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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
MISSION
IN WEST AFRICA
German Presbyterians Indorse
Recommendations of Last
Years Conference.

The second day of the conference
of the German Presbyterian Church,
being held at the Second German
Presbyterian Church. 40 Sussex ave-
nue.. was marked by the acceptance
of the recommendations of last years
conference for the establishment of
a mission in German West Africa.
Reports of the various committees
were read, and when the vote was
taken for the establishment of an
African mission, the recommended
ton of the foreign, mission board
for the location of the mission in
Efulen was unanimously adopted.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
church served luncheon in the church
parlor. after which the conference
went into another business session.
A dinner will be rendered the visiting
pastors, who number about fifty, to-
night.
The conference will continue
throughout tomorrow.
AT the opening session yesterday OF
the annual conference of the Eastern
division of the German Presbyterian
churches held at the Second German
Presbyterian Church, ITO Sussex ave-
nue., ministers representing nearly al
the churches of that denomination
from the seaboard to the Middle West
were in attendance.
The convention was called to order
by the Rev. DR.. Frederick w. Hook,
pastor of the Sussex avenue church,
After a roll-call an adjournment was
taken until the service last night. al
which the Rev. DR.. Carl Vuillemeiri
pastor of the church of Peace. Phila-
delphia, preached in German.
Following his ermon there was an
address OF welcome by the Rev. VIII
lam Y. Chapman, pastor of the Rose
vile Presbyterian Church, who adj
dressed the delegates In English.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
MERRIMENT IN WAKE OF
PATHoS AT PROCTOR'S

q There's this lesson to learn when
the big show comes to town; don't
let the world see your troubles, wear
a smile, like the clown"
And many of us al learn the les
son at P%roctor's Theatre this week,
where 1.-THE Clown" a comedy drama
by Edgar Allen Woolf, Is being pre-
scented.
The clown must smile n make
the people laugh. even when he
knows that a few yards away his
son is lying injured, perhaps fatally.
The story briefly tells of the ring
masters duplicity, which causes the
clowns wife to leave him and their
little boy. The desire to see her
child draws her back and the expose
follows. The boy v his fathers
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10

life by shooting the ringmaster as
he is about to sink a knife into the
clowns heart.
But there are other entertaining Of
ferings on the bill. Merrill and Otis
present a hilarious skit In their down
pour of merriment, After the
Shower" It's as refreshing as a
spring shower. Marvine, the mascu-
line Melba," has a remarkable lyric
soprano voice and pleases his hearers
with a well-selected program. His
rendition of "Caro Nomo." from
"Rigoletto," brought down the house
repeatedly. His was one of the most
pleasing numbers of the entire pro-
Henry Give presents Spirit Paint
ings,' a mystery act in which mas
terpieces are painted on a canvas in
view of the audience by an unseen
hand.
Others on the bill are Grace Will
son, a pleasing coincidence; James F.
Dolan and Ida Lenharr, In Some
Mind Reader" a laughter-producing
skit; Lynch and KILLER. in a unique
club-juggling act, and the Arco broth
ers in feats of strength.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
miss NEW YORK, JR.," HAS
MINER AUDIENCE ROARING

