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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-18
New Mystery Forces Itself to Front in
Strange Silence of Cunarder Concerning
Details of Accident and Scene Aboard
Doomed Liner.
BULLETIN.

NEW YORK, April 1s.The Brooklyn Navy Yard this
received the following from the cruiser Salem
be relayed to the Secretary of the Navy:
"Can get information from the Carpathia of any kind
although within easy She sometimes
acknowledges CALL but will admit the receipt
believe that she failed
messages her, She within easy
torpedo station Salem will Bradford this after
[Sgned]
"CHANLER"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-18
BULLETIN.

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WASHINGTON, April 1s.-After conference at the White
House today announced that appeal to the people OF
probably would be broadcast today by the
rescued from the Titanic
BULLETIN.
LONDON April number of the passengers and
the time of the disaster 220s
according president of Trade
reply question this afternoon This
board the Capatha correct
If the report Of 705 rescuedss
the death list is 1908
BULLETIN.
YORK. April 1sGenea Henry, surveyor of the port
the Carpatha will dock until O'Clock
Friday morning.
BULLETIN
YORK April 1SThe that the Baltic had picked
has been Investigated by the Asso
ciated Press proven to be untrue
BULLETIN
HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass. April 1sA private message has
Carpaha indicating that than 100 Of
scontinssa --s-s 90
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-18
Every Preparation Being Made for Reception
and Care of Carpathia's Passengers.
Relatives Anxiousy Awaiting Further
News as to Identity of Victims.
BULLETIN.

BY wireless Carpatha $50 miles of Sandy
Hook, April 49,
ii
critical those picked by the Carpahia is
mentally physically we'll None has been able TO give
what happened aboard the Titanic The
only thing definitely that Colonel John Jacob Asor
ished."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-18

Push Carts.
Mackuet & porenius. 7oe Bread st.-Adv.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-18
CUNARDER MENTIONS I3
LIFE-BOATS in DISPATCH

Flash Seems to Indicate That
Not All of Leviathan's Small
Craft Were Available for Res
cue Work.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
STREET GAMES FOR CHILDREN
Something New Is Being Played by
Little Girls Of Great City of Lon
don-BaII Is Used.

The children of the street are ultra
conservative in their games. After
countless years London Bridge contin-
ues to fall upon my fair lady; the crop
of oats, peas, beans and barley grows
as bountifully as ever.
This season has brought new game
which is played by little girls In every
part of town, announces the New York
Sun. A rubber ball is bounced on the
pavement and caught to the accompan-
iment of intricate hops and skips. In
its simplest form the game Is to
bounce the ball on each flagstone and
dump to the next without touching the
crack.
Among the older children form is
used of turning completely around
after the ball is dropped, clapping
hands and balancing on one foot. In
counting a progressive system is en-
ployed similar to that in Jacks; on the
5irst stone each motion is gone through
once. on the second stone twice, ETC.,
and the player Is out as soon as she
misses a count in any of the move
ments.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
With the RothschiIds,

What chiefly struck one at the
funeral of the late Baron Gustave de
Rothschild was the great multiplicity
of relatives descended from his father,
the first Baron James, the shrewdest
and most funnily humorous member
Of the Paris branch of the Rothschilds,
that he founded, says writer in Lon
don Truth. Among these descendants
were son, grandsons and great and
great.great-grandsons - Rothschilds,
Lamberts, Leonios, Ephrussis, Sterns,
Sassoons, Bubbays. They represented
not only the principle of blood rela-
tionship, but the finance Of Paris,
Brussels, Genoa, Milan, Odessa, Bonn
bay and Calcutta. Among the numer-
GUS multi-millionaires descended from
the first Baron James there was one
who devoted himself to medical sci
ence, dramatic literature and the COL
lecting of autographs of great writer's
Baron Henri, only son of the second
Baron James.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
Doq's "Stunt" Almost Fatal,

The state water analyst in Kansas
City has a curious dog-a brindle bull
who ticks stamps. Any morning un.
til very recently he was to be seen
accompanying his master to his labor.
atory. At the laboratory he made his
nest in an unused locker. But the
dog wasn't there merely for looks.
He had specific object in life. When
bottles were to be labeled he would
emerge from his hole at the snap OF
his masters fingers, obediently stick
out his tongue and neatly and cleverly
lick the label extended to him. But
the combination of glucose and cows
hoofs on the label is not the best diet
for bulldogs. The glue must have
come off and stuck in his throat, for
he now lies on couch Of old coats
with a goitre on his neck, swathed in
bandages of cotton and cold cream.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
Making Weather to Order.

