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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-18
CONSPIRACY IN
NEW DEATH THREAT


been augmented because of the
twenty menacing letters that have
been sent to him.
No other Pr~esident-elect, it is said,
has been so closely guarded as Gov
ernor Wilson. His house in Trenton
and the capital are constantly
watched. He never takes a step out
of the view of secret service men and
detectives.
Although the secret service agents
ridicule the situation, it is evident
that they feel great anxiety,
All the letters have been opened
by Governor Wilson'S secretaries. but
he undoubtedly has been told about
them.
Joseph p. Tumulty. his confidential
secretary, was asked about the
threats at the Southern Society's
banquet in the Waldorf-Astoria, New
York, last night. .
After hesltating, he said hat the
governor had received many letters
since the election He admitted that
about twenty of the letters were OBJ
viously from cranks.
"They really could not be construed
as threats" he added.
How about the increase in the
guard?" he was asked.
at has not been increased he re-
piled.
While he was talking twelve CEN
trail office men, all in evening dress,
were looking at him.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-18

street, Progressive Investment Com
pany, 1886, 800; s10-s12 Broad street,
National State Bank, s216. 800.
11-23 Branford place, Improved Re
atty Company, $40, 000; 1870 Bran
ford place.. Weingarten Brothers Re-
atty Company. $156, 500; % Branford
place. Arthur c. Hensler, $4,000; 3S
Bank street, Frederick H. Smith. jr.,
S52, 0O0; u Academy street, Louise II.
Kirkpatrick and others. executors,
S29, 900; 90 Academy street (rear),
Newark Realty Company, $1,000; 29-31
Academy street. Julius Stahl and Da-
vid Bauman, $3S.200; His Clinton
street, Union Building = Company,
S144. 500; 1918 Clinton street, julius
s. Rippel. SOS, 500
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-18
OUTOF WORK
AFTER BIC BLAZE
Four-Alarm $685. 900 Fire
Sweeps Mulberry Street
Factory Building.
CONTINUED from First Page,

ment, and hundreds of rolls of hides
were piled on the different tables.
The fuses attached to the sprinklers
on the second floor melted as soon as
the heat became 120 degrees and the
water from the numerous pipes flowed
freely.
Although the run for the Salvage
Corps was a long one, they arrived
Just as the floor above was being
flooded and quickly covered with tar
raulins the finished leather. The fire
was confined to the place where it
started,
The building is a three-story brick
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-18

81, 900 kilowatt hours. The plant was
originally designed to admit of addi-
lions as required. When first opened
December "a, 1905, its capacity was
5000 X. w. H. 1t has since been en-
larged several times and with the
new unit installed its capacity will
have increased more than eight-fold.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-18
Arrested for Speeding.

Conrad Peterson, of $50 Harrison
street, East. Orange. was arrested by
Policeman Byrne, of Orange, on a
charge of exceeding the speed law in
Centre street, hat city, yesterday.
He was paroled for appearance today.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-18

ToRRINGToN, Conn. Dec. 49,
For carrying a loaded revolver with
which she said she was going to
shoot President-elect Wilson, Helen
Fletcher, 81 years old. of Albany, N.
Y, was sentenced to three months in
the Litchfeld county Jail.
She was a chambermaid in Conley's
Inn here. Injuries she received in a
wreck, so she told Judge Holcomb.
caused her to contract the opium
habit.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-18

All persons permanently residing in the state q New Jersey are eligible
enter this contest Excepting employees Of h Morning n Eyoning
STAR nj members of their faniues).
ontestan must Indicate the proverb each picture represents pom. the
oupo hat will accompany each Illustration. Coupons my be sent in writ
ing in long hand either with pen or pencil; they may be written o IN the type
Each picture represents some wen-known and familiar English proverb
II you are not certain of e prcverb and wish to send in more than nj
snswer to the pictures, yu may do sc; blu. not more than $50 answers will
10 permitted in a complete set. n M set Will b considered complete unless
lncorrect answers an not comt asdlns5s 91WsssIamns II -me correct
coupon. Extra coupons Gear be procured at The Star Ohce) should be
used for additional answers and all answers to thu SAM number should be
HMd ali answers until after no last picture las appeared, then rrane
your coupons in numerical order, fastening them securely. together and
postage fully paid. plainly addressed 80 the PROVERB EDITOR Newark
Evening Star. Newark. n j
Tho time OF receiving answers will hive o effect upon the awardnng of
che prizes. with tts exception: Al answers must be in The Stars business
~ Te Prizes will be awarded to the contestants sending in the correct or
nearest correct sat of nsgers 20 the entire fifty proverb Illustrations
In the event of two or more persons havingt TIL same number If correct
solutions the CONTESTANT WHOSE set of answers is most nearly n uniformly
prepared aecordu 20 the opinion or n IuH dgin committee. VIII be de-
Jared h wilmer.
In mating tho awards the judging comnitee, whose names will be n
nounced later. viii take into account the similarity. and exact wording of the
naVnrhs as Selected by the Proverb Editor from the Newark Stars Book of
EuefM& Proverbs which book will be considered Aer basis
tins Proverp EdiTor reserNes The right 70 make. such changes to the
nboVeI rules 1t q time - he nay deem Advisable IN TIT interest OF tbe
gcas4pu1r
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-18
URGES BREST FOR OCEAN
PORT INSTEAD OF HAVRE