Two acts of laughter and fun, enti-
tied Miss New York, Jr.," were pre-
sented to a large and a~ppreciative
audience at Miners Theatre last
night.
Contrary to the usual style of bur-
lesque shows, Miss New York Jr., pro-
vides more plot and meaning. Mexico
was the scene of action and that trop-
ical country allowed for two beauti-
full scenic effects,
Joseph K. Watson and VIII H. CO.
han, as Brushky and Brushky, jour-
neyed from New York with a Mexican
heiress, expecting to marry her. The
heiress Is portrayed by Miss Fay
Odell. On arriving in Mexico they
find a former acquaintance posing as
as the guardian of the beautiful
heiress.
They further learn that F1orita
wants to marry n of them only to
fulfill the conditions in her fathers
will, by which she must marry an
American to get the money, and that
she is In love with the leader of the
Mexican insurgents.
Between the two acts a mystifying
and interesting performance was given
by the Mysterious Waldo. With his
hands securely tied and his entire
body encased in a black cloth bag he
retires to a cabinet, seemingly
empty, and frees himself, after anus
ing the audience by playing musical
instruments and producing fresh-cut
flowers for the ladies. Each time the
curtain which owe the cabinet is
yanked aside, Waldo could be seen sit
ting on the back of a chair still Sc
cured in the bag.
Waldo has a standing challenge that
he can escape from any trunk, box
or case. This has been accepted by
the shipping forces of a local depart
ment store, and the test will pc made
Thursday night.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
"POUSSE CAFE" is WELL
RECEIVED AT THE CAYETY

Dave Marion's Dreamland Company
opened a weeks engagement at the
Gayety Theatre yesterday, presenting
a .two-act comedy entitled "Pousse
Cafe" a mixture Of ~burlesque, vaude-
vile and drama, which was heartily
received by q capacity house.
Mr.. Marion Is again seen in his
~favorite character, "Snuffy, the Cab
man." and time and time again he
brought down the house. He is the
same Marion known to patrons of
%burlesque for years past, and Is ably
assisted by an excellent chorus, as
well as principles, including -vocalists
and comedians.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10

ing murder, theft, graft and corrup-
ton, finally triumpned over by the
teachings of good, is the foundation
for 1.-THE Prosecutor presented at
Jacobs's Theatre this week.
The play throughout deals with the
efforts of William Murghtroyd, prose
cutting attorney. played by Noel
Travers. to suppress gambling and
expose corrupt political bosses. In
his work he falls in love with Shirley
Bloodgood, Irene Douglas, whose am
bition is to marry what she terms a
"~successful" man.
The play is an excellent %rnelodrama.
eve wanting for the expected
thrills, and each act has its plot,
bringing the curtain down on an in
tense climax.
The cast is excellent M the scenic
production perfect.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
I'll TRoVATORE," AT
OLYMPIC PARK, A HIT

Giuseppe Verdi's famous opera, III
Trovatore," in the form of an opera
logue, presented by Emil Hoffman at
the Olympic Park Opera House last
night, was well received by a good
sized audience. The reproduction of
the voices of Mines. Louise Homer,
Emma Eames and Frances Aida and
Caruso, DeGogorza and Albani, on a
special instruments photograph,
without the scraping, harsh tones of
the latter-lent a reality to this per-
Torrance.
Emil Hofman's selections were espe-
cially pleasing to the patrons of the
rustic theatre. to take the number of
cor he received as a criterion.
The music by the Philharmonic Or
chestra was excellent.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
PRUDEN is HONoRED

Edward A. Pruden, assistant trust
officer Of the Fidelity Trust Company,
has been elected a vice-president in
the Bethlehem Steel Company on the
accommodation of Charles M.
Schwab, president of the board Of di-
rectors of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany. Charles w. Hummel, of this
city. who Is also connected with the
Fidelity Trust Company, has been
made an assistant secretary in the
Bethlehem concern.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
Sobrety AID Free Drinks Go
1uHb "Traveler's PiUzege"

for each member of the circle, say;
81 plead travellers privilege"
That means they allow you to buy
drinks for the crowd, i. e.. the first
round. then leave them without being
considered to have offended propriety
or to have detracted from the gayety
of the occasion.
This, it is said, allows n to keep
his sobriety and friends at the same
time.
Men in a certain city where 1t is
considered an insult to fefuse to
drink originated the idea. Meeting
a crowd on their way to catch a
train, they would explain their pre-
dicament, Immediately set them up
for the crowd and catch the train
without offending any one.
The idea proved popular. became
crystalized in the phrase, and was
brought here recently.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
STARTS SEVENTY-FIRST
YEAR AS AN INSTRUCTOR

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 1o.-Dr.
Zephaniah Hopper, professor of politl-
cal economy and said to be the oldest
school instructor In the United States,
started his seventy-irst year as a
teacher In the schools of Philadel-
phia. DIR. Hopper, who is IS years old,
for the last ffty-fve years has been
an instructor in the Central High
School.
Whe', DIR. Hopper appeared on the
platform yesterday morning at the
opening of the school year he was
cheered.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
New "PIea" Breezes in from
the West and Proves
Popular.