There Is possibility that at some
dim and distant date we shall be able
to provide weather to order. At any
rate, a speaker at the Institution Of
Electrical Engineers in London held
out a hope that this wonderful and
scientific problem can be solved.
The suggestion is that by means Of
applied electricity clouds approaching
our coasts shall be dispersed and pre-
vented from crossing the country. In
other words, the clouds would be
broken and made to disgorge their
moisture at sea.
The electrical defense of our coasts,
II established, could be used at will,
but the principal trouble would be the
pleasing of everybody. Where one
farmer, for example, would require
rain, another might demand fine
weather.
Undoubtedly If weather control were
required scientists would proceed with
their invention; but at present there
seems no possibility of the nation at
large requiring weather to order, for
what suits one man does not suit an
other.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27

ways and I was satisfied. Then I sat
down to commune with myself.
Ulysses c. said I, If you market that
stuff you'll be hanging round the
trilbies Of justice asking tor a square
deal, while every woman in the five
continents is growing a six-foot thatch
with compound that has been sup
piled to her by some scoundrel that
has stolen your prescription That is
what l said, sir. had 1926 object les
sons up to that time, and the rem
nants of my charity wouldn't bring
three cents in an auction room. That's
when I got the idea. 1t came to me
one night, and next morning I was on
my way to Frisco en- route for the
South Seas"
looked surprised, and Zirgstauk
smiled. "Why the South Seas?" I
questioned.
II intended to grow hair and sell it
to them instead of selling them the
preparation" he snapped. "Do you
understand? I was out to circumvent
those thieves who prey on unfortu-
mates like me who spend our time cor
railing every little idea that blows our
way. Hire niggers down in the ISL
ands to grow you six foot fleeces with
the help Of your tonic were the exact
words Of the dream, and then cart the
wigs hcme and sell them to every
short-haired female in the United
States
-Four weeks afterward I was at
Auckland, New Zealand. and from
there got passage down to Puroroa,
one Of the outliers of the Gilbert
group. was far away from Broadway
on that little spot, and after I mixed
few gallons of the tonic got busy. I
rubbed the heads of a few score of
those niggers, after making an agree
ment with them regarding the crop
that would result, and then wandered
round and made calculations concern.
ing the value of few hundred six-foot
wigs delivered in Broadway or Picca.
dilly."
Zirkstauk paused and watched a
man swinging in space above a new
building. The thin wire support was
hardly discernible.
"That fellow up there is in no dan.
ger" he murmured. "We might think
he Is, but the chances of one of those
trees falling on our heads is far great
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
Gave Tip on Hair DRESSING.

The exhibit Of the special school
for truant and incorrigible boys at the
child welfare exhibit has attracted
much attention, and there are fire.
quent inquiries concerning the boys
themselves who have been greatly
changed by their training in the
school, says the indianapolis News.
The following story was told at the
exhibit.
An incorrigible youngster, who
while in the public schools had caused
nervous breakdowns and discourage.
ment among the teachers, and who
had gained for himself the name of
"the worst boy in the city," approach.
ed an instructor of the special school
and said:
II wish to speak with you"
"All right" said the teacher
"When. right now?"
1T is about your hair" said the boy,
who seemed to have developed into
something Of an art critic. "They quit
wearing rats down on Geisendorff
street last June. Suppose you part
1t in the middle, fuss 1t up on the side
and fix 1t somehow behind"
On another day the same boy look.
ed closely at the teachers coat as
she entered the room in the morning
There was an expression of disgust
on his face.
Same dress! This is passing day
md I wore my good clothes," he said
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
VAST WEALTH GOES TO WASTE
Annually Hundreds Of Thousands Of
Tons Of Sui ulphuric Acid Are Car.
ried OF by Streams.

