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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
ALMSHOUSE NOT
FOUL, IS REPORT
Council Probers Declare Tales
of Vermin at Institution
Are Exaggerated.

Following their special tour of in
spection, the members of the aims
house committee will report to the
Common Council that conditions at
the institution are satisfactory.
They founu that the building was
as clean as could be expected for so
old a structure. Marks of vermin
were discovered, but every means of
fumigation and whitewashing will be
used to keep down the pests.
I'VE are erecting new building
at a cost of $4,000 o. said Alderman
Cornelius j. Harrington today 1T
will be ready IL. about ten months.
"All the inmates are perfectly sat
isfied. At our special inspection yes
terday we found no soiled linen. The
institution has it's own laundry. The
building Itself, considering it's age, is
as clean as any put to such purposes
could be. We are not defending the
building, which is ahtiquated and un-
satisfactory. but there has been no
negligence.
Needs No Additional Help.
1--WE asked Mrs. Kate Doetterl, the
matron. If she needed more help ana
she said that she did not. Naturally
If she was short handed she would
take the opportunity to ask for more
assistants"
In a report submitted to the COM
mittee, Mrs. Doetterl, Patrick j.
White, clerk of the home, and DR.. f.
w. Becker, the house physician, SAID,
in part:
at must be remembered that many
of those sent here are from lodging
houses, police stations and the cutters
to whom cleanliness is unknown
Even if it were possible to exterminate
all the vermin in the building at the
present, in an incredibly short time II
would be again overrun.
Not Insensibie to Suffering.
Furthermore, we beg leave to state
that we are not brutalized set OF
employees; we are not calloused TO
the pain and suffering of those about
us. We sympathize just as deeply
for the unfortunates in cur care as
do those who visit here, and we are
firm in the belief that we have the
trust and affection of nearly all OF
the two hundred and fifty inmates OF
the institution"
In conclusion they referred to criti-
cisms by saying:
1--WE would like to remark that 1t
was almost fifteen centuries before
the Gentle Master taught His beautf-
full lessons of love and charity, that
the Great Jehovah Numbered from
Mount Sinai:
Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor.'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17

stone, shell, glass and wood used by
savage races, and the pieces of
eight" made famous by bloody tales
of the Spanish main.
By the character of their coins the
rise and fall in strength and culture
of many nations can be traced. The
crude early coins gave Place to the
finely modelled characters OF the
Greek and Roman currency which in
their latter day show marked de-
terioration. Then come the coins of
Europe in the early centuries, gradu-
ally developing into those of the
present day.
There is one piece in the collection
that was never counterfeited. 1t was
the tortoise piece, so-called for the
reptile whose image it bore, that was
considered sacred by the Greeks of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
KILLED WHILE ON WAY
TO VISIT SICK WIFE

MILWAUKEE,, Sept. 17.-Attempt-
ing to catch car on his way to Bea-
yer Dam, where his bride was SICK,
Charles Young, a Philadelphia pat
ternmaker, who has been working
here for a few weeks, slipped and
was killed in sight of his father-in.
law. who was going with him.
His wife is In so critical condition
that it has been impossible as yet to
notify her of his death, though she
pleads with the doctors to delay the
operation until she could bid her hus-
band a possible good-by
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
THREE WILLS BEQUEATH
SS15,O00 TO "OLD ELF'

NEW HAVEN, Sept. 17-According
10 an announcement made at the fall
meeting of the Yale Corporation,
three Wills have been filed for pro-
bate since the last meeting from
which the university should receive
during the year about three-quarters
OF million dollars.
These bequests include $25O.OOO, un-
restricted by Matthew c. ID. Borden,
Of Fall River, Yale 1854; $4,000 from
Gyprian Brainerd, of Haddam, Conn.,
III the class of 1850, for the use of the
Medical department, with ultimately
81 additional $4,000 after the death
of certain beneficiaries, and the Nc
pherson fund of about 100000. to be
Employed in assisting worthy indi-
gent students.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
LEEDS YACHT BELIEVED
LOST; FIVE MEN ABOARD
Steward Fears Pleasure Craft
Was Sunk During Storm.

