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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-06
Miss Eleanor Colburn COnor ms with All the Rules==Aprl 6
Last Day When Manuscripts May Be admitted.

Every day the mail brings in new
manuscripts of plays written by the
young authors who are competing in
The Stars prize play-writing contest.
One of these plays will be selected by
the jury as the winner to be given at
Proctor's Broad Street Theatre, Eliz-
abeth, the week of April 20, and at
Proctor's Park Place Theatre, this
city, during the week beginning May
6. The contest closes April 6, at which
time all manuscripts must be in the
hands of the judges. Their decision
will be announced as soon as they
have thoroughly studied the plays and
determined upon the one possessing
the most merit.
The Star is In receipt of a play by
Miss Eleanor Colburn, of 1907 Broad
street, entitled 1.-THE Two Winnings
The play has our characters and Is
presented in a manner conforming en-
tirely with the rules and regulations
of the contest. Miss Colburn is a pu-
pill of the Chestnut Street School.
Contest queries
Play Contest Editor:
Is it necessary to send in a name to fill
in a character? For example, Jack We'll
ler-Alvin Schroth. / want to know il I
should send the name of Schroth with my
playlet. j. NJ.
If o mean the person who is to
play the part of Jack Weller we do
not see how o could send in the
name unless o know who is going to
play the part.
Play Contest Editor:
I am a pupil of Drake Business School
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-06
About the City

ReY r. Arid Monat viii address the
members of h CALIFORNIAN Club al the
regular meeting Of the lodge tonight
al Is William street. Important buzz
ness viii be transacted
The Rangers Of Essex COUNTY For
est OF the Tail cedars OF Lebanon will
have a vaudeville entertainment fol
dltoriun tonight. The proceeds VII
De devoted TO the purchase Of new drill
uniforms.
The sper1ing Social Club viii have a
theatre party and banquet tonight
This club IS composed Of men and
women.
The Congregation Adas Israel held a
a at krueger's Auditorium last night
The affair was largely attended.
The city omcials will be the guests
OF the management o. Miners Theatre
tonight The guests will occupy boxes
Under tie auspices Of Hope Rebekah
Lodge No AZ, I o. o. f., a leap year
Hall
The Sunday school eupertntendsnts OF
Essex county viii have a conference
vile II. E. Church. Frank I. Brown
Of Brooklyn, viii preside.
The Sunday School Association Of Is
sex county IS making preparations for
its annual June walk. Last year $4,000
children were IN line, and It is expect
ed to have as large a number this year
on June l.
TIE second annual minstrel show and
reception Of Marcus L. Ward Council
Jr. o. L. A NJ, will be held In the
New Auditorium tonight.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-06
WOMEN TEACHERS START
FLY-KILLING CAMPAIGN.

A crusade against the disease-breed-
ing housefly has been launched by Miss
Mary Price and Miss Caroline Roemer.
of the science department of the Bar
ringer High School.
The campaign, as outlined for the
Board of Health by the two teachers
last night, provides for the distribution
by school children of circulars about
the housefly, showing the best ways of
discriminating the pest.
Inspector John w. Dobbins, who is
in charge of the work of mosquito ex-
termination, explained that the fly
crusade would be along the same lines.
The board referred the matter to the
sanitary committee, with power.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-06
CRucIBLE FIRM EXHIBITS.

J. II. Gautier & Co, of Jersey City.
manufacturers of crucibles, have a
81. 600 New Jersey exhibit at the inter
national clay products exposition. in
Chicago.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-06

II second annual minstrel show and
reception OF Marcus L. Ward Council
Jr. o. L. A NJ, will be held In the
New Auditorium tonight.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-06

Rsx r. Arid Monat viii address the
members of h CALIFORNIAN Club al the
regular meeting Of tbs lodge tonight
IS William street. Important buel-
ness will be transacted.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-06
7 BLANK
Play Contest Editor,
The Newark Star:

Play Contest Editor,
The Newark Star:
Please enter my name in
your p~lay-writing contest. |
have read the rules govern
ing same and desire to COM
pete for the $3.50 prize you
offer.
/ agree to be guided by the
rules of the contest and to
abide by the decision of an
impartial set of judges.
Name
Address ..................
City Cor Town ........,
The evening world., 1912-05-06
MRS. MOONEY,
FUR BUYER, TO Be
BURIED IN CHICAGO
Head Of Big Department for
Net reery's Stores Died OF
Heart Disease.