One Of the most interesting Of the
phuric acid. Coal veins contain sui
phur, most commonly in chemical COM
bination with iron. The poorer the
coal the more sulphur is there. Such
compounds, becoming oxidized, form
sulphuric acid, great quantities Of
which in a free state are continually
draining from the mines into the rivers.
This sort of thing is going on at
such rate that the amount Of sui
phuric acid carried away by the
streams of the coal region Of penn
sylvania in the course of a year has
been estimated by the water re-
sources branch of the government
geological survey at 100000 tons-a
quantity equal to more than two
thirds Of the total sulphuric acid con-
sumed in twelvemonth in the United
States for industrial purposes.
Sulphuric acid has many uses in the
arts. Among other things, 1t is en-
ployed to clean iron before the latter
Is galvanized; likewise in the treat
ment Of sheet iron for making tin.
ware, and the wire for fences and
nails. For these and other purposes
$4,000 tons Of 1t are consumed annual
" in, and about the city of Pittsburg.
Mark, then, the pity Of the circum-
stances that, as determined by the
government exports, no less than 95,.
600 tons Of sulphuric acid flows in
year past the town Of McKeesport, In
the Youghiogheny river-that Is to
say, 10000 tons more than is utilized
industrially in Pittsburg and its vi.
cinity during the same period.
To put the case otherwise, fully
$1,2O0,000 worth Of sulphuric acid, pro.
duced by nature, is carried away every
year BY one stream In neighborhood
where the same stuff is required for
use by thousands Of tons in factories.
Here is a problem for the Industrial
chemist to solve-the obvious difficult
ty in the way being that the solution
Of acid is so very dilute that attempts
to concentrate it would be likely to
prove Improbable.
incidentally, the acid robs the
streams of all their oxygen, kills the
fishes, and attacks structures of iron.
1t literally eats up bridge piers, lock
gates, etc., and at the present time is
making lot Of trouble in the govern
ment canals along the headwaters of
the Ohio.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
CAGES FOR SINGING INSECTS
Tiny Houses, Constructed In Japan,
for Little Bugs That Have Ten.
dency Toward Music.

In Japan people keep singing insects
IN cages, as we do canary birds, and
have them hanging about the house.
They are supposed to bring good luck
In Tokyo and other cities some of the
shops are devoted entirely to the sale
OF these bugs and their cages. The
practice Is beginning to show signs OF
becoming fad in this country 1t is
doubtful, however, if the American
will take the same interest in such
dtminutive pets as does the Japanese
Then, too, the variety of singing in
sects In this country is not SO pleas
ing as it is large. The most widely
known member of this family is the
mosquito, who is never likely to be-
come popular as household pet, and
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
FOUND A CURE FOR IDIOC>
Prof. Payr Crafts Thyroid Gland From
Healthy Child on Liver Of an
ImbeciIe.

Leipsic, Germany.-A remarkable
operation has just been performed
with great success on an imbecile
child by Prof. Erwin Payr, director ot
the surgical clinic attached to the
Leipsic. university.
The professor planted a piece Of the
THYROID gland taken from a healthy
child born of a healthy mother into
the liver of an imbecile child, who i'm
mediately afterward began to improv.
in intelligence, which steadily increas
ed until complete cure was effected
and the patient was discharged from
the clinic.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
MAN BESTS CUNNING WOLF
Montana Hunter, by Clever Ruse, Cap
lures Animal Seven Feet
Iona,

Bozeman, Mont.-Man's intelligenc.
has won at last against brute cunning
with the capture by George w. Brown
a trapper. of large gray timber wolf
which had been roaming Browns ter
ritory all winter, but which until o1
late had been too willy to caught. The
VOLTS pelt Is seven feet one inch ir
length and Is more than three feet
wide at It's widest point. Brown cap
tured the wolf by setting his trap by
a rope sling without dismounting from
the horse he was riding and withou
leaving any traces of man in the vi
cinity.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
THE
Hair Grower
Puoroa

| He wasn't liar, at least he wasn't
confirmed liar. I found him on one
Of the benches In Union Square, and
We Immediately became friends. On
spring days the seats near Broadway
and Fourteenth street are veritable
treasure grounds, and the astute
yearcher after human bric-a.brac can
pick up anything from a Polish count
TO South Sea buccaneer with little
effort.
you have never heard of Zirg.
ytauk's Hair Grower?" he remarked
quietly. mo Of course you have not.
| am the inventor, DR.. Ulysses G. Zirg-
vtauk. No, never marketed it. This
country Is not kind to the inventor, but
Il is a grand spot for the imitator Of
the inventor. II put Zirgstauk's Hair
Grower on the market I'd waste all
ny time serving injunctions. while ev-
Dry unprincipled idea pirate between
Duluth and Galveston would be getting
hch by selling my stun"
But the patent laws" I inquired.
Zirgstauk shifted haughtily at wan
aering puff Of cool air that came up
lrom the North river and, soothed his
nerves by bringing a worn boot heel
md a match into violent collision.
They're all right" he murmured.
All right for the gentlemen I men,
uoned and the persons you hire to get
The patent. The inventor gets be-
tween the two and he gets hurt. Yes,
Iir. I've taken out 126 patents in the
United States. and my feelings have
been battered into a state Of shivering
nsensibility, and I'm a peripatetic
bankrupt standing on my pride and
Two injured Shoes"
I sympathized clumsily.
when invented the hair grower"
he continued, II knew had the great
sst hair-hustling compound that had
Dver been offered. I tried it in dozen
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27