NEW YORK, Sept. 17-Nothing
whatever, so far, has been heard of
Warner M. Leeds's yacht Duchess,
missing since A left Portland, Me-.
Thursday, and the steward Henry
Dieckman, who came by rail to New
York from Bar Harbor when the
pleasure craft put to sea, said he
fears the yacht has sunk and that the
crew are lost.
Captain Isaac B. Pierce and his
crew of four men are gone for good,
| fear" said Dieckman. 81 decided
to go by rail instead of taking the
cruise down the coast with them, and
by so doing probably saved my life.
Thursday and Friday there were
heavy storms at sea and this, with
the fact that we've heard nothing
from anywhere they might have
sought shelter, makes me certain they
are gone"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
Wonderful Display of Moneys
Used by All Ma
tiOns.
FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO
ENGRAVED BILLS OF TODAY
Exhibit at Essex County Ma
tional Bank of Great
Interest.

Coins of all ages, which. in addition
to the educational and historical
value of some of them recall hun
dreds of odd tales, legends of bygone
dyna sites and histories of departed
conquerors, whose only record is told
in their proiiles stamped on the coins
struck during their reigns, are shown
in an interesting exhibit at the Essex
County National Bank.
There are more than 10000 coins
and pieces of paper currency, show
ing the progress of the financial world
for many centuries, in the collection,
which is owned by Farran Zerbe, of
Philadelphia, one of the foremost
numismatists in this country.
Almost everything imaginable in
the way of coins, from currency ante
dating the birth of Christ to the
present day bank notes; from the
wierd shaped pieces of metal bone,
shells, leather, rubber and even stones
used by the saVages to the beauti-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
THEATRE SINKING AS
AUDIENCE RUSHES OUT

SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 17.-While
an audience of about 500 persons were
enjoying the vaudeville performance
in the World Theatre in North Main
avenue, this city, ominous cracking
sounds frightened the piano-player,
who gave the alarm that mine cave
was in progress. The theatre Was
emptied in a jiffy, and within fifteen
minutes the entire rear of the build
ing, including the stage and dress
ing rooms, was completely wrecked by
the caving in of the surface
More than two dozen buildings in
the centre of the business section of
West Scranton are badly damaged.
and the police have refused to allow
the people occupying them to use
their homes or fear the structures
will collapse.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
UNCLE SAM MAY PURCHASE
BILTMORE FOR A FOREST

WASHINGTON. Sept. 17.-Biltmore,
the famous 110,00j-acre estate of
George w Vanderbilt near Asheville,
may be acquired by the Federal gov
ernment under the Weeks act for the
creation of the Appalachian and
White mountain forest reserve.
A proposition for the purchase OF
the Biltmore property is now under
consideration. and representatives 81
the forestry service will leave WASH
ington tomorrow to examine the
property. It's not the intention or
the government to buy the mansion.
which cost about s5,000,000.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
HADDON COUNTRY CLUB
LEASES HOUSE AND FARM

HADDONFIELD, Sept lH-An en-
thusiastic meeting of the new Had
don Country Club was held at the
home of Frank B. Sitley, 200 Mansion
avenue, at which reports of progress
in the establishment of the house and
grounds were received and board of
governors chosen.
A ten-year lease, with the privilege
of five years renewal, has been exc
cuted for the old Hinchman estate,
on the road between Haddonfield and
Haddon Heights The homestead will
be fitted for a clubhouse and the ex-
tensive farm laid out for golf links.
There will also be tennis courts and
arrangements for other outdoor
sports.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17

fully engraved coins of ancient
Greece and of the present day, and
ranging in size from the gold Renens-
burg mite, of the diameter of PEN
Gil, to the huge four daler copper
plate money of Sweden, 10 inches
square and weighing 6h pounds. are
distributed through the corridors and
directors rooms of the local bank.
Then there are coins of the Bible
times, the widows mite, the talent
and the shekel, current at the time
of Christ, while in other cases are
pieces of papal currency, issued when
the popes held temporal sway in con-
trast with the currency mediums of
strangely shaped pieces of metal,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
TO ENTERTAIN FlREMEN

ELIZABETH, Sept. 17.-At meet
ing of the Veteran Volunteer Associa-
ton last night, arrangements were
furthered for the entertainment of
the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's AS
sociation, of Hartford. Conn, Thurs
day, September 26. 1t is expected
that nearly 100 members of the Hart
ford organization will visit the city.
They will be given banquet in the
evening.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
26-POINT JUMP FOR
PASSAIC TAXPAYERS

PASSAIC, Sept. 1.-THE report OF
the Passaic County Board of Taxa
tion, just completed, places Pas
sale City's tax rate for 1912 at LIS, an
increase of twenty-six points over last
year. At the same time. the ratables
have jumped from s37,525,110 to s42,.
$50, ,294
Passaic tax bills will be bigger than
they have been in several years. Pat
erson. with an increase in valuations
from s99, 542, ,0O5 to $1O1. ,952, has q
rate of 166. two points less than last
year
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
GIRL SUES GOULD
FOR HEART WOUND
Demands $4,000 of Man on
Whose Marriage Another
Girl Ended Life.