Mrs. Mary Mooney. head OF the fur
department OF the two stores Of James
McCrsery 4 Co., regarded as h most
expert woman buyer In America, died
Saturday At her apartment. No. ~
West Seventeen street. Solernn requiem
mass was sung at II o'clock to-day At
the Church Of the Blessed Sacrament.
Broadway and sevsnty.firs, street The
body was taken this afternoon 70 CHI
cago, whore requiem high mass WI b
said tomorrow N the Cathedral Of the
Holy Name.
Mrs. Mooney had been suffering for .
year from heart disease and had been
seriously III for the past six weeks. She
was constantly attended by Ara 4.
Medbury: her companion and dearest
friend for eighteen years.
The business career OF Mrs. Mooney
The evening world., 1912-05-06

and Mrs. Medbury has been truly re-
parkable. They met IN 1t. Louis. where
hrs. Mooney was buyer FOR the william
esrr Dry Goods COMPANY and later FOR
t'ie S!csel.1Iiilmsn Company. Twelve
years sso they came TO New York. Mrs.
Mooney as fur and misses and chlldrens'
furnishings buyer for Mccreery's. while
Mrs. Medbury took charge Of the mil.
iinery department Of Stern Brothers.
Mrs. Mooney was said in the depart
ment store trade to have been one Of
the highest salarled buyers In America.
Her yearly trips to London and Paris
made her well known in the trade on
the Continent. According to those who
knew her as a business woman, Mrs.
MONEYS a~nticipatory buying was one
OF the chief sources OF her success. II
W said she never made q serious mis-
lake In selecting goods for her arm.
h friendship OF Mrs. Mooney and
Mrs. Med5ury was remarked by ali who
The evening world., 1912-05-06

Nearly One Munassa witnesses Are
- Ne Aeasd.
WYTHEvrtLE. Va. May 0-With
nearly q hundred witnesses yet to be
heard, the arisi OF Floyd Alien for the
murder OF Commun wsaith's Attorney
Foster al Hiiisviils to-day entered upon
It's fourth day. .fTD'f sst~s \
It probably will be the mean Ne end
Of this week before the commonwealth
rests, for there are ~sixty-hvs names on
the witness list Of tho prosecution alone.
and of these only eighteen have been
heard.
The frst witness to-day was NJ. C.
White, a member Of the jury which
found. Floyd Allen guilty in the Car.
roll County Court. White declared he
had seen Floyd and Claude Allen hold
q whispered conversation Just before
the shooting occurred. When hrinl
began White said he dropped to his
hands and knees n crawled out o,
the our room TO the clerks ofttc,
adjoining. .+t
white jumped into the hrsprooi
vault In the clerks room and re.
manned there until the hrins had
ceased.
The evening world., 1912-05-06
PlMliC0 WINNERS.

FIRST RACE-Two-year-oids; selling;
hve MISUNDERSTANDING. 1N CTurner), I
70 10, 1 10 8 and out. first: Ola Coin, III
(Hopkins). y 10 Q. I 10 . and out, second;
Fred Levy, l7 tAmbrose). % 10 I, I 10 I
and 9 TO 6. third. Time, LOO Is. smseh.
Orc voc and Carousal also ran.
SECOND RACE-Nfaiden thrce-ysar.
old and up; purse 5000 : . one milo :
Eyebrow. 100 tBruce). II 10 6. even ana
I to .. won stairs. 100 (Pickcns). Is
70 I. I 70 1'.snd . 70 s. second Ab-
sconder. iC tDigsins). 8 70 I. . to I
and even, third Time. Lea 1t. Lynch
burg. Overlook. Mud Slii. virginia
Creeper and Harlem LAss also ran.
THIRD RACE.-Merchants'; selling
handicap: three-year.olds and up: six
acknowledgements. % tMcCahsy).
to 8, Q TO 10 and out. nrst: Handrun.
ming, 81 martini. az to I. 8 to ! and
7 to g.. second; Rye Straw. los (Bell),
Z to 2. 4 TO 8 md I to 3. third. Time
LIS i.5. o EN-. Camel and Scholar
also AN. Herbert Turner fell.
The evening world., 1912-05-06