PARIS, Dec. 18.-Claude Casimir-
Perier, son of the former president
of the republic, lectured last night be-
fore the Geographical Society Of
France, on the subject of Brest as a
transatlantic terminal.
He pointed out that owing to the
limitations of the port of Havre the
French line was now only ninth in
rank among the great steamship
Iiues.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-18
LET HEARST TELL
IT TO MARINES"
Foraker RidicuIes Publishers
Denial as to How ArchboId
Letters Were Procured. I
Continued from First Page.)

Mr.. Hearst stated hat they were
performing a great public duty. They
talked as to the price with Eldridge,
wanting 1000. but getting a prone
Use of only $4,000.
The mex day they delivered the let
ters to Eldridge to be photographed
and received fifty $10O bills.
Received ss4,oo in All.
The statement declared that other
letters were wanted and hat Wink
field and Stump were given a list Of
200 senators, congressman, judges and
governors with the that
letters from them to Archbold would
be we'll paid for. For one batch of
such letters they claimed to have
received $4,000, and for another $4,000.
For the Penrose, Hanna and Foraker
letters, the statement said, Eldridge
paid them $1,000.
Evidently we were the fat cat.
tie" remarked Mr.. Foraker.
In all, the statement continued,
$34, 900 was paid to the two men. For
two signatures of Mr.. Archbold,
standing alone, they claimed they
were pdlu $0uO. Ihe statement Sald
the signatures were requested of the
two men and that they procured them
by having Mr.. Archbold write his
name in al album.
Have More to Sell.
A third man Joined WINFIELD and
Stump, it was said, and the three put
a large number of letters in a safety
deposit vault.
After 1908, they claimed to have dis.
posed OF some Penrose letters to "a
representative of Mr.. Heart" for
1900, and made an offer to sell all
their remaining letters for $4,000.
They disposed of a batch for $500
last spring and negotiations lave been
opened for the sale of others, the
statement said.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
MEX|CANS MURDER
AMERICAN WH|LEHE
SAVES DAUGHTERS
Body Run Through With Bay
onet by MaurauderS in Death
Fight Across Border.

FL PASO, Tex, Sept. Murdered by
"a rebc' soldier while protecting his two
daughters was the fate of Joshua
stevens, an American settler OF Colona,
Pacheco, according to report received
by q. T. Brown, business agent here of
the Mormon colonies In Mexico. II was
at FIRST reported that Stevens. who was
killed last week. had met death at the
hands of AN American, but this report
was sent. 1t Is said. to avoid trouble
with the rebels who still invest the
American settlements to the southeast
OF Juarez.
Two rebels visited the Stevens home
with apparent Intentions on the two
young women Of the household Stevens
met the intrud.rs With IA shotgun and
escorted them to the limits OF his prop
erty. According to the story told by
his daughters. one OF the MeNicans drew
a sword bayonet from his belt and
thrust II into the AmerIcan's body.
stevens fired and fell dead over the
man whom ne had killed. The other
Mexican fled.
The case has peen Investigated by
Junlus Romniey. President of the coll
onists. 1t Is said to make the NTH muir
der OF American settlers by rebels In
the district. President komniey has Is
sued warning that no families return
to the colonies until quiet is restored. II
Is declared that the Federal soldiers
strung out between Juarey and Chi.
huahua have not left the railway and
that the American colonies are abso.
lutely unprotected.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
MISSING WIFE WIRES HOME.


