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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19
SEEKING TO RAF NEW
MECHANICS LIEN LAW.

An effort will be made TO draft a
bill providing amendments to the me-
chanics' lien law which will be salts
factory, to the numerous bodies which
have gone on record as declaring the
act inadequate. A joint committee of
the New Jersey Lumbermen's Protec-
tive Association and the Mason Ma
terial Dealers Association of New Jer-
sey held a conference with Governor
Wilson at Trento yesterday and dis
cussed the proposed amendment. Sem
ator W. w. S1nalley, of Bound Brook,
was present n the following members
of the joint committees: George A.
Smock, Uriah +, Washburn, S.. Fred
Bailey, F.. H. Genung, Thomas Goldin-
gay and James M. Reilly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19

rested on a charge Of beating her. Ac-
cording to the police they were SUM
moned to the store last night and found
the couple in a heated argument. Mrs.
Haddard insisted upon the arrest of
her husband.
Mrs. Haddard declared that some time
ago she gave her husband $1,000 TO in
vest in business, and that since then
he has failed to support either her
or their 16-year-old daughter Jennie.
This last statement was affirmed by
the daughter. A revolver filled with
empty chambers was found in the pos
session of Haddard when arrested. The
woman also declared her husband had
threatened to kill her.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19

She scrambleth int her seat as the
orchestra appeareth. Thy ears and the
back of thy neck she doth tickle with
the feather on her hat as she leaneth
forward to exchange greetings with
her friends Ave rows in front. When
she removeth said hat she doth i'm
partially prick each of thy vertabrae
in turn In a vain attempt to stick the
pins through the solid wood back of
thy chair. After she hath thus thrown
thy spinal column into an agony of
fear she hAginneth to tell thee and her
companion the story of the play, lest
thou, laggard, being dull of under
standing, wilt not know what goeth
on in the land of calcium. The curtain
riseth ere the tale is finished and thou
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19
SCOUTS HELD UP
At POINT OF Gun
Sons of Leading EnglewOod
Families Forced to Dance
by Other Youths.

ENGLEwooD. Dec. 1~9.-There's
trouble in Englewood on account of the
news that some of the Boy Scouts of
Englewood, while in uniform, have
been held up at night by other boys
n made to dance at the point of a
loaded gun.
The Boy Scouts belong to leading
families in Englewood and their stories
of the ~indignities to which they have
been subjects has stirred up the City
Club of Englewood. of which Ed
son P. Gorham is president. Rev.
c. Fl. Boynton, vice-president. and
Charles A. Bogert. secretary and
treasurer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19
PAVING MEN WIN STRIKE.

PERTH AMBOY, Dec. 19.-The strike
among employees of the Barber AS
phalt Paving Company, who walked out
because the officials adopted a lower
schedule of wages. was settled yester-
day when more than one hundred men
paid the amount demanded.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19
Sale of 5000 Silk P~etticoats

Edward Henlmer. The woman goes TO
the room to commit suicide, but the
proprietor saves her life by giving her
81, 900. Beyond the entertainment the
act affords there is nothing to be said
about it, but the entertainment Is per-
haps all that is necessary.
The Musical AVOIDS, well-known and
as well liked, gave an exhibition of
xylophone playing that is unique.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19
CROWD AT POLICE BALL.

Officials of West Hudson and delega-
tons of the p. y. A.. from out of town
We're present last night at the annual
dance of the Harrison police In
Rentschler's Hall. Harrison. Patrol
mar Thomas Dolan was chairman of
the committee in charge and Patrol
mar Peter Brady acted as noor man
ager.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19
NOT YET DECIDED TO
COMPLAIN OF HUSBAND.

Mrs. Saieen Haddard, wife of the
proprietor of~the Irish Lace Shop, 1893
Broad street, declared in the First
Criminal Cour today that she wished
another day to think over whether or
not h ought to make a complaint
against her husband, whom she had ar
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19
BLAMELEss For WIFE,s DEATH.