knew them. =,
Ave were together for eighteen
years" siId'Mrs. Medoury to-day. and
! know no finer woman ever lived. We
will take Mrs. Moneys body back to
Chicago this afternoon on the Twentieth
Century Limited and she will be buried
there. so that later on I may rest At
her side"
a special train bearing a large num-
Der Of Mrs. MONEYS st. Louis friends
will reach Chicago tomorrow In time
for the funeral. Among them will be
the family OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. An
heuser. for three Of whose children Mrs.
Mooney was s0dm5thcr.
Mre. Mooney was born In warrcns-
Vile. Ill.,. but spent most OF her life In
st, Louis and Chicago.
The evening world., 1912-05-06
MRS. VANDERBILT BETTER.
Ne Ss Iaprovins Rapidly After
~ Operetios, Doctor says.

Mr.. W. X. Vanderbilt u rapidly re-
covering from the operation ptrformed
upon her fof appendicitis last wedhss.
dAy. II was denied at the Vanderbilt
meme, No. - Firth avenue. to-day. that
Mrs.. Vanderbilt had had . tuna for ,lhe
worse and that her reiatives,h had bssn
oai,sd In near midnight last ntSht.
~. James /. Russell os Ness 60 Mad
ieon venue who operated on Afs. vsn-
lsebdlt. said:
s9frs. Vanderbilt 10 doing nicely. Her
esndSion 10 most pleasing. There u
sbooiutely no truth in the report that
sAe had . critical turn. Her recovery
has continued steadily since Wednes-
day" ~.
Mrs.. Vanderbilt attended . benent per.
formance for the Titanic survivors last
Nosdny night. shc was taken III during
tbs performances and went to her home.
Physicians found her suffering from an
attack OF a~ppendicitis, n she was
opseetsd upon Wednesday morning.
The evening world., 1912-05-06
LEXINGTON ENTRIES.

LEXINGTON. Ky. May .a--Ths en-
l4rsos Ssr to-morrcw's races are - fol-
Err ,Aqs5 sssssyss:i ~, TO- =, r. {.
f;sS fI h iS'
po$o nAqs1.:., ~ :sss'f Ss:osS
A&mts..ssSsss:; Pos. i} i iw ::s'i BE. III III
Se - SkssSsose.oe;ws sS sDSSsi III; s as
MlAS ~ @. I!;!is. IL; hsx 3d.
sHH.nnsss.. 10, ~ IS. TO: u. 81
nas y o'''>s' 's'
The evening world., 1912-05-06
BOSTON LAWYER SUICIDE.
Olcott o. Partridge shoots Himself
~ Ilis once.

BOSTON. May s-olcott o. Partridge,
. lawyer and ciup man.. committed sui.
eide BY shooting IN his once In this city
early to-day. Three letter. were found
on . desk nea the body. One wa ad-
dressed to Mrs. II. W. Hartridee, the
attorneys mother. who u waiting at
Victoria, Tex.
Although Il was suggested that over
work might have caused Partridge TO
end hts life, II II known that he had
been In ill-heaath for q long Sine.
MIR. Partridge had written many Of
the importsnt briess that have been SUBJ
mhtted 10 the Supreme Court during the
PAST few years.
The evening world., 1912-05-06
.SOUTHMAYD HOME
FOR AGED women
DESTROYED BY FIRE
All the Inmates Escape From
Connecticut Institution
Firebug Suspected.

