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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-04
CONTEST
BREAKS RECORDS
Evening Stars Prize competi-
ton Beats All Previous
Ones in State.

Bacon. upon whom many would
lay the scintiilating mantle Of
Shakespeare, declared that the genius.
wit and spirit of nation are ex-
emplified in its proverbs 1t might
be said, with equal truth, that the
progressive. far-seeing and persever-
ing qualities of the citizens of New
ark are exemplified in the rapid ana
vigorous way in which they took up
the task of solving the proverbs in
the Evening Stars newest and great
est proverb contest and winning the
splendid rewards offered for the So
lutions
The dawn of a new week sees hun
dreds added to the number of readers
OF this paper who have enrolled in
the contest and are eagerly working
toward the goal--the first prize-$500
in cash. If the popularity and sue
cess of the Evening Stars latest COM
petition venture were ever in doubt
all question has been eliminated with
the splendid reception with which it
was greeted
VIII BE Record Breaker.
There is every probability that the
latest proverb contest will hold the
record for the pumber of entrants.
If as many enter during the next few
days as did during the latter part Of
last week the competition will eclipse
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VOTING MATERIAL
BEING Distributed
BaIlot-Boxes, Books and Bal
lots Given Out by City
Clerk.

Ballot boxes, books and ballots are
being distributed by City CLERK
James F. Connolly and his staff of
assistants at the City Hall today.
Election Officer Bond, of the
eighth district of the Eleventh ward,
was the first to take the necessary
assortment of election paraphernalia
at $3.50 a. m. Not before sundown
will the last of the apparatus re-
quired for the III election districts
Of the city be given out.
The work of distribution was in
charge Of Harry Lake and John
Hancock, of the city clerks Office.
While election officers as well as
voters win have to contend with the
difficulty arising from the largest
ballot on record tomorrow, there will
be none of the confusion that ex-
listed at the primaries, because Of the
refusal of county authorities to rec
ognize new district lines All prepar-
ations for the election have been
made in accordance with the new
lines. The district with the largest
registration Is the first of the Ninth
ward, where 621 names are on the
list.
A great army descended on the city
clerks office shortly after noon to-
day.
City Clerk James r. Connolly. busy
with the distribution of baIlot-boxes
and ballots. and his corps of assist
ants. did not receive the visitors with
open arms. exactly. but listened to
their story, which was this:
All of them had voted at the Sep
tember primaries, but through some
misunderstanding had not been reg
istered. They had been sent to the
city clerk by Judge Martin for certi-
ficates showing they were entitled to
vote tomorrow.
When, after the names Of fifty or
SO had been looked up in the poll
books, the crowd did not seem to be
diminished to any great degree,
City Clerk Connolly called up Judge
Martin and asked permission 10
send the polling books to his court,
where the right of applicants to vote
could be determined when they
made their application.
This permission was granted and
the polling books of the III districts
of the city were bundled into an au-
tomobile and taken to the Court
House.
So much difficulty was experienced
in distributing ballots and ballot
boxes that 1t was necessary to hire
wagons and automobiles to take
them to the polling places.
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GREEN KEEN FOR GREENS
HAS RUN FOR LONG GREEN

and saw the lover of green mara
thoning it east on Harrison avenue.
Gathering up his apron he started In
pursuit OF the absconding guest. His
shouts of stop thief" attracted the
attention of scores of persons who
were on the busy thoroughfRre. and
all took up the chase. Behind the
green stoop of green house on First
street was crouched the trembling
Green.
Green in the face with anger the
restauranteur finally arrived. Green
drew a roll of long green from his
pocket and came across with $2.
Interest. In the form of few stiff
iabs. was charged Green. He might
have been more harshly treated had
not PatroImen Peter Bradv end
Frank Kain. Of Harrison, hsse in
sight.
Green won't be 50 green the next
time he comes to Harrison.
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Because John Green, Of Green
street, Greenville. has a green iame
he was green enough to. think every
one in Harrison was green. Clad in
a green suit Green sauntered into a
Harrison emporium of eats late Sat
urday night. Green wanted green in
evidence on every dish served. He
even asked for green tablecloth
and the waiter with the green tie
turned on the green light.
Green greedily gormandized the
green viands. After eating his fill
the fastidious guest sat back in his
chair and lit up cigar of some"
arrogance. With visions of big tip
the waiter merrily hummed the tunes
of the green sod When he turned
his back for few seconds, Green,
only in name. dashed from the place.
The waiter. returning realized what
had happened. He ran to the door
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TEN MEN LEAP FROM
SECOND STORYWHEN
FIRE SHUTS OFF EXIT
Male Employees Tailor Shop Jump to Roof of Wagon-Gs
Were About Report for Work When Flames Shot Up.
Boys Had Built Bonfire Under Wooden Stairway.