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-"Traveler's
privilege is the name of a new
drinking custom, said to be brought
from a Western State, which bids fair
to take New York city by storm.
In a way it is a promoter of So
briefly, and in another way it is a
means by which the thirsty may OBJ
tain free liquor.
When asked to drink by a crowd
to whom you wish to appear con-
.vivial and sociable, but with whom
you do not wish to inbibe a "round"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
GRAND JURY TO PROBE
ALDERMANIC GRAFT CASES

ATLANTIC CITY. Sept. O'clock
sales and oher councilmanic graft, in
Guiding the cases based mainly upon
the confession of former Councilman
Samuel S. Phoebus, r expected to
come up before the grand jury at
Mays Landing late today. Detective
w. J. Burns is expected to testify.
Phoebus, 1t is expected, will go be-
fore the grand jury. The accused
councilmen have been legislated out
of office by the adoption of commits
sion government since the ase began.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
WOMAN HELD ON CHARGE
OF P~OCKET-PICKING

Katherine Greishner, alias Katy
Cohen, of 81 Siegel street, Brooklyn,
appeared in the First Criminal Court
before Judge Hahn today on two
charges of pocket-picking.
She waived examination on the
charge preferred by Louis Ziegler, of
26 Cortlandt street, Belleville, and
was examined on charges preferred
by Miss Barbara Schaefer, of 287 Or
ange street.
On testimony given by Miss Schaef-
fer and Plainclothesmen Ryan and
Farrell, the defendant was held in $4,000
bonds.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
EXPECT BIG BUSINESS

Anticipating a rush of business this
fall and winter, the Newark Traffic
Club at a meeting held last night in
the Washington urged all Newark
shippers and receivers of freight to
release cars promptly. load them to
marked capacity and do everything to
prevent car shortage. Officers for the
ensuing year will be elected by the
club at the next meeting, October Z.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10

teerS, just enlisted, SranuHlg
erect and proud beneath
their flag. You see the hope
full SouthernArecruits drilling
In homespun and "jeans'';;
thet Corinth battlements; the
wide-t r am p ! fields of
Gettysburg. They take you
In the huddled Petersburg
trenches show you every
thing from Sumterato Apo
mattox.
A thousand books couln
not tell you lassmuch or so
wildly the price that was
paid, or the type of men
who paid the price, as do
these
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
GROCER A BANKRUPT
[From a star Correspondent.

lfrom a stan correspondent
TRENTON, Sept. 10.-Peter Kroe~
ger, a grocer of 289 Smith street,
Perth Amboy, today filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy In the United
States District Court here. He
schedules his liabilities at 81, 1903 and
his assets of real estate, stock and
life insurance policies at SIP, 472.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
WILL CHOOSE DELEGATES

Members Of the Teachers Retire.
ment Fund of Essex County will meet
at the Court House on September 20
to choose nineteen delegates to the
annual State convention. This will
be held in Trenton September 20.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
There was but one eye that saw the Civil War
The Eve of Brady's Gamer;

andslived' in camp; ofsthe ~postofice in the fields,
how the men, sent their letters, how they received
them, of welcome news from home. They speak of
the affection of Grant, Lee, Sherman and Mcclellan
for their men-and the daring heroism of officers
and. privates in uniforms of blue and gray.
The photographs that Brady took bring you
back to the days of '61. You see the volun-t
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
PROSECUTOR" THRILLS
AT THE c THEATRE