WATERBURY. Conn. May s.-rhs
Southmayd Home for Aged Women
vas destroyed by FIRE to-day and all
che inmates had narrow escapes. hsv.
ing to b taken from the building By
eremen and policemen
A nurse who went baok into the
burning building vas ovssooms and
Was with dihiculty got out safely. She
VA unconscious, but latsr recovered.
The origin IL not known. but the
0ass started In tho cellar and the au.
thorities are working on the theory
that II was incendiary. The loss will
amount I several thousand dollars.
The evening world., 1912-05-06
FLOYD ALIENS TRIAL.

Nearly One Aunasea witnesses Are
- Ne 2essd.
The evening world., 1912-05-06
COMMISSIONER AGAIN A COP.
"Jimmy" Dillon IL weariss Q us'-
/. form Jest Ter . Day.

hOHm S0bs W
Fourth Deputy Police Commissions
Dillon resumed his uniform cf Inspector
to-day and went to Brooklyn to per-
form the duties Of borough Inspector
which post he held when Mayor oaynor
appointed him . deputy commissioner
Tomorrow no will return - ci"s"ns
dress and the once Of trial eomm's
sioner.
This ansformation 10 purely tech
meal. but II IL necessary in order mat
Dillon may retain his standing In the
Police Department and participate IN
the police pension fund when he re-
tires.
when Mayor Gaynor appointed him a
deputy commissioner he got Q year.
leave o. absence and under the police
The evening world., 1912-05-06
Marabou Feather
- NeckWear

BLACK, Natural and Mole
Stoles. ~ to en- yards long.
5 and 6 strands. Reg. $500 to
$3.50. At
S2.75 to S4.25
The evening world., 1912-05-06
NEW SUFFRAGE LEAGUE.
Liilie Devsseaa Blake Heads Ons
Incorporated To-day,

ALBANY. N. y. Nav 6.-Ths Issfs.
isuvc League OF New York. with pria-
opal ofioss In New York City. wNs IN.
women Of the state legal. Industrial
and political equality with men"
AR.e Dsvereau Blake 10 president.
The directors arc Helen N. Brent, Ida
LAwrcucs Slack. Annie A. Plum. Flora
Z. Mackfnson Dsdie. Sara Beers
Crowell. Elsana DO Angels and Theresa
c. Holmes, all Of New York.
The evening world., 1912-05-06
LEXINGTON WINNERS.

FIRST RACE-Fivs and q half fur
ionga.-sure Get. 100 tFaih). first:
Merry Lad. if2 (Pcake). second: Rose
of Seddah, ~ tMcCabe). third. Time
los as. Polly D.. Miss Thorpe. Clara
Atkin, Charley Brown and Terrible Boy
also ran. Mutusis paid: Sure Get.
straight $3.50. place S3.s0. show S2.so:
Merry Lad. place $50. show S3.i0:
Rose Of Jeddah. show $500.
The evening world., 1912-05-06

Yard Wide sl.2s Quality Black Dress
Taffeta.
Yard Wide sl.2s Quality Black Dress
Satin.
Yard Wide Nl.2s Quality Black Peau
de Sole. ~
Yard Wide. sl.2s Quality Imported
Black Precipitation Proof Habutai.
The evening world., 1912-05-06
A sOy0 FREE.

The Maid Marian song. by Reginald
de koven, from Robin Hood In next
sunday World Mngazine--words and
music complete.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-04-04
MAGNETIZED THE DULL ONES.
In Stockholm Electricity Was Used
to Aid Pupils.

