprised II
winter made its dying effort in some
sort of a dismal blizzard, maybe. after
which he'll make little trouble, and
spring-in ffty-seven different varie-
ties-will dance along, singing. to take
his place
Spring is due officially anyway on
the 21st of the month. and since this
is practically the 4th already. IL Is only
a matter now Of roofing to beat the
calendar By couple Of weeks.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-03
AWAKES TO FIND
ROOM INVADED
BY A BURGLAR
Wife Gets Revolver for Husband
as He GrappIes with
Intruder.

Awakened by the noise of match
lighted in her bedroom early today Mrs.
Charles M. Kozley, of 81 High street,
West Orange, discovered a burglar
operating in her room. Believing at
first the man was her son, who, she
thought. was up getting medicine, Mrs.
Kozley in low tone OF voice asked
Are you i'll, Clarence?''
Receiving no response, Mrs. Kozley
then asked if Percy were there. A
mumbled reply was given by the in
truder and Mr. Kozley jumped from his
bed and grsppled with the man.
A son, whose room adjoins. hearing
the commotion, hurried to his parents
room.
In the meantime Mrs. Kozley OBJ
tanned a .32-calibre revolver and
handed 1t to her husband. who was
struggling with the man on the floor.
Mr.. Kozley covered the man with the
gun while his son telephoned to police
headquarters Four policemen were
<r1nu <5nueE m aenoua Pane.N
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-03
WELLS-FARGO COMPANY
TO QUIT JERSEY CITY.

JERSEY CITY, March 3.-The Wells
Fargo Express Company has announced
its intention OF removing it's offices
and stables from the building which it
recently erected here at a cost of $780,
900 to New York. Assistant General
Agent Charles Fowler declares that the
contemplated removal is due to the de-
sire of the company to centralize it's
metropolitan operations, and not be-
cause of dislike to Jersey City and
Jerseymen growing out of develop
ments of the strike last fall The
change will be made in the near future.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-03
FRENCH ARMY AVIATORS
IN FIRST AERIAL CHARGE.
With BleriOts, Begin Military
Formation 473-Mile Flight.

PAU, France, March 3.-The first
aerial charge on record was made to-
day when Captain Bellander led a
squadron of aviators in a fight from
Pau to Paris. 473 miles.
Bellanger was accompanied by Lieu
tenants De Rose, De Malherbe and
Prince Teau, and Naval Ensign Con-
neau All flew in Bleriot machines and
started in military formation, which
the fight.
1t was planned to make the first de-
scent at Chateau Roux, with only one
other stopping place between there and
Paris which 1t is expected they will
reach early tomorrow morning.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-03
PHILIP \. JACKSON
DIES SUDDENLY IN
SANHAR|UM TO-DAY
Had Been Ailing Long, Yet
Death Comes as Sur
prise to All.
WAS BUILDER OF THE FIRST
ELECTRIC PLANT IN NEWARK
One of City's Most Prominent
Men and Believed to Have
Left a Million.

Philip Nye jackson died at 1 o'clock
this morning from a complication Of
diseases in a private sanitarium in
Riverdale, N. Y His body will be
brought to Newark, the city of his
birth and half-century residence, for
burial
Mr.. Jackson was in his 51st year He
had been ailing for more than year
and six months ago he was on the
verge of nervous breakdown.
Mr.. Jackson was one Of the most
prominent citizens Of Newark. His
demise will create poignant grief
among the large number of people who
knew him.
sudden Demise Causes shock.
: Although 1t was pretty generally
known that Mr. jackson was in i'll
health and was receiving treatment In
private sanitariums in Lakewood. Rlv-
erdale and elsewhere, his sudden call
today came as a surprise even to his
widow, his children, his brothers and
his sisters.
The funeral arrangements have not
as yet been made.
Mr. Jackson was the father of New
ark's first electric lighting plant. He
financed the company, which was
known as the Newark Electric Light
and Power Company, now owned by
the Public Service Corporation. Be-
sides financing the concern, of hich
he was presiden and general manager,
Mr.. Jackson, being an expert cleo
trician, worked in every department
The company's plant was located at
tie foot of River street. on the bank
of the Passaic river. Later another
branch was opened in Mechanic street
sa Continued on second PaGeD
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thousand Employees Of
United States Com
pany Quit Work.
PROMOTION OF DRIVER
LEADS TO WALKOUT
Mems Claims Will Be Submitted
to Employers This
Afternoon.