NEW YORK, Sept. T.-Harold VIM
throp Gould, because of whose mar
riage to Mrs. Sophy Deisinger last
March a trained nurse, Miss Mary
McGourn, committed suicide, Is now
defendant in a $4,000 breach of prom
ise action brought by Miss Merlybie
E. Leonard.
George w. Files, Miss Leonard's at
torney, says he has letters showing
that for three or four years an under
standing has existed between Miss
Leonard and Mr. Gould that they
were to marry. His client. he says,
Is secretary to a New York business
man.
Mr.. Gould declines TO comment on
the case. He is a woolen merchant,
the son of the late Robert S. Gould,
of Brooklyn
Mrs. Gould, the former Mrs Deis-
niger. is a daughter of James P. NC
Quaide, a Pittsburgh steel man. She
divorced her husband in 1905, and
subsequently spent some time abroad.
She and Mr.. Gould were married
March 5.
Exactly ten days after the wedding
Miss McGourn jumped from ferry
boat as it was crossing from East
Ninety second street to Astoria. She
died after being dragged from the
water. She told friends the man who
promised to marry her had deserted
her and married someone else.
A roommate mentioned many pres
ents given her by Mr.. Gould, includ-
ing an autographed photograph and
gifts bearing his and her initials in
tertwined.s He stopped writing her
from Pinehurst shortly before marry
ing Mrs. Deisinger. Friends say he
called up Miss McGourn and told her
of his wedding.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
AUT0IST HOLDS HIMSELF
LIABLE FOR ALL DAMAGES

EGG HARBOR, Sept. 17.-Hurled
from his meat-filled wagon, Benjamin
kaplan, manager OF the United Meat
Market here, was badly hurt when a
touring car crashed into the rear.
Kaplan was hurled ten feet into a
ditch and the meats were scattered
over the country road.
The automobilist stopped, picked
up the injured man, hurried him to a
doctor and held himself liable for all
damages
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
NOGPS WILL DISPOSES .
OF TEETH, HAIR AND NAILS

TOXIC, Sept. 1T have long
wanted to die. and l finally choose a
time of national calamity as suit
able one in which to end my life.
Japan no longer needs my services
and so | am resolved to die"
This statement in General Maresuke
Nogis will. just published, reveals
the deep-laid plan of the hero of Port
Arthur to slay himself.
The line of Nogi ends with their
deaths. The general asks that his
body be given to medical college,
but that his teeth, hair and nails be
buried
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
MISS WOOD LEAPS FROM
WINDOW; PLUNGE Fatal

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Miss Julia
Wood, the daughter of H. c. Wood.
of the war department in Washing
ton, tried to kill herself by leaping
from the window Of her apartment
on the seventh floor of the West
Point apartment house, Ninety fifth
street and Riverside Drive.
She had long been suffering from
melancholy, and the leap from the
window was made in a brief interval
when her nurse was absent from the
room. She died at the Flower Hos
pital.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
PACIFIC FLEET REVIEW
ABANDONED BY NAVY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE
navy department has announced
that the mobilization and review of
the Pacific fleet at San Francisco on
October IA, the same date as the big
naval review'at New York city, had
been abandoned
1t had been planned to- gather thir-
ty or thirty-five vessels in the har-
Dor at San Francisco. but the neces-
slty for sending a fleet to Nicarau-
qua interfered with the plans.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
IS JAILED FOR SMASHING
AFTER-SEASON "KATIES''