Stockholm, March 30.-It is an
nounced that Prof. Svante Arrheni-
us, the noted physicist, has COM
pleted in this city a series Of ex-
periments proving that electricity is
a mervelous aid to the physical and
mental growth of school children.
The experiments were made UNI
der conditions of much interest.
Two groups of fifty children Of
practically similar physique, age
and mentality, were placed in two
rooms exactly alike, except that in
the walls of one of the rooms were
concealed wires carrying alternat-
ing currents on a system perfected
by the French scientist, Doctor
dArsonval. Neither the teachers
nor the pupils knew they were ex-
posed to this influence that made
the school room a strong magnetic
field.
At the end OF six months the mag
netized children had grown on an
average 81 millimeters two inches)
and the unmagnetized 80 millimet-
ers (f.t6 inches. Making 20 the
standard Of perfection. the magne-
tlzed children reached in their stud
les an average OF iS.i while rs at
tanned a perfect mark. The unmag-
netized children reached an average
Of -, only nine attaining perfect
marks
The magnetized teachers also at
tested that their faculties were
quickened and their powers of en-
durance Increased. The expert
ments undoubtedly viii be enlarged
and II the results are verified it is
believed the system vii be adopted
immediately to aid backward chill
dren.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-04-04
ALLEN OUTLAWS
ON LAST STAND
Sidna Allen, the Ringleader, Expect
ed 10 Make Desperate Fight
Sends Word VIII Not BE
Caught Alive.

HilIsville, Va, March 3i.-With
detectives close on the trail Of Sid
ma Allen. ringleader Of the Allen
clansmen, and his nephew, Wesley
Edwards, known as a dangerous
man, prospects last night were that
before daybreak the two outlaws
would be captured dead or alive and
the entire band who riddled with
bullets the Carroll county court
house, killing five persons and
wounding two others. would be in
the hands of the law to await trial
for murder.
Early yesterday posse under De-
teciive Thomas Felts got definite
clew of the remaining outlaws
whereabouts. Newly turned tracks
in the rainsoaked mountainside
about IS miles from here and in the
vicinity Of Floyd Aliens home on
Sugar Loaf mountain were discov-
cred. They led back to a creyice
overgrown with ivy and laurel
where a bed of leaves scraped over
scraps of food gave unquestioned
evidence of the outlaws last hiding
place. A receipt for $40, made out
by George Easter, a resident Of this
section, and signed by Sidna Allen,
laid nearby, apparently having
dropped from Aliens pockets. The
detectives believe the men had left
the place not more than an hour
before the posse discovered it. De-
tectiye Felts Immediately dispatched
couriers to the outlying posses to
encircle the region where the two
men were believed to be. Every
line of escape was thus closed.
No news had reached here to-
night as to the success of the sor-
tie. The HillsviIe townspeople pre-
diet a desperate battle when the de-
tectives come upon the outlaws. If
the men are so closely trapped as
the detectives believe, a battle to
death is imminent.
Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards
have declared, according to reports,
from the mountains, they never
would be taken alive.
Claude and Friel Allen remain in
the Hillsville Jail. 1t has been ex-
pected they would be transferred to
Roanoke, but every available de-
tective in town was hurried off to
the mountains to assist in the hunt
for the two remaining outlaws.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-04-04
JAMES DEAN FISH DEAD.
Was President of Bank That Ruined
General Grant.

New York, March 3i.-The death
in a secluded Brooklyn suburb of
James Dean Fish, % years old, re-
calls when he was president of the
old Marine bank, the failure of
which in 1881 was marked by scenes
Of disorder never equaled in Wall
street. The closing of the bank
swept away the savings of General
U. S. Grant and the investigation
which followed sent Fish to the
Auburn prison and Ferdinand Ward,
Fish's partner, to Sing Sing.
Fish and Ward planned a series
of daring speculative operations, to
make the firm of Grant & Ward the
most powerful financial institution
in the country. The firm was orig
inally composed of T. S. Grant, Jr.,
and Mr.. Ward Then Gen. Grant,
who had retired from the presi-
dency several years before, bought
a share in the business. General
Grant, never a keen business man,
was deceived. and finally there came
the iitful fizzle in Wall street, fol-
lowed by the crash.
After his release from prison on a
pardon granted by President Cleye-
land. Fish lived in strict seclusion
and spent much Of his time in his
library. He had q rare collection of
books and old prints.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-04-04
CRAZY MAN ATTACKS
BLIND SENATOR GORE
Armed With Club. PoIander Would
Have Drained Oklahoma States
man While Making Adj
dress. hut for Aid.