TRENTON, Dec. 19.-County Physi-
clan Scanned, after having conducted
autopsy on the body of Mrs. James
Ford. who was locked out of her home
all night by her husband because she
was drinking and who died Saturday
morning, found that death was due to
Bright's disease aggravated by expo
sure. The husband was released, it
being stated that he WAS not to blame.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19

Sc Seen tn the play play
before, and
erily it would
roht thee more to
ie thy money
round thy neck
md jump into the
billy waters of the
oassaic than to
~squander it on a
eat in front of one
If her species. Dost
hou begrude her
he pleasure twice
renewed? Nay, but
she hath taken the
evening off with
the fixed and
steady determina-
ton to render thy
life miserable.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
WANT AN ENcoRE2 PAY FOR IT.

According to the London Era, he
following notice Is exhibited in the YES
thule of a popular Partisan theatre;
"Those members of the audience who
desire songs or dances to be repeated
respectfully requested to give in their
names to the box office clerk. On the
conclusion of the performance those
who have thus given in their names
can, on paying for fresh seats, have the
encore they desire"
This sounds perfectly sound and
sensible says The Pelican, also of
London. There is no reaso in this
world why audiences who have paid
once to see a show should have por-
tons of it provided twice over for them.
If you pay for brandy and soda at any
place in London or elsewhere, and ex-
plain when you a drunk it that you
think it is so good you would like to
have another, the popular belief is that
you will have to pay for your second
drink"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
Menace to Health.

To the Editor OF the Evening star:
Would you kindly print my letter in
your Rostrum columns so that my
complaint will come to the attention
of the Board of Works? l tried to To-
cate some person at the Board 81
Works office by telephone to whom
could tell my troubles, but after twenty
minutes waiting Central, moaned the
customary, ~"They don't answer"
During the past wee.i of torrid
weather we find that the street clean
ers persist In sweeping the cutters be-
fore they have beer sprinkled vito
water. 1t is easy to imagine the i'm
mense discomfort and annoyance from
this practice. especially during the hot
spell. The cleaners use the system of
sweeping all dirt in the direction Of
the sidewalks, and by doing this NIL
the walks with thick dust so hat per-
sons will cross to the opposite side Of
the street In preference to being smoth
cred.
Everybody throws open all their
windows during this weather. and the
street leaners by their dry cleaning
fill the rooms with dust. I spoke to one
Of the street cleaners the other dag
and asked him why he did not wait
until the street had been sprinkled be-
fore sweeping 1t. He replied, Il can
stand idle al day waiting for tn,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
warming for "Gun-roter...

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Now that the Fourth of July is ov-
l wish to say a wore about the carry
ing of weapons the year round. There
were not many accidents in Dur city
due to the carelessness of handling
firearms. Why cannot our judges in
f1ict severe penalties on any person that
carries a weapon?
In all the murders that are due to
revolvers not one-half are premedi-
tated. They are generally the result of
hasty action. The police have given in
struction to all dealers in revolvers
that they must take the number of the
revolver and the name of the pur-
chaser. Is this strictly observed?
Let every citizen think this matter
over seriously, and 1 am sure that
many who carry weapons will see the
danger and discard what in all prob
ability will eventually bring trouble.
GUN.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
Why Not Get Bu.yi

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
l read and hear so much about the
proposed identifying of the Newark
streets that I would like to ask vol
what they are doing about 1t.
Sometime 6 they tore up the mid
die of Park avenue, evidently with the
intention of putting a small park OF
trees in 1t. But they have failed tc
fix the sides of the road yet and the
open hole Is still in the middle.
Drivers of automobiles and wagons
can be heard complaining cl day. but
1t does no good.
Why can't the city place a few extra
men on the job nd finish 1t up quick?
Court street above Washington Is a
pretty fair sample of what can be ac-
complished by placing a few trees in
the centre of some of our ugly streets.
INTERESTED.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
reviews Trust Question.