Political ambition, inspired by rhe
girl of his choice, interviewer with a
plot of the deepest nature, ombody-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10

TT was here, there, everywhere; it saw the fren-
zied crowds gather about the enlistment booths;
1t followed the marching regiments to Wash
ington; it roamed through camp and oatFle-
ground. 1t was in the trenches the nosplralS' the
forts, on the gunboats. 1t saw stern-faceo duty
command the assault and gentle pity bend above
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10

1t pays to shop in Newark. The
proof is in The Star ad. columns
every day.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10

the stricken. 1t saw the
truth-untwisted by preju-
d~ice-unwarped by hatred.
The photographs t'hast.
Brady took are startling, Sab-
sorbing, different from any
thing you have ever seen.
They tell the intimate story
of the war-of the drummer
boys and water boys and the
many boys who got into the
army by swearing they were
of age. They tell many a
pathetic story of the death
of these boys.
The pictures tell of women
who were disguised as men
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-10
What We Have Done for Our Readers

the Original Brady War Photographs and
Elson's History of the Civil War Can Be
City Through This Paper.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-29

named in either list with the public
performances of the governors who
now hold ONCE in their respective
states.
The result of this comparison of
the senators with the governors of
the states will reveal the interesting
fact that in patriotism, honor, devo-
ton to the public we'll being, the
men sent to the senate by the legis-
latures of the states were and are
in every particular the peers of the
governors elected by the people. 1t
will be revealed also that senators
and governors alike have represent
ed fairly if unfiatteringly the poll
tical morals and social intelligence
of their constituents.
We do not expect that such an ex-
animation of the history of the coun-
try as we have proposed will lessen
the ardor of those who advocate
the popular eelction of United States
senators. We merely hope that il
may bring one or two recruits to
that apparently inconsequential
band of citizens who believe that
after all is said and done the end
achieved is of more Importance thar
the forms by which it is brought
about New York Sun.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-29
INCREASE OF PENSIONS.
Senator Page Glad to Furnish APP
pIicatiOn Blanks to Vermont
Veterans.

All Vermont veterans will be in
terested in the law just enacted pro-
viding for increased pensions. The
following shows the amount to
which each veteran is entitled, de-
pending upon his present age and
length of service:
Sixty-two years-Three months,
$13; six months, $3.50; one year,
$14; one and one-half years, $14.50;
two years, SIS; two and one-half
years, $3.50; three years, SIG.
Sixty-six years-Three months,
SIS; six months, $3.50; one year,
SIG; one and one-half years, $16.5O;
two years, S17; two and one-half
years, SIS; three years, $19.
Seventy years-Three months, SIS;
six months, SIG; one year, $40;
one and one-half years, $21.50; two
years, $23; two and one-half years,
$24; three years, $25.
Seventy-five years-Three months,
$21; six months, $3.50; one year,
$24; one and one-half years, $27 +;
two years, $40; two and one-half
years, $50; three years, $50.
One of the provisions of the meas
ure is that all soldiers wounded in
battle or disabled by disease con-
tracted in line of duty, and incapa-
citated for manual labor as the re-
suit thereof, are entitled to $50 pei
month regardless of age or length OF
service.
A pensioner is entitled to his in
crease from the date of filing his
Application therefor.
Senator Carroll S. Page of Yer
mont says: at shall be very glad
to furnish to any pensioner in Yer
mont, on request, a copy of the act
and blank form of application and
if he wishes to send his application
direct to me I shall take pleasure
in seeing that it is promptly placed
on file at the bureau of pensions"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-29
As He Sees Himself.