Edward Moore Of Roslyn, L. l.. q
foreman for NJ, J. Eastman, contractor,
whose wife and child have been missing
since last Thursday, received news to-
day that both were safe IN the home
Of n relative in Mldiletown, y. Y.
1t seems that Mrs. Moore started for
M'dd'etown suddenly last Thursday, In.
tending to let her husband know 20 h,
could follow her, but before she sent
him word she was seized with an at
tack OF nervousness, With which she
had been afflicted for several months.
She forgot to Instruct her relatives
when she arrived In Mlddletown 10
notify her husband Of her whereabouts.
Mrs. Moore was traced as far az tho
PENNSYLVANIA depot by private detcc-
tive employed by her husband 1t was
at first supposed she had gone to her
home In Monticello to visit her parents
Word was sent TO them, but neither the
wife nor the child were with them.
After receiving the message from Mid
dletown to-day Mr.. Moore left mme-
dptely TOR that place.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
MAD ANIMAL DAsHEs CLOSE TO
CHILDISH CROWDS.

Nurses who were shepherdping their
charges on the broad sheep meadow
saw the mad animal cavor'ing about
and rushed their perambulators out oil
his path. Toddiers fell over one an
other when the cries OF other frightened
children came to their ears. The mao
dog passed 50 close to scores or pairs
OF pink and dimpled legs that the foam
from lis mouth necked little half-socks,
but through some freak OF his distem-
per he did not pause to bite.
Joel V. Rovira. a wealthy cigar Inn
porter OF No. go Riverside Drive. was
riding his saddle horse Watchful on the
bride path. and his companion, Charles
n. Headey of the same address was
mounted on Difidence. a blooded anil
NAL belonging to Ms s'ster-ln-law, Mrs.
ManloYe. Both mounts have won blue
ribbons - lew ort and In the Garden
morse shows and are stabbed at Dur
lands Acad,..".
The horsemen heard shouts behind
them and saw the white blur OF the
maddened bulldog as he raced down the
path after them. They spurred their
horses into a gallop and the race with
the fever ridden dog was on. hut the
dog had too great a start, and before
the horses had made 100 yards. he was
growing and ye ping at their hooks, lie
sank his fangs In the hind legs of both
the horses and they, terrified as they
were showed their blood and breeding
by keeping steadily on the bride path.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
TAXI AND TOURING CAR
WRECKED IN A CRASH,
Two Women and Men Hurled to
Street by Collision Escape
With Shaking Up"

Going at high speed in the rain. a tax
Dcab and a touring car collided early
1o-day at Hinsdale street and Glenmore
avenue. Brooklyn. and both were badly
wrecked
Tue automobile was owned and driven
by James Wrinkle of No. 81 Grand ave-
hus. Brooklyn. and with him were Mr..
Ind Mrs. Frank Mount of No. i52 Me-
cormick avenue, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Tomlinson of No. 1llG Hossman
avenue. Ozone Park.
The two women and Tomlinson were
4hrown out. but they begged Policeman
Perkins to get them another automobile
instead OF the ambulance he offered to
call. and when the machine was found
they went home complaining only OF
feeling shaken UP. The others and
Frank Titus OF No. 40 Central avenue.
Brooklyn. driver of the taxi, escaped
with a few scratches.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
Climate Failed;
Medicine Effective

II has been absolutely shown that rest
fresh air and good food do help many per
CONS sufferlng from tuberculosis. But II
must he admitted that the disease Is sci.
dom more than arrested something
more Is needed,
Eckman'E Alternative l. n medicine made
for the treatment Of Tuberculosis. II has
conquered this disease again and again
Often these benefits have been effected
,rhera the surroundings we're not Ideal
vet recoyerlcs resulted. Now We argue
mat Eckmun's Alternative should he used
In avery case OF Tube, ulosis, In addition
10 good nourishlng food aud fresh air,
which We all need, remarkable case
follows. Nelhnh' W.
Gentlemen; Through Eckman's Altera .
tive have been saved from premature
crave. ON December ~. 1900, was taken
Win typhoid Pneumonia, NY lungs be-
came very much Affected my sputuW was
examined and Tuberculosis hacilli we're
found ON February 81. 1905, | was al
vis,d to 20 to Fort worth, Texas. while
there an absoess "a M risht lung broAe
and discharged. | grew worse, ana be
came very much cmAoiated. NJ physician
in FORMED me that must go 70 Colorado ~
ana arrived in canon City. June 3, very
feeble After brlug there two weeks, my
physician iniormei me ina! my case wa;
hone. Weighing 1Oj pounds. the doctor
having given ne no assurance OF reaching
lon July - 1908. began taking
Fr1man'H wouder'ul remedy Tor Consump
ion 10 das I tcigh lis pounds. | am
stout aud Veil ana can do any kind OF
work about my grain elevator. | have not
an ache nor pain Ia my lungs eat well,
sleep well amt n'."r itlI ne,tsr." ,,,.,.,.
ttHoTn diiidt.'D ARTHUR WEEP.
E .Nuaun il,I..iNe e. effective Ia iron
chills. Asthma nag leEe.: Throht ana
Lung Troubles auI 100 uppuililng The .,s
ten. Does 100. ..,ltln pptouh. uriItes 81
tlp't foruIur drugs For sale by all
Riksr. liegenan p'us stores aud other
leading druEElHH. AsA for Douklet telling
To- retoNeTleH. and write 10 Eekman Labora
tory, Philsdeiphia. Pa, for additional svi'
denco.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02