JERSEY CITY, March 3.-Nearly
1000 drivers and helpers of the United
States Express Company here and In
New York struck this morning pend
ing an adjustment of a grievance
which was expected to be considere
later today by the company officials in
New York. Three hundred men went
out in Jersey City at an early hour,
and quickly Following wallout OF 100
company employees in Manhattan was
ordered. No wagons were sent out
from the company's stables in either
city, and business at its 1arious sta
tions affected was in a state of sus-
pended animation. Police were dis
patched in force TO guard company
property. No disorders, however, de-
veloped during the forenoon. The COM
pany threaten to use strike breakers
The trouble leading to the Swalkout
arose over the appointment of one of
the drivers who had been three years
in the company's service to the position
of a driver of a money wagon. Tne
men contend that the appointment was
due driver who had been in the service
twenty years. Failing to get satisfac-
ton, the lnen say, from General Super
intendent Snyder in Jersey City, they
decided to place the matter before the
higher authorities of the company, and
in the meantime the men were ordered
out. c. S. Campbell, of Philadelphia,
general superintendent of the fourth
division, in charge of strike matters,
was summoned as soon as the trouble
developed, and he was expected later
today to meet committees appointed by
the strikers. 2
Hope for Settlement.
Company officials anticipate that the
difficulty will be settled at this after
Moons conference.
Last fall a general strike of drivers
and helpers tied up the express busi-
ness here for several weeks.
At the main offices of the United
States Express Company in New York
city ignorance was professed as to
what had caused the trouble among
the men. 1t was said that up to today
there had been no hint of dissatisfac-
ton on the part of the employees and
no ultimatum had been served upon
the company No effort, it was added
would be made to send out any of the
$50 wagons that were no have been
moved today until the exact nature of
the grievance had been learned and
the prospects for settlement could be
gagged
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-03
FAVORS
NEW MEXICO CONSTITUTION.

WASHINGTON. March 3.-The sub
committee of the Senate committee on
territories today decided to recommend
favorable action on the constitution of
New Mexico The House already has
adopted the constitution.
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THREE DIE IN BOILER EXPLOSION.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, March a.
A boiler exploded in the plant of the
gDntario Power Company here this
morning, killing three men, fatally in
hiring another and more or less seri-
ksply injuring six to ten others.
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LOSE THEIR FIGHT
AGAINST CENTRAL
LEATHER CONCERN
Stockholders Are Denied In
junction Against Holding
Annual Meeting.

No relief is allowed to the complain
ants, Jules s. Bache and others, OF
New. York, in their injunction proceed
ings against the Central Leather Com
pany, in the decision handed down by
vice-C Chancellor Howell in Chancery
chambers today, and the stockholders
can now have their annual meeting.
which was scheduled for noon at Jer-
sey City yesterday, but adjourned be-
cause a restraining order of the courts
had held up all action. The complain
ants asked for the appointment of a
master in chance-y to conduct the cleo
ton. The meeting can now go ahead
without any such supervision.
Is ss0,O0o,00O Concern.
The company is an $s0,00o,0o0 con-
Germ and highly prosperous. but the
complainant stockholders say that in
spite of that fact no dividend has been
(Contiaued on Second Psge.)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29

HE most vivid recollections of
every man and woman brought
up on a farm must be of the
golden harvest time. Even the
persons whose farm experience
has been limited to protracted
visits to the country are likely
to retain mental pictures of the
gathering of the grain as the
most lasting impressions of such
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
WHEN THE SHAH TRAVELLED

But had to insist pretty strongly before
he consented to lay aside his weapon.
THE shah, for that matter. was no less dis
trustful Of his own subjects. I observed that
when the Persans were in his presence they
adopted q uniform attitude, which consisted
in holding their hands crossed on their stom-
achs. no doubt as evidence Of their harmless
intentions. 1t was guaranty-of very cas-
ual sort, we must admit.
For the rest his alarms displayed them
selves under the most diverse aspects and In
the most unexpected circumstances. For in
stance there was no persuading him to ascend
the Eiffel tower. The disappointment Of his
guides was increased by the fact that he would
come as far as the foot Of the pillars; they
always thought that he meant to 60 up.
But no. once below an immense iron frame
work. he gazed up In the air, examined the
lifts, flung a timid glance at the staircases.
then suddenly turned on his heels and walked
away. They told him in vain that his august
father had gone up az far AZ the first floor:
nothing could induce him to do as much.
THE instructive dread Of darkness and soil
tude was 80 keen In the Persian monarch that
he required his bedroom to be filled during
the night with light and sound. Accordingly
every evening, AZ soon az he had lain down
and closed his eyes, the members Of his suite
gathered round his bed, lighted all the can
delabra and exchanged their impressions
aloud; while young mobiles Of the court re-
lieving one another In pairs. conscientiously
patted his arms and legs with light sharp
little taps.
1.-THE king Of kings imagined that he was
in this way keeping death ut . safe distance,
II perchance II should take fancy to visit
him In his sleep; and the extraordinary thing
IL that he did sleep. Notwithstanding al this
massage. light and noise"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29