possible loss of life might have re-
suited
Wagon Backed Close to Building.
The Wagon on which the men
jumped was backed close to the
building. being loaded from the
storehouse of NJ Weinberg. wholesale
grocer. which Is on the ground floor.
The stock in this place was damaged
considerably by smoke and water.
Goldberg employs quite q number
OF girls in his establishment. but
luckily they were not at work this
morning They were to have reported
at noon --''
Entrance to the extension il
through driveway alongside the old
German First Baptist Church, which
faces on Mercer street. The building
itself backs right against the church
building, but the entrance to the
Goldberg shop is made by means OF 3
long wooden stairway leading to the
second floor.
The fire was first discovered by
Philip Koscham. who is employed by
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Jumping from the second floor to
the roof of high wagon ten men
made their way in safety from a fire
which almost completely destroyed a
two-story frame extension in the rear
of rs Mercer street shortly before
noon today. The blaze is said to
have started from a bonfire built by
children under a wooden stairway
leading to the second floor OF the
structure. The damage is estimated
at about 5000.
The second floor of the extension Is
occupied by Isaac Goldberg as a
tailoring establishment. and the men
who saved themselves by jumping are
employed by him as operators. The
stairway under which the fire is said
to have started is the only exit lead
ing from the place When the blaze
was first discovered stairs were a.
mass of flames. cutting Off all hope
of escape from this end. Then there
was q mad scramble for the windows.
and but for the presence Of mind of
several Of the men serious injury and
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SOLDIER AND AUTHOR DIES

CHICAGO, Nov. 4.--Major James
H. Purdy, lawyer and author Of
"Purdys La of Corporations, died
here yesterday. He was "A years old.
He practised law in Prescott, Los
Angeles and st, Louis. He enlisted
In the Fifty-ninth New York Nolun-
teer Regiment and served through
the Civil War. taking part in nine
teen battles and thirty engagements.
He was made : major At Antietam.
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BARTENDER WANTED"
APPLY AT THE Y. M. C. A.

The call for a bartender is last on
the bulletin list headed by Men
Wanted The employment bureau of
the association is maintainNd chiefly
for members. Just how many bar
tender members had applied for the
position could not be learned today.
II was rumored that one of the stu
dents In the Y. M. c. A. civil service
school for policemen had changed his
mind and applied for the bartender
job. This could not be confirmed. as
the would-be policeman could not be
lekated
Che man who does get the Job VIII
have TO be an expert. We don't want
employers telling us that the men we
reoq1mend don't kpew their busl-
nah Is ths axiom Of the bureau.
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REFUSE
TO INTERFERE IN
BALKAN CONFLICT
Intervention Is Not
Permitted by Inter-
national Law.