You old people, Syrup Of Figs Is
particularly FOR you. You who don
exercise rs much as you need to; who
like the easy chair. You. whose steps
are slow and whose muscles are less
elastic. You must realize that your
liver and ten yards Of bowels have
also become less active.
Don regard Syrup Of Figs as physic.
II stimulates the liver and bowels Just
a. exercise would do II you took enough
Of il. II is not harsh like salts or
cathartics. The help which Syrup Of
Figs gives TO u torpid liver and weak.
sluggish bowels is harmless. natural
and gentle.
When eyes grow dim. you help them.
DO the same with your liver and bowels
when age makes them less active
There Is nothing more important.
Costive. clogged-up bowels mean that
decaying. fermcnting food is clogged
there and the pores or ducts in these
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
a." GUARD BLACKENS EYE :
OF A P0tAcE OFFICER.
Trouble Starts When Bluecoat
Tries to Board Train From :,
Wrong Platform.

Policeman Herbert CavanauGh woo
complainant In the ,Tombs Police Court
to-day against Patrick HeReran. .
guard on the IL" station OF the Fult5n
street, line at Brooklyn Bridge. Tlq
guard pleaded guilty 10 having struc
the policeman In self-defense and wa6s
held in $500 bail for trial by Ma gtstrate
Freschi NJ,
According to cavanaugh's story, he
had attempted to board Lexington
avenue train at the platform used 70
discharge the passengers. He said that
he was told by the train guard that hs-
must go to another platform II he want.
ed to get on the train. To avoid being
struck by a post, CavanauEh Jumped Cd.
the car platform when the train started
to move. As he did so he was met BY
Icfreran and an argument followed a.
TO the pollceman's right to board the
train. Hefreran said that the police
man began calling him vile names and
hit him. rH ~
Then I struck bnck In seif-defense."
said the guard. and gave him all that,
was coming to him. But did not know.
he was a policeman. for he didn't show
me his shield until ten minutes later
when he came back with mother Pc
iiceman and had me arrested" 70
Cavanaugh told tho Court that thst
guard had hrst knOe>scd him down. thee,
! kicked him In the face before he could
get to his feet. The compiainant's eye
was closed when he appeared In court
and a large patch failed 10 cover th1
bruises about the lids =
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
MAD DOG INPARK
AMID CHILDREN
BITES TWO HORSES
Raging Animal ChaseS Blue
Ribbon Mounts After Dash
Close to Crowds.

A white bulldog. with head low and
white foam slaverlng from his chops.
ranged through the sheepfold at Central
Park to-day. dashed yelpng through
crowds OF children without harming any
OF them and finally was killed by fy-
Ing shot from a mounted policeman's re-
volver. after he had sunk his teeth in
the hooks Of two famous blue ribbon
horses.
The dog. which was collarless and the
ownership OF which the police can find
no trace, appeared IN the Park near
Eighty-sixth street and Fifth avenue.
Hn was far gone In madness. lie ran
about In circles, swapping a, his own
stub OF tail. growing and biting az
every low hanging bush and protrudins
fraa rnnf
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
BANK THEIR MONEY IN THEIR
JOINT NAMES