Frank Dutton Thompson of Bar
ton, whose recently announced can
didacy for member of congress from
the Second District, is being enthu-
siastically and vigorously urged by
his many friends, was born at Iras-
burg, April 8, 1876. He is a son OF
the late eminent Laforrest H.
Thompson, for many years a lawyer
at that place and later a judge of
the supreme court of the state and
whose record, equally brilliant at
bench and bar, is remembered with
pride throughout Orleans county
and the entire state.
Mr. Thompson was educated in
the common schools and at ST.
Johnsbury Academy, from which lat
ter institution he was graduated in
1894. He attended the University
of Vermont for one year, leaving col
lege to enter upon his legal studies
in the office of Hon. Wendell P.
Stafford, formerly of ST. Johnsbury
but now a justice of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Thompson finished his legal
preparation at the Boston University
Law school, from which he gradual
ed with honors in the class of 1899,
CO4npICJll1S Tic usual I'LL &C y col
course in one year. In October of
that year he was admitted to the
Vermont bar, ranking third of 80
applicants In 1900 he married
Mabel A. Miles, a daughter of Hon
Willard w. Miles, the present chief
Judge of the Superior court of Yer
mont
Mr.. Thompson Immediately enter
ed upon the practice of his profess
sion at St. Johnsbury as a member
of the firm of Porter and Thompson.
In 1904 he was elected States At
torney for Caledonia county and in
that Office established an enviable
record by his efficient and impartial
enforcement of the law He removed
to Barton in 1906 and for five years
has been a trustee of that village and
a director in the Barton Savings
Bank and Trust Co.
In December, 1910, Mr.. Thompson
was appointed Judge of the munich
pal court of Orleans county, which
position he has filled with ability,
fairness and courtesy to all.
Mr. Thompson is one of the strong
and thorough attorneys of northern
Vermont, able and fearless and de-
servingly standing in the very front
rank of the bar of Orleans county.
His legal career throughout is char
acterized by vigorous activity, earn
est and conscientious effort, coupled
within recognized ability, constantly
and enthusiastically applied and
rewarded in gratifying measure by
successful results.
Whatever the results of the can
vass may be, the interests of the
people of the Second District would
be undeniabIy secure and valiantly
sustained in the official keeping Of
Frank D. Thompson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-29

what principles he favors and those
he does not favor. The public
knows where he stands and it would
be a very creditable beginning for
the Vermont Progressive Republican
League to get active enough to
nominate such a man for governor
We do not know that it can be done
but we hope the choice of a governor
will be freely discussed and ballots
for a DeBoer as well as Fletcher
delegation will be prepared in each
town in the state and the people
actually nominate the man for this
high position.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-29
PUT IN A FOOT.
An Appeal for Aid to Teachers Re
tirement Fund.

Sixteen pennies are one foot. Al
though the women teachers of the
state do not advocate this rule in
their classes, their present aim out
side the schoolroom is to convince the
public that the measurement is cor
rect. To this end, miles and miles
of strips of paper, each a foot long
and each capable of holding sixteen
bright and shining coppers have been
prepared, the result to form nu-
cleus or working basis for a retire
ment fund from the income of which
teachers who have served the state
in their high-minded calling, ''for
a term of years not less than twenty
five,' may receive a modest stipend
for the balance of their days.
We talk Vermont for Vermonters.
We say, keep the boys and girls at
home. Why not keep the teachers in
Vermont along with the boys and
girls? What better inducement than
a retirement fund raised through
public subscription, if not appropriate
ed by legislative enactment, placing
the educational system of the state
upon a business basis and assuring
the faithful servant of the rising gen.
Grafton something of an adequate
compensation for her toll when her
term of teaching strength shall be
over?
Through the Retirement Fund As
sociation the teachers form a body
capable of receiving funds. The
penny strip scheme is but one means
to the end in view. The Is pennies
that fill one strip are scarcely more
than the price of cigar and penny
newspaper or of a few ice cream
sodas. The teachers have set this
problem to the Vermont public
eff there are sixteen pennies to
a foot and every foot is a step nearer
the better Vermont, are you interest
ed enough to contribute, and, if so,
how many strips will you take?''
The answer is not to be found in the
back of the book. It rests with the
public to work it out for itself.