Reviews Irust tuestiOus
To the Flditor Of the Evening Star:
While I am not opposed, on general
principles, to the process of trust
busting that is now sweeping Ger thif
great and glorious country. I think that
the Federal authorities are going a lit
tie too far. l fail to see why men In
business have not a right to combine to
prevent cut-throat competition from
killing the industries which 1t has
taken a lifetime to build up.
In a certain sense, we are all In a
trust of some kind. and this good. old
earth is largely run on credit, another
name for trust. OF course, II there is
an actual restraint of trade 1t is a diff
ferent matter. but the average So
called trust, as I understand 1t. merely
tries to hold its end up. and II 1t does
not do this 1t will get swamped.
After all, this trust busting will be
of no permanent value, as 1t is against
economic laws. A real trust, I take II,
like a we'll managed labor union, Is a
benefit and not an injury to society.
Uncle Sam can keep right on indict-
ing, but he cannot kill the primary OBJ
ject of the so-called trusts, which is to
get a fair profit for goods delivered.
THE OTHER SIDE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
A NEW FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION

NV EW YORK'S unique Fourth of July pageant was marred by
AM the intense heat, but it was a suggestion that the city will
fully carry out next year, and on a scale worthy of New
York enterprise and public spirit. 1t was intended to be a repre-
sentation of all the races that make up the polyglot population
of the metropolis, and the idea was in perfect consistency with the
character of the days celebration. The Declaration of Independ-
ence was a proclamation of liberty to all mankind. 1t brought to
these shores millions of people from all countries and climes, and
they have helped to make a nation of nearly one hundred millions.
They have blazed the paths of civilization through the wilderness,
built towns and cities, extracted mineral wealth from the soil,
fought in the armies of the nation in all its wars, manned the
nations ships on the sea and become so amalgamated one with the
other and with the native stock that we have as the product the
typical American of today, the most energetic and progressive of
the races of the earth. What more appropriate for a Fourth of
July pageant than a representation of the races that are fused in
the American nationality and citizenship? In Newark, which has
sc many racial types In its population, a pageant can be gotten up
to be thoroughly characteristic of the city and be most effective.
1t could be combined with features of State and local historical
interest. The question of a safe and sane celebration in Newark
next year will not be dropped. 1t will be urged upon the city
authorities and the civic organizations of the city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
TWO YOUNG BEARS GIFT
TO NEW YORK'S MAYOR.

NEW YORK. July 6.-Somewhere
out in the tall timber that trims the
slopes of the Rockies are two bears,
now moving toward the office of
Mayor Gaynor in City Hall. They have
letters of introduction and carry also
a considerable quantity of boost and
BOOM literature about the Wasatch
mountains, where they were dubbed
and captured.
The bears, it should be added, are
tame bears, broken to harness and
hitched for their long overland jour-
ney to a literature-flled cart. A trap
per named J. H. Ellis, who trapped
them when they were younger than
they are now, is their driver, and the
cart to which he has hitched them Is
one especially contrived for the Jour-
ney.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06

The smaller the city the lower the
suicide rate tends to be. Mr.. Hoffman
states in another part of his article.
The suicide rate of a "well-devel-
oped, prosperous country" ought not
to be more than twenty-five suicides
per 10000 population, according to
German statistics, a Mr.. Hoffman.
Suicides by male Germans seem to
have reached their rate limit, having
remained at 35 per 100,O 900 for a long
time. But suicide among German
women is constantly increasing. Only
about twenty-four American men
commit suicide in every 100, 900, while
only about rs American women In
every 100, 900 commit suicide.
Here is a table showing the compar-
alive rates of suicides in the first
twenty of Mr.. Hoffman's's 100 Ameri-
can cities between 1900 and 1910:
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
>6oeg,SITNNn@E5EE5)
0UBURBAN T6WNS