LONDON, Nov. 4.--The powers
THUS far consulted-have responded
to Turkeys appeal for mediation by
declaring that they could make only
proposals for peace and could not
approach the Balkan nations with a
request for an armistice.
Some of the governments have
pointed out that Turkeys proposal
for q cessation of hostilities--in other
words an armistice-would offend the
Balkan victors. Other governments
take the position that 1t would be an
Infringement of International law for
the moment.
The war must, therefore continue,
and the Turkish armies, which the
porte has at last admitted have been
beaten. must keep on with theif un-
equal struggle against the victorious
invaders.
1t is hoped and believed still that
the powers will soon find formula
under which they can offer their
good offices.
The terms of peace themselves are
a matter entirely for the ibelligerents
70 settle, Bulgaria having again
affirmed that no interference from
the outside will be tolerated. In this
she has the support of her allies, VINO
settled the political as well as the
military aspect of the campaign be-
fore the war was undertaken.
The negotiations which were taking
place among the powers when Turkey
sprang the surprise of asking for
mediation were not over-successful.
The European governments had not
even agreed upon the preliminaries
for an offer Of mediation. The sug-
gestion made by France, to which
both Russia and England subscribed.
met with nothing but criticism in
Austria, and she. of course, was
backed by Germany and Italy. the
other two members of the triple al
lance.
PARIS, Nov. 4.-The French gov
ernment has refused the Turkish
governments appeal for it to take
the initiative In bringing about all
Intervention of the powers to stop
hostilities and impose an armistice
on the Balkan states.
The reply of the French foreign
office points out that for France to
take the course suggested would be
contrary to international law and
would make her appear as siding
against the Balkan states
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"wanted--A bartender. Apply at
the Y. NJ. C. A. Not soda dispenser.
but real live. cross-my heart bar
tender. For further particulars see
H. A. Townsend, front office" reads
the bulletin in the lobby of the Young
Mems Christian Association building.
just outside the sanctum Of General
Secretary Henry Cozzens. Ambitious
young bartenders are urged to con-
slider this proposition at once. It isn't
every day that the Y NJ. c. A. is look
ing for bartenders.
Statesmen. preachers. Office boys
have been supplied by the score, but
getting jobs for hartenders is new
wrinkle Unless the eyes deceive, the
X. n. G. A. has enered new field.
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FINDS HUSBAND DEAD
ON REACHING HOSPITAL

HACKENsACK, Nov. 4.-Mrs.
Peter DoneIson. of Wilson avenue,
Hackensack. received the following
message:
please come to the Suffern Hos
pital at once. your husband has been
Injured" Donelson, a contractor,
employed by the Hackensack Water
Company, was buried under several
tons of lumber when a frame wall
for concrete collapsed. He died in
the night. The truth was kept from
his wife until she reached the hos
pital.
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JERSEY GIRL IN
NEW BATHTUB
DEATH MYSTERY
Gas Turned On, but
Coroner Suspects
Poison.
MISS VAN ANKEN'S AGED
FATHER Is BEING SOUGHT
Body Is Nude, but No Clothing
Is Found in
Flat.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The police
are searching today for the aged
father of Miss Anna Van Anken.
whose nude body was found in a
bathtub OF her apartment, 521 West
hath street There is suspicion that
the girls death was caused by poi
son. and 1t $ believed that the father
can do much to clear up the mystery
ahat surrounds It,
Miss Van Anken came to the
apartment where she died with her
father from Hackensack, N. j., year
ago to take employment as stem
ographer with Joseph J. O'Donohue.
5r., a real estate dealer, at BAT Fifth
avenue.
According to Miss Helen Freech.
The dead girls nearest friend, who
lives at 327 West hath street. Miss
Van AniSen had been respondent
since her mother was taken to the
insane asylum ON Wards Island a
few months ago, and suggested to the
police and to Coroner Winterbottom
that her friend may have committed
suicide.
Coroner Ii Suspicious.
Coroner Winterbottom is very sus-
picious of the circumstance of the
girls death. for. although the gas
was streaming from an open jet in
found, there are no outward signs
that would tend to show death was
caused by asphyxiation.
THE skin is not pink said the
coroner. "That is the usual evidence
OF death by asphyxiation. intend to
investigate this death very thorough
", for / believe that the girl may
have died of poison"
The body was discovered by Henry
Bowrie. agent of the building, who
smelled gas as he was passing
through a hallway. He traced the
odor to Miss Van Anken's apartment.
and when he got no reply to his re-
peated knocks, forced the door and
found the body In the bathtub.
None of Her Clothing I'm Flat.
None of the young woman's outer
oiothing was found in the fiat. A
pair of corsets, a torn bathrobe ano
q pair of stockings were all that the
search of the police disclosed. Neither
was there any of her fathers effects
an the place.
In one room was found evidence of
q party that had probably taken
place Saturday night. Two dozen
empty beer bottles, several whiskey
bottles and number of empty
glasses lay on the table. and the floor
was Uttered with cigar and cigarette
stumps.
The police are also anxious to find
several men friends of Miss Van An
ken. who have been frequent callers
during the past few months.
Residents of the house say that
they did not see Miss Van Anken or
her father yesterday. The neighbors
seem to know little of the couple, who
have showed little inclination to
make acquaintances since coming to
the house.
Miss Van Anken's death recalls the
East Orange bathtub mystery.
Ocey Snead. young woman, who
lived with her mother and two aged
aunts, was found dead under similar
circumstances on November 2, 1903.
Mrs. Caroline B. Martin, mother of
the girl, was convicted of the murder
and sent to State prison.
Miss Virginia o. Wardlaw, an aunt.
died in the House of Detention here
pending trial, and Mrs. Mary Snead.
Ocey's mother-in-law, was not tried.
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western Headquarters busy.