two wings, or fms, attached to tn.
back, over the shoulder blades, where
wings usually sprout. These fms have
a swivel motion and are operated by
cords attached near their tips and
running down through eyelets in the
suit to anklets, or heel fastenings
There are springs at the swivelina
connections of the fms which keep
those objects normally raised above
the body. but when the swimmer kicks
his feet backward he draws them
down and they act as propeller blades
sending him through the water with
much greater velocity than he could
obtain with his arms and legs alone.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
NOT LOOKING FOR ARGUMENT
Among Other Things Was Willing to
Give Women Right to Vote and
Same Wages az Men.

Don't you think a man Is a fool to
ry to drown his sorrows In strong
liquorr'
"Yes."
"And don't you think chewing tobac-
20 is an awfully filthy habit?"
"Yes."
Don't you think man who
smokes Is foolish to burn up money
that way2" {,
"Yes."
Don't you think 1t is ridiculous to
deny women the right to vote when
ramps and ignorant foreigners who
have no knowledge Of our institutions
are permitted to cast ballots?"
"Yes."
Don't you think woman who does
mans work as we'll as man could
do it ought to have a mans pay?"
EYES,"
well, for mercy sake, why don't
you spunk up and argue about some
thing? Haven't you an idea Of any
kind?"
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
Unduly Suspicious.

"Gwendolen, have you been out
driving with young man"
Eyes, auntie."
"H'umph!"
"But he had only one arm that he
could use, auntie; he had been vac
cinated on the other one"
(Pause)
"Gwendolen, didn't, you do the driv.
lng?" .t.'+,r,
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
Agreed.

Tapper-How do you get along so
we'll with your wife?
Topper-We made an agreement
that she wouldn't interfere with my
stenographers if l wouldn't interfere
with her chauffeurs.-Judge.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
Didn't Bother Him,

Musician-Is it not a distressing
thought that some of our greatest COM
posers made very little money in their
lifetime?
Philistine-No. It's my only conso-
lation when my wife drags me to the
2pera.--London Opinion.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27

%cMzH02D
SWIMMING DEVICE IS NOVEL
Fine Attached to the Heels Of Weares
Arc Manipulated by Cords-
Assists the Novice.

A novel swimming apparatus has
been invented by two California men.
It may be used to assist novice or an
expert may rig himself up in it to
achieve great speed or cover greater
distances than he can do unaided. A
Jacket made of some buoyant element,
probably with strips OF cork in 1t, has
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
Cage for Singing Bugs.

even cage as small as that shown
in the Illustration would be too roomy
for him. A kind of cricket is the In.
sect most often domesticated In
Japan.
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
Fit Destination,

"My dear, what is your kitty's
name?'
"What kitty, my love?"
"The kitty you talk about in your
sleep that you have at your club?"
GAS far as l am concerned, my dear,
It's name Is Dennis'
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
A Suspicious Case.

what makes you think his credit
isn't good?"
HE called in doctor to treat him
for a stomach ache, and the doctor
didn't tell him he had appendicitis"
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
ParadoxicaI.

can heiress does one thing contrary
to everyone else.'
"What's that?"
"She is apt to be most wasteful Of
her riches when she husbands her re-
sources"
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
All Useful,

II call 'em the cutlery family"
"Why so?"
"Well, the daughter spoons, the IA
ther forks out the money and the
mother knifes the other guests"
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
A Short Trip,

- 0NOrr TIP.
"Dibbles started to church last Sun,
day"
THAT was step In the right direc-
uon."
True, but unfortunately a step was
Rs far as he went"
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
Charcoal Eph's PHILOSOPHY.

"Ef de worl' was jess lax hit staht-
ed off," said Charcoal Eph, ruminative.
ly, you'd fin nearly everybody shin.
MIN up dat OF apple tree. Try some
biscuits, Mlstah Jackson"
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
All the Same to Him,

"Have you few minutes to spare?"
asked the agent.
mo-" replied the busy man.
"Well, 1 have a proposition that I
think will interest YOU"
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27
Comparative Values,

my wife can make tart reply"
my wife can do better than that,
She can make pie speak for It.
self"
The Libby herald., 1912-06-27

Mrs. Jackson-Before we were mar
ried you said you'd lay the world at my
feet.
Mr.. Jackson-Well?
Mrs. Jackson-Now, you are not
even willing to lay the carpet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

Il has been recognized as one of the
city parks.
GBADED.IS IsS9.
The square was first named Union"
square. In 1855 the city council nam
cd II Spencer" SCARF. "a honor OF
Judge John W. SreEcrr. enc Of the
most respected early settlers Of the
city and ono Cf tte prJpIic,ors Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
COMMUNiTY WELL
SUPPLIED WITH
OUTING PLACES
Rock Islanders Have Access to
Unusually Great Variety Of
Amusement Resorts.