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.-THE
police department has made an end
of September 10 as the last day for
straw hats Yesterday afternoon fif-
teen of the best looking policemen
were instructed to attire in their
Sunday best" including straw hats,
and walk down Broad street.
They were almost mobbed by per-
sons who had designs on the straw
headpieces. The hats were badly
dilapidated before the sun went down,
but thirty-five young men were put
in cells and were arraigned. Several
were held in $2G0 bond to keep the
peace, while the rest were fined $3.50
each.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
FALL BROKEN BY BROTHER

PLAINFIELD, Sept. 17.-In falling
from the top of an electric light pole
to which he had climbed on dare,
Andrew Comeskey. 10 years old, was
saved probably from death by his
brother, August Andrews body
struck August, who was standing on
the ground, and the latter's nose was
broken,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
skEETER WAR IN WINTER

ELIZABETH. Sept. 1.-THE Union
County Mosquito determination Com
mission will meet today at its
offices In Railway avenue. IL has been
decided by the commission TO keep
one Inspector in each of the six coun-
ty districts throughout the winter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
BEDROOM CATCHES FIRE

JERSEY CITY, Sept. ia bed
room in the home of Police Depart
ment photographer Jess Davis, 255
York street, was damaged by fire
during the absence of the family.
After investigating the case Mr..
Davis believes that his two boys Acci-
dentally set the place on fire.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
Murder Not Always
Result of Wild Impulse.

1t is a shock to many people to
know there are professional assas-
sins in our land.
Many good people had believed
that murder was always, in these
days, the result of some wild i'm
pulse-of drunkenness, or jealousy,
of anger, of self protection or in
sanity.
It seems almost incredible that
men who are not moved by any of
these emotions are to be found
banded together. ready to kill any
one for a stated sum of money
and paltry sum comparatively.
Now that such men have been
found and are held by the law for
trial, it would help the students of
eugenics to learn something of the
prenatal and early childhood con-
ditions from which those men came.
1t would be worth while to appoint
committee to go about this search
for the desired information with as
great care as the detectives went
about the search for the criminals.
There should be, indeed, such a
committee, whose work is to look
up the pedigree for at least two
generations Of every man and wom-
an who becomes a criminal
Especially should the prenatal
conditions be learned when there is
any possibility of obtaining such
data
If there is a bad piece Of road
where vehicles are broken and hui
man beings injured, the causes
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
Courage
By REGINALD LUCAS.

nF all the boons the gods can give,
~ This one | ask and ask in vain,
Well satisfied if l might live
My life, as it was lived again
Its faults and failures l confess,
OF cares and griefs its ample store;
From evils past | shrink the less
AS dreading future ills the more.
And yet this were the coward S part;
Go forward there's our duty clear;
The humble and the contrite heart
Knows not ingratitude or fear
For this were man s most shameful lot.
To lie in an unhonored grave,
Even those who loved him daring not
To claim for him that he was brave
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15

TUST at this particular juncture
several unfortunate men are
y being held prisoners for the de-
liberate planning of the murder OF
a fellow being in New York.
Other men implicated will no
doubt be added to the list before
this article appears
The meanest and most desptca-
bic motive for crime in life is at
the bottom Of this dreadful and APP
palling act-greed for gain.
Certain men desired to break the
laws of the land.
Certain other men were bought
who violated their oaths to pro
tect those laws.
The law breakers were caught,
and they told the tale of buying
the silent cooperation of the law
protectors.
Then these law protectors delib-
erately employed professional as
sassins to murder the man who be-
tTouad tbeiy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15

cruel fate has doomed to live I'M
der the same roof with her.
When the sum of the harm that
is done in the world Is added up.
it Will be found that the nagger
holds the banner record. She has
driven more men to drink more
young girls into idiotic marriages,
more children away from home,
than all other causes combined. She
is like Samson. With the jaw bone
of an ass she slays her thousands.
Take the woman, for instance.
who nags her husband about what
he shall eat, and what he shall
drink and whether he shall smoke
or not. She thinks that when she
mentions these things to him
hundred times a day she is only
doing her wifely duty. She doesn't
realize that she is invading his -sa-
cred liberty and insulting his judg-
ment every time she reminds him
that highly seasoned food is bad for
his stomach. and that he'll acquire
smokers heart from the use of g
pipe.
Still less does she perceive the
effect of her nagging on her hus-
band She doesn't realize that at
first ne feels offended. then wor-
ried then eNasperated: then he be-
gins to duck when he sees her get
ting ready to launch the old. dreary
familiar arguments against him.
And at last he comes to hate her
with the deadly hatred that we feel
for those who subject US to petty
tyrannies against which there is no
defense.
If woman is really opposed to
her husbands method OF eating and
drinking and smoking, she might
night it out with him once. but
after that she had better let him
Kill himself in peace, doing what
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
Few Women Know Laws
Of Prenatal Influence.