Miss Eudalia Glenn White, Of Mum
avenue. East Orange, is the guest Of
Miss Mary Lee Hickman, of Louisville.
KY, at her home, "Glenvfew Farm"
Among the entertainments IN Miss
Whites honor were a buffet supper
given by Miss Hickman, a dinner at
the Louisville Country Club given by
Miss Nina Bingham and a dance given
by Miss Martha Btrse johnson at
Martha Vineyard" hor homo It Pc
wee Valley.
Mrs. David n. Gamer ana MRS wnl-
lam R. Gray. of Clifton avenue. trfs
city, are attending the ''old home
week" at Saugerties, N. T.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. O. HalienbecA and
Mr.. J.. j.. Hallenbeck, of Montuaaar,
are members of a motor party regis
tered at the Mathewson, Narrasansett
Pier, r. I.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Eugene rurton,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Turton and Miss
Margaret Turton, Of Irvington, and
Miss c.. L. Smith and Mr.. William B.
Smith, of Montclair, are among the
summer visitors at Quogue, L. I.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
Especially Dangerous.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Permit me to say just a word in your
columns about the ordinance forbid
ding the practise of splitting on side
walks. In this hot weather, when dust
is thick in the gutter and under foot,
the practise is especially dangerous,
and steps ought to be taken by the
Board of Health and the local police to
stop 1t.
But a sense of civic pride, or ever of
common decency, ought to make such
steps unnecessary. Let people remem-
Der that what they would not do in
their own homes they should not do in
the public street. PEDESTRIAN,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
SCHOOL SANITATION PROBLEM.

The school children of America are
getting a chance to become healthy as
well as wise. 1t appears from a report
just issued by the department of child
hygiene of the Russell Sage Founda-
ton. The report is based on conditions
found in 1898 cities. Nothing is said
in the report about the wealthy" part
of the old adage, but a fourth "R" has
been added to the old-time curriculum
and it stands for right living
The figures show that the deadly
feather buster is being rapidly BAN
ished, that the %unsanitary cup that
passed from mouth to mouth at the
school pump will soon be as out of date
as the old oaken bucket, and that the
roller towel has gone the way of the
little log school-house and the writhing
birch rod
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06

TIT UMAN endurance has been subjected to a great and pernous
II strain since the heated spell set in last Saturday. Many
have succumbed to it's rigors and there is q CHASTITY roll
of the dead. In Newark the death rate has been phenomenal. The
worst afflicted cities have been Chicago and Philadelphia, with
their teeming populations. New York city has suffered in lesser
degree, although the conditions of life in her tenement districts
would seem to be so unfavorable. But New York is a city by the
sea, and the air, though superheated, is charged with ozone. Chicago
and Philadelphia are located on inland fresh waters, the air from
which in summer is not so salubrious and carries the moisture that
makes midsummer heat facilitating and so deadly in its effects.
1t will be observed by the reports of deaths from the various cities
that the daily death rate jumps by double and treble figures each
day. What would be the daily toll if the heat spell should be pro-
longed through July and be accompanied by sultriness? In Chicago
and Philadelphia the morgues were overcrowded last night. With
another week of the heat there would be a daily record of hundreds
in the large cities. Human endurance has its limits, and, indeed,
there were thousands of people in Newark last night who felt in
their own cases that they were not far from that limit.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
LOCAL WAR NEWS OF
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

The Newark Daily Advertiser, now
the STAR. on July 6, 1851, published
the following:
Governor Oiden Rife Artillery.
The First Regiment of Artillery, of
New Jersey, named after Governor Oh
den, of this State. was organized last
evening at the pavilion, Elysian Fields,
by Inspector-Genera William Halsted.
companies were brought on the ground
at I o'clock, when the election was
proceeded with and the men inspected
by Inspector General William Halsted.
They are to be commanded by Colonel
John w. Latson. The regiment Is to be
quartered at Cape May, and to be nus
tered in on Monday or Tuesday of
next week. The regiment, as reported
by the inspector-general, contains 1914
men.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
Dangerous FooIishness.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Yesterday I visited Branch Brook
Park and was watching the young
men n young women on the lake.
To me 1t was a very beautiful sight
until 1 spied a boat with two young
men and women l saw that all was
going well when one of the men who
was In the stern of the boat got up.
He did not rock the boat but at the
same time I could hear the others ask
him to sit down. Now has this young
man no heard of many serious acct
dents that have resulted from this sort
of f~oolishness? Does he not know that
the lives of the others in the boat were
in jeopardy? If not, let him consult
the news items of the papers. Trust
ing that this may serve as a warning
1 am NOT FOR DANGER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
THE NEW RAILROAD VALUATION.