In attractive outing places, Rock Is
land and the three cities also excel,
for the people of either municipali-
" are free to draw upon the resources
of the other two at will. The result is
that there is variety in amusement to
suit all. The Mississippi and Rock
rivers and the streams that flow into
them nearby make it possible TO pro-
vide watering places for thousands,
thereby attracting not only those liv-
ing here, but outsiders from inland
points as we'll
In summer there are camping, boat
ing, swimming and fishing, and in the
winter, skating Pretty camping spots
abound Oh both rivers and every sum-
mer hundreds embrace the opportunity
to live in the open air near the city.
travelling to and from work daily.
| Others spend only their vacations on
the river banks. Steamboat excur-
sions are frequent and popular, while
| launches are common. the Island City
Boating association having been form
ed by owners of smaller power craft
and providing convenient harbor.
Sandy beaches everywhere furnish
/ ideal places for bathing, and fishermen
can always find diversion at some point
near the city, conditions being favor
able for the propagation and growth Of
OF all varieties of fish native TO this
climate. A days outing along the river
| is most delightful, whether the trip Is
made by land or water.
| Black Hawks Watch Tower, with its
up-to-date amusement devices and It's
beautiful view, entertains thousands
every summer, and CampbeI's island,
| Suburban island and other similar
places are easily reached. Good roads
tempt the autoist and motorcycl
while those who are not so fortunate
as 10 own a power.driven vehicle viii
! find trolley. interuroan and steam rail-
way schedules Convenient fer a days
or an evenings outing 10 almost any
point within a reasonable radius that
1t Is desired 70 visit.
Within the city there are more than
seventy acres Of public PARKS, well in
proved and beautiful, while there are
miles and miles of improved streets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
ROCK ISLAND CITY
OFFICERS.
Mayor-Harry NJ. Schriver.

may AASRLA oSli lNVi.
Commissioner of Accounts and Fl.
nances-Martin Rudgren.
Commissioner of Public Health and
Safety-Arch1e Hart.
Commissioner of Streets and Public
mprovements-Rob X. Reynolds.
Commissioner of Public Works.
Jonas Bear.
Police Magistrate-Charles J. Smith
City Attorney-James F. Witter.
City Treasurer-Oscar Lift.
City Chemist and Bacteriologist--
r. w. Sharp.
Inspector of Plumbing Joers.
Commissioner of Health-Dr. G. G..
Craig.
Chief of Police-James w Brinn
Chief of Fire Department-Geurg
w. Newberry.
SCHOOL OFFICERS.
Board of Education-A. G. Ander.
son. H. H. Cleaveland, w. B. McIn
tyre, DR.. r. NJ. Pearce and c. II. Sci
del.
President-H. II. Cleaveland.
Clerks. s. Kemble.
Treasurer-H. b. Simmon.
Superintendent of Schools -Herber
B. Hayden.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
SCENIC BEAUTY
HERE IS MARKED
BY NEWCOMER
High Bluffs, Broad Valleys and
Winding Streams Give
Pleasing Variety.

Rock Island county is modest in it's
Claims as to scenery. 1t has other
sssets mere valuable. Nevertheless.
few localities have more attractive
spots as sites for homes than are to
t. found on the bluffs that overlook
the Mississippi and Rock rivers near
this city. Travellers who come here
from fat bottom or prairie country
arc charmed with the beauty of the
view from the bluffs and the wonder
is that those who have spent all their
lives near these hills have not sooner
shown appreciation of their attractive
ness. 1t is only within the last few
years that the demand for building
and the erection of pretentious resi-
dences on some of the more promi-
lent spots has played a prominent
sites on the bluffs has become marked
part in fostering it. ROCK Island
must look to it's bluffs for room for
future growth and WIN the extension
Of street railway service and other
Improvements the development in
that locality is certain to be rapid,
lille property lying along the edge
OF the fiat and affording a view OF
either the Mississippi or Rock river
valleys will always command prem
iCm,