Each time the shah Of Persia went to Eu-
rope, where he spent large sums. he procured
the money needed for his journey not only by
raising a loan. generally In Russia. but also
by another method. which was both ingenious
and businesslike.
Before leaving his possessions" writes M.
Paoli in McClure's, "he summoned his chief
officers OF state-ministers, provincial COVER
nors and the like-and proposed the following
bargain to them Those who wished to form
part Of his suite must first pay him sum OF
money, which he fixed in accordance with the
Importance Of their functions; It varied be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 francs. In return. he
authorized them to recoup themselves in any
way they pleased.
"Here we find the explanation Of the large
number Of persons who accompanied the shah
on his travels, and the quaint and unexpected
titles they bore, such as that Of minister of
the dock yard Though Persia has never
owned navy, and one still more extraordi
nary, that Of attorney to the heir apparent
Although they sometimes had romantic
souls. they invariably had terribly practical
minds Eager to recover their outlay al
quickly as possible. they practiced on huge
scale and without scruple or hesitation what
may describe AZ the bonus or commission
system. This explained how on each Of his
trips to France the shah was able to spend
from eight to twelve million francs In pocket
money.
He always carried a loaded pistol In his
trousers pocket. though he never used It. On
one Of his journeys In France he even took
It into his head to make high court ofncial
walk before him when he left the theater car
rying q revolver pointed at the peaceable
sightseers who had gathered to see him come
out. Al soon as ! saw this ran up to the
threatening bodyguard.
Put that revolver away said. II 10 not
the custom here
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
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become imperative on the large farms Of the
west California and the Pacific northwest.
owing to the immense force OF men needed to
garner the grain on these baronial estates Of
the wheat empire" On one of these big
farms In Oklahoma, which may be cited as
representative, there are in use twenty-five har-
vesters and binders, each of which average
cut OF ESQ acres Of wheat per season. Similar
ly, on some Of the Dakota farms one may see
In season anywhere from twenty to forty ma
chimes In one far-iung line, charging into the
golden sea of undulating grain. Merely the
drivers Of these machines make a goodly force
to say nothing of the other members of the
harvest crew, and when anywhere from fifty
to one hundred horses are employed in harvest
Ing operations, the care of these animals is
In itself something of chore.
Perhaps the most picturesque feature Of
harvesting on the big farms beyond the Mis-
souri, river comes when the operation is carried
on at night by means Of the illumination Of
torches and locomotive headlights supplement-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29

forgetting the disadvantages of the harvest
season. 1t has quite escaped his memory,
most likely, how he was routed out of bed
at daybreak or earlier when there was har-
vesting to be done and how he turned in with
the chickens and slept like log from sheer
exhaustion He has lost all recollection of
the nerve-racking anxiety, shared by every
member Of the family. lest 1t rain before the
harvesting was finished, and he passes lightly
over the "reminiscences Of those weary hours
under a scorching sun with no protection save
broad-brimmed straw hat, its lofty peak
filled with leaves to help break the force Of
old Soils shafts
Harvest time on hejfarm, past and present,
marks the climax Of the year In hard work
and in worry-in short, in nerve and muscular
strain generally. OF course it will be under
stood that reference is made to the season of
the grain harvest To be sure, there are what
might be termed harvest seasons at intervals
ali through the season, from the time the
strawberries are ripe in the spring. only the
farmer never thinks Of dignifying the garner
ing OF these crops by the name OF harvest. In
the eyes Of the tiller Of the soil harvest time
means the crucial juncture for gathering the
grain-particularly the wheat-and storing 1t
away in barns and elevators, or mayhap load
ing 1t direct on the railroad cars that are to
carry 1t to the -four mills or to the ship which
eaters Of Europe and the Orient.
In the old days practically every farm In the
land had its harvest time and It held the secret
OF the profits of the whole years work on the
farm. That this is true no longer Is due
simply to that tendency to specialization which
has invaded the farmers occupation 1t has
every other field Nowadays we have chicken
farms and truck farms and fruit farms and
other kinds Of FARMS where attention Is 80
concentrated upon the one product in hand
that the proprietors do not raise enough grain
for the needs Of their own stock On such
special farms the once universal harvest
time" 10 unknown. But to make up for them
We have vast farms in the west and on the
Pacific slope. where wheat is the product
specialized and In consequence we see on
these big farms harvesting operations which
In magnitude and picturesque features so far
ovsrshadow the corresponding operations on
the old-fashioned farm east of the Mississippi
that there 10 literally no comparison.
One odd thing about harvesting is that al
most all methods are yet in vogue in one
section or another of the country. The ex
PLANTATION is found, Of course, In the fact that
the first cost and the operating expense of
the great steam harvesting outfits designed
ffcr the bonanza farms Of the west are such
Nas to make them impracticable for the farmers
controlling small areas. Consequently, these
farmers are getting along, and getting along
very well. with the old-time equipment, modern
ized by the Introduction of some Of the i'm
provements devised originally for the big
power machines We Are not any Ionssr har-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29