nS) EFORE the next Legislature convenes the experts of the
I'D State Board of Assessors engaged so long in the work of
revaluing railroad property in New Jersey will have com
pleted their comprehensive task and made a report to the board.
This will be the first actual valuation of railroad property by the
State board since 1884, when the board was created. Nor was the
valuation that year anything like the present one. The board en-
gagged engineers, but to a large extent depended on the railroad
companies for data. This time the engineers have worked out their
own problems independent of railroad official figures. There is a
moderated for taxation, and the results of the costly Investigation
ordered by the Legislature will either confirm or falsify that belief.
Anyhow, it will establish a new and more satisfactory basis for
railroad assessment and clear up the tax relations between the
State and the railroad companies.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
THEY FATTEN ON DISASTER.

'm ERHAPS the chief blot upon American civilization is the
liz business of gambling in the necessares of life. On the
Chicago grain market yesterday corn went up AZ cents a
sbushel amid wild excitement by the corn gamblers. This was be-
cause of the supposition-yes, and the hope-that the whitening
sraat in the corn belt would mean a poor crop and so much more
money in the pockets of the gamblers. These are the men who
fatten upon disaster. A national calamity is their meat and drink.
During the Civil War there were always spectators who rejoiced
when our armies met with a reverse. That was the side of the
market that they were on. The great mass of the people may be
pardoned a fervent wish that nature will cheat the gamblers and
that they will be forced to unload at a loss.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06
1900 1soe. 1910.

ITO every 100 suicides among males
in the United States. the correspond
ing number during the five years end
ing with 1908 was 1856, while to every
States, the corresponding number in
Germany was 1875" The article states:
"A decided fall in the rate of bust
ness failures in 1892 corresponded to
a similar fall in the suicide rate, fol-
lowed by a rapid rise in both rates
during the panic year of 1903. But the
economic condition of the nation is,
of course, only n of many factors
which determine the degree of suicidal
frequency"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-06

NBoUT MEN/
2eUFNoW

If Vice-Chancellor James E. Howell
has a hobby it is that of collecting
rare and valuable books, and his
library in Woodside is a standing evil
dence of his fine judrment along lines
literary and the means to crafty 1t.
But the vice-chancellor rides his hobby
modest and outsiders rarely nave a
peep at his treasures. During a visit
to London some years ago it was his
chief delight to browse among the book
stalls of the worlds metropolis. and he
managed to pick up many a gem that
is now peacefully reposing in this city.
Mr.. Howell was once trustee of the
Newark Free Public Library.
Howard sherwood, a local lawyer,
tells the following story about his
school days:
while we were in zoology class n
day the teacher was demonstrating
tn effect of Intoxicating beverages on
the stomach. The class looked on with
wonder while she poured e5 per cent
diCOlloi VII oil c6B, 1duSiiS ~ "
shrivel. A big colored boy in the back
Of the room jumped up and yelled,
Madam, wud you tell me where vol
buy yer licker?'"
City Clerk Connolly, under whose in
fiuence the marriage license bureau at
the City Hall starts many a happy
couple on the road to bliss, was in a
humorous way of thinking when dis
cussing the work of the department
the other day.
Funny" remarked his companion.
there is d penalty for every kind
of stealing except stealing a mans
daughter"
A sly twinkle lit the city clerks eyes
as he replied, "Oh, yes. there is; very
often such a theft is punished by hard
labor for life
Sergeant John Connell. of Chief of
Police Corbitt's staff, who was a life
long resident of the %Ironbound district,
moved to Vailsburg last month. Last
night, after his consultation with the
chief, he walked to the Four Corners
and boarded a car going east. He rode
down to his old homestead before he
realized that he was wrong. Poor
John!