Waukesha, Wis. March d.
United States Senator Thomas p.
Gore of Oklahoma, speaking here
last night in advocacy Of Woodrow
Wilson fer the presidency, was the
object Of an attack by crazy po-
lander, and was saved from serious
injury or perhaps death only by the
quick action of Judge Hamlin,
Of the meeting, who hurl-
ed a chair at the foreigner and
knocked him from the platform
The Pole, whose name was given as
Charles Scharmalla, was sitting di-
rectly in front Of the speaker, and
when Gore spoke in defense of Viii
sons attitude toward foreigners he
jumped on the stage, at the same
time drawing a heavy stick from
under his coat.
Not until it was all over did the
blind senator realize that his life
had been in peril. He said later that
the first he knew of the danger was
when he felt the swish of the air
as the mans body, balanced ON the
edge of the stage, fell into the or
chestra pit.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-04-04
TRAIN GUARD ANNIHILATED.
American Passengers Escaped by
LNina on Floor Durina Finht.

Mexico City, March 30-Nearly an
entire squad of 50 soldiers guarding
a passenger train which was pro-
ceeding from Mexico City TO Cuer-
navaca with a number Of passen-
gers, were killed by Zapatistas SO
miles south of here today.
The train returned tonight with
IS Of the dead, including the engi-
neer The other bodies were left
ON the field The passenger train
was pushed back to the capital by a
freight train.
A force of $50 Zapatistas fired
from behind rocks for an hour and
a half. II is believed they sustained
small losses. The captain of the
squad and six soldiers, all wounded.
have also returned.
1t is believed that no Americans
were injured. although there were
several on the train, but they es-
capped injury by lying on the floor.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-04-04
END OF LONG FIGHT
FOR FREE BRIDGE
Triumph of Good Road Idea at TT.
Smith After Years of Opposition
For Railroads, Tr0lleys, We
hicles and Pedestrians.

TT. Smith, April 1.-THE big plans
for the two-day celebration in hon
or of the opening of the new free
bridge were a good deal hampered
by the rains, but the rejoicing over
the great event was general. II is
considered that this opening marks
a new epoch in Western Arkansas.
The bridge, which was built by
the people of Sebastian and Craw-
ford counties at a cost Of n million
dollars, spans the Arkansas river,
and is part of the good roads sys-
tenn which is planned for Western
Arkansas.
The bridge is monument to the
new Arkansas, the Arkansas which
desires to take rank with the most
progressive states. 1t took years of
fighting in the courts before the ae-
tual work on the bridge began. 1t
took years of action to obtain the
passage of a bill by the legislature
creating the bridge district. The le-
gality of the district was attacked
and was carried to the supreme
court. II was necessary to have the
bonds declared legal by the supreme
court; injunctions were fought sue
cessfully, condemnation proceed
ings were attacked and the commits
sion was forced to fight injunction
proceedings preventing the con-
domination Of the land. But all OBJ
stacles finally gave way to the pre-
gressive spirit, and now that the
bridge is completed and has won
praise for the twin cities all over
the south, the men who fought the
project hardest now see the q
of their ways.
The bridge has nine spans, each
1876 feet long. The bridge has one
standard steam railway track, two
trolley line tracks, two paved road
ways for vehicles, and two walks for
pedestrians. In the center of the
bridge is lift span.
The opening of the Free Bridge
marks the passing of the ferry boat
Caroline" which for 20 years has
been in use between Fl. Smith and
Van Buren,.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-04-04
JOE t. ROBINSON WILL REST.
Democratic Nominee viii Receive
Ovation al Hot Springs.

Hot Springs, March 3i.-The Hon.
Joe +. Robinson, recently nominat-
ed as a candidate of the Democratic
party for governor, informed Sec
rotary George r. Belding Of the
Business Mems League over long
distance phone yesterday morning
Thai ne would rest from the arduous
duties ct his campaign iii Hot
Springs. He viii be accompanied By
Mr.. Robinson and will spend some
Time here "a rest and recuperation.
4 movement Is en foot 81 extend 10
NJ. Robinson al old-lime Hot
springs welcome Mt. Robinson Is
no STRANGER here. 81 Garland IS il
Ale EHHEf aEsfaAaf district.