Dear Madam: Before | was mar
rled | earned $40 a week as a stem
ographer. My husband has a salary
of si5 week. We talked over the
financial side of our partnership
during our engagement and 1t was
agreed that all money should DO
banked in our joint names, so that
either could draw against II. Every
three months we place In savings
bank Din our joint names all money
above the amount necessary to carry
our check account. Each of us Is
free to make what purchases he or
she considers necessary. We have
been married five years and have
$1,000 in the savings bank. can see
that our plan might not work where
either husband or wife is cxtrava-
giant or irresponsible, but then no
arrangement Is satisfactory under
those circumstances, was worth
500 week to my employer when
worked for living, ana so ,ong as
give my entire time and thought
to the care OF my homie consider
that $40 a week continues to represent
my economic value. Ny husband
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
ELDERLY F0LKSI CAL0MEL, SALTS
AND CA7HART|CS AREN'T FOR YOU,
Harmless gentle Syrup Of Figs is best to cleanse your
stomach. liver and 80 feet of bowels of bile,
decaying food, gases and clogged-up waste.

thirty feet Of bowels suck this decsyine
waste and poisons into the blood.
You will never get feeling right until
this is corrected-but do Il gently.
Don't have a bowel washday; doa't
use u bowel irritant. For your sake,
please Use only gentle. effective Syrup
Of Figs. Then you are not druGging
yourself. for Syrup Of Fig, is composed
81 only luscious figs, SIENNA and aromst.
les which can not inlure.
A teaspoonful tonight will gently,
but thoroughly. move on and out q
your system by morning all the sour
bile. poisonous. fermcnting food and
cloggcd up waste matter without grips.
nausea or weakness.
But get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for the full name. Syrup a
Figs and Elixir 81 SIENNA" Refuse,
with contempt. any other Fig Syrur
unless II bears the name-prcpared b.
the California Fig Syrup Company.
Read the label
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
KILLED BY PoLICEMAN's FLY.
ING SHOT.

Mounted Policeman Steve Bowling
had meanwhile been taking eros :
country corners in pursuit Of the mad
bulldog. lie was close behind on the
bride path wAen the dog nipped the
hooks OF the horses and he spurred
on at top speed. Just as he drew close
to the two dying beasts he pulled his
gun and at top gallOp put bullet
through the mad dogs brain.
Botn horses were hurried back TO
Durlsnd's and veterinary got 10
worh on them, He cauterized their
Won DIS and treated them with an anti
toxin formula, but ne said 1t would be
several days before IL could be de
termined II the bloodei beasts sur
Tered Infection
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
THIS HUSBAND HAS NOTHING
TO DO BUT PAY BILLS.

~ W oO fAr BILLS.
Now here is a very unusual view from
a husband. who writes:
Dear Madam: BY devoting twelve
hours a day to the hardest kind Of
brain work manage to average
$4,000 a year. My wife employs two
servants. She has no children.
give her a personal ,.llowance a week
which she claims In insufficient. I
do not spend nearly $500 a year for
clothes. Why should my wife be
unable to dress herself on $500 a
year? She makes no effort to live
within her allowance. am con-
stantly paying mlliners' and dress
makers bills. ] never do II without a
protest, but what good does II do me
to protest? ] merely exhaust my
own nerves and take part In a nasty
scene. Some times. when come
home. am exasperated by the very
air OF comfort-even luxury-whlch
my money has earned. am not IN
my home long enough to enjoy It.
rarely have time for any talk with
my wife that IL not a wrangle over
bills. 1t even makes me angry some
times to see how fresh and pretty
she looks. For l think, What Is all
this to me? What do | get out OF II
except the eternal obligation TO pay,
pay. pay. II We lived more simply,
we could put by great deal of
money and l might have the hope OF
being able to retire from business
eventually. But what American
man can hope to be able to retire
from business so long as he can
crawl to "A car going downtown? In
France and Germany a man works
with the definite purpose OF acquir-
ing a competence and OF retiring to
live on his income. His wife rec
ognizes his right to a mIddle-age OF
ease and helps him to put by money.
But my wife-and she's typical
American wife-doesn't believe In
saving. She says we must spend our
money while We are young and have
the power to enjoy it-that no
amount OF money worth having can
be saved anyhow? What do the
readers OF The Evening World think
about this? d. T.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
MISS TAYLOR TO WED.
FInnce Is John +. Russell jr., Har.
ward Man and Lawyer.

Announcement il made by Mr.. and
Mrs. James Wilson Taylor OF the en-
gagement OF their daughter. Miss
Elizabe willis Taylor to John F..
Russell jr.. son OF DR.. and Mr.. John +.
Russell. .
Miss Taylor Is graduate OF Miss
Spence's schooi and OF Bryn Mawr. and
made her debut two seasons ago. Her
ilance Is lawyer, a graduate OF iiar-
ward, 1901 No date has bern set for the
wedding, but 1t w.ll probably take p.ac-
next spring after Miss Taylor has CON-
pleted her course at the New York
University Law School