yesting the grain with sickle and YESA
fall as they do to this day In certain
European countries. but the small farmer Is
perforce, putting a great deal more manuai
labor into the gathering of his grain than Is
the owner of one of the vests 5,OOO-acre
wheat fields, where combination harvesters,
drawn by traction engines or 40 or 80 horses,
perform automatically every function from
cutting the stalks as they stand IN the held
to delivering to the waiting wagons the
threshed, cleaned and sacked wheat, all ready
for the market, without the touch of human
hand
Under the old conditions harvest time on
the farm meant hard work for the women folks
as well as for the men and this Is still the
case lust in proportion as the old-time) condi-
lions yet prevail The burden Of responsi
bility that fell upon the farmers wife and
daughters was that of feeding the harvest
hands. To be sure the wife had help for her
neighbors all pitched In and helped even as
their husbands and brothers. on similar Co
operative basis, were assisting the farmer IN
getting in his grain-a service that would be
repaid in kind as the turn OF each came In
the round of harvesting activities that en-
braced the whole countryside. Under this
plan, when harvest time meant continual
succession of neighborhood gatherings, there
were compensatons Of the farmers wives In
the opportunities for gossipy gatherings that
went the time honored sewing circles one bet
ter whereas the farmer girls might behold
romances grow under their eyes as the lads,
fresh from the harvest fields. had most con-
vincing evidence as to the prowess In cookery
of the local bellies
As a development of this system, that was
scarcely an Improvement from the feminine
standpoint, came the plan Of harvesting by
means of hired hands-possibly through the
medium of a screw" that accompanied
portable steam harvester that made Its rounds
from farm to farm. Under this plan which Is
vet the approved one In most sections. the
farmers wife and daughters have to get up
three meals day for a dozen or score OF
husky harvest hands and yet they are not 80
sure of assistance from the other women of
the neighborhood as was the case when these
latter had no similar duties at home through
the presence of the men folk at the common
harvesting rendezvous. Worse yet, the young
ladies have scarcely the interest that was mani
fest when the volunteer harvesters to De
served were the eligibles Of the neighborhood
instead Of, as now, nomadic laborers or. at best.
college boys working for funds to put them
through school
Latterly there has been some relief from
that phase Of the harvesting system which has
meant 30 much hard work for the fair sex. 1t
has come through the Introduction Of cook
wagons or kitchens on wheels which accom-
papy the big threshing outfits from farm to
farm ana serve food to the harvest hands right
. At the scene Of their work--thereby saving. BY
the way. the time that Wa formerly spsnt IN
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29

going to and from the farm house
This latter was a considerable item
II the farm house was located sew
eral miles from the harvest field In
which the men happened to be work
ing at noon. These kitchen cars have
been in use to some extent for sew
eral years past, but great improve
ments have been made in them of
late. There are now provided for the
use of the big travelling harvesting
crews range wagons" with several
of the largest size kitchen ranges
mounted on a truck, and more won
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29

OesA VI Oo vi hOt ilul-
Gates the fascination Of
this phase of farm opera
lions by his longing to
pitch hay" when he in
vades the agricultural reg
ion for his vacation. That
Is, he Is enthusiastic
about pitching hay until
he tries 1t. Perhaps he
would not deem II quite
so much fun II he had to
do 1t for a livelihood and
If he could not quit his
job whenever he happened
to get tired.
So, too, the farmer boy,
transformed into a city
dweller who looks back so
longingly at the good old
harvest times on the old
homestead, is very prob
ably, after the fashion of
mankind. remembering the
pleasant things only and