Only a few women of the most
progressive order TODAY know oc
1,nou.ira ho,touo T.. a.. ,.
'''o u
- ei''' '''l iiilio elIce
Not one poor woman of the I'M
educated classes in a thousand has
the least idea on this all-lmportant
eubiac+
,,,..,,.u,,. .,...
VIC VIM "a''lIeo
the slaughter Oh ANIMALS before her
child was born, brought forth a
human ,,,o,,c+ror{t,- = ,b;l.s ,.;.-zs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15

is that, on the average, out of every
fifteen men and eight women past
35 years of age one surely possesses
the seeds of cancer. which will
eventually develop, 1t is as if in
the room there were a fly having
an unerring sense enabling it to
detect the presence of the undis-
closed cancer. The person on whom
that fly alighted would be the vic
tim designed by fate. All the
others might be perfectly safe be-
cause they did not bear the fatal
mark. But. according to the sta
tistiCs. there would in the long
average surely be ONE in every
such assemblage who would carry
the hidden insignia.
Sometimes the doctor can detect
the fatal blight or the probability
of its existence, but generally even
he can know nothing about it until
the disease visibly declares itself
Then, if instant action is taken, in
some cases of external cancer he
can effect a cure with the aid of
the knife The object of the spe-
cialsts now is to find some remedy
which will act upon the disease
wherever it may be located. You
will read in the article to which l
have referred what has been done
with such means as radium and the
X-rays and certain chemicals. You
will also find there what has been
learned about the causes of cancer,
what about the means of detecting
ii at an early stage, when it may
still be durable, and what is the
nature of the hopes which the
searchers for a specific cure enter
tain. The man who is foremost in
this search. and upon whom the ex-
pectant eyes of the world rest, is
the German, DR.. Enrich, who re-
Gently discovered a specific for an
other disease which had been re-
garded as hopeless.
Suppose that DIR. Enrich should
succeed Gas he may do any day.,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
World Needs g Better
Order of Things.

But it is not so much the con-
tinuance of the life of individuals
on earth which the world needs as
a better order of beings.
Every possible investigation into
heredtty, prenatal influence, child
hoods environment and early as
sociations should be made, and the
information carefully classified and
presented to the world for consiG-
Grafton.
The capital punishment Of crimi-
nails will never reduce crime. But
the proper education of men and
women on what fatherhood and
motherhood means will prevent the
birth of criminals.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
An Investigation Of the
Causes Which
Lead Men and
Women Into
Crime
Written For The Atlanta Georgian
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright, 1912. by American Journal Examiner.

w Hoover was begotten by pure love,
w And came desired and welcomed into life
Is of immaculate conception He
Whose heart is full OF tenderness and truth
Who loves mankind more than he loves himself,
And can not find room i'll his heart for hate
May be another Christ We all may be
The Saviours of the world, If we believe
In the Divinity which dwells in us
And worship it, and nail our grosser selves,
Our tempers, greeds, and our unworthy aims
Upon the cross Who giveth love to ALL
Pays kindness for unkindness, smiles for frowns
And lends courage to each fainting heart,
And strengthens hope and scatters JOY abroad
He too, is a Redeemer, Son of God.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15

TN a peculiar and piteous divorce
case now pending, the sole cause
that is alleged for the breaking
up Of bone is a womans nagging.
The husband, a wealthy and
prominent man, testified in court
that he had left his wife because
he could stand her incessant nag
ging no longer.
The children. a nearly grown son
and daughter, entreated the court
TO give them to k,.heir father be-
cause their mothers nagging made
life uncomfortable to them.
Neither husband nor children
manifested the slightest affection
for the woman. She had killed their
love by nagging.
The woman is pretty and good
She lived in a palace and had all
the luxuries that money could buy.
She had husband and children and
everything to make life happy
and she has thrown away every
thing, lost everything, by her nag
einE
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
Can Death by Disease Be Eliminated?

Doctors Succeed in Fadng For the Last Mans Mads
WI Haze Been Mastered