CHICAGO, Nov. 4.-Reports at the
several Western headquarters of the
political parties today indicated that
leaders, both State and national, were
making a tremendous effort to get
out the vote tomorrow.
Joseph e. Davies, manager OF the
Western Democratic headquarters,
said:
II have received direct reports from
nearly all of the twenty-nine State
chairmen in my division and will
keep in touch with them by tele-
phone throughout the day and night.
Each state chairman Is in touch with
the county chairmen in his State by
telephone also.
From the reports already in hand
it is apparent that there never was
greater cooperation among the Demo-
Gratis. The vote will be out in full
everywhere"
David w. Mulvane. director of the
Republican campaign in the West,
asserted that there was a great
eleventh hour trend toward President
Taft
MediN Mccormick. Of the Progress
sive National Committee. said he had
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Good Weather
for Election

There will be nothing in the weather
to mar the election tomorrow, for
ideal weather conditions are promised.
Tomorrow will have the finest
weather possiblel" said Weather Pro-
phet Weiner today. "It will be per-
fectly clear, with rising tempera-
ture."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-This spe-
cial election day weather bureau was
issued today by the weather bureau.
"On Tuesday Indications are that
the weather will be generally fair
throughout the Atlantic States, the
Southern States, the Mississippi and
lower Ohio valleys, the plains States
and the far Southwest; in the region
of the great lakes, the upper Ohio
Valley, Northern Ohio and Northern
New England the weather will be
cloudy, but probably without precipi-
tation; In Western Montana, Western
wyoming and Idaho there win be
rain or snow; rain is also probable
In Washington, Oregon and extreme
Northern California, Temperatures
win be moderate for the season in
practically all parts of the country
on Tuesday" M
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FATHER SHOOTS SON

ROCHESTER,. N. r.. Nov. A.
While watching his father clean a
gun Yesterday Charles. S-year-old son
Of Ray Preston, of Kendall, was shot
and killed The shot entered the
boys thigh and he died in an hour
BIG DANCE TONIGHT.
fhlln ~ AcGoNern ASSN peeigerH Hail..
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Fs1ettIaa reznras bs fEfeff a1f9 -
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BIG DANCE TONIGHT.
Philip f. AleGovern Assem-. Doeizer'n Hgil.~-
Adv.
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possible loss of life might have re-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-12-18
Loss in Four Months to
Our Miners.
A STATEMENT BY COMMITTEE
Shows Situation Here-A
Manly Plea Made for
Remedial Laws.
MATTER NEEDING ATTENTION

McHenry, KY, Dec. 11.-R. c.
Vance, secretary of the Ohio county
miners committee, Tuesday gave
out the following statement, signed
by the committee of miners that re-
Gently went to Frankfort and asNed
that the State Railroad Comml...- i
do something toward relieving the
car shortage in their coal field:
The destitute condition of the
miners in this district having been
shown, we believe the public should
know something about, the democrat
ization of the coal industry in Ohio
county. We will in . conservative
manner try to make a few state
ments that cannot possibly be con-
tradicted. We will only deal with
the four months ending November
30, during which the operators as
sure us and will prove that they
had contracts which, II they
had been supplied with railroad
cars, would have kept the miners
running full time, which would
have amounted to twenty-six days
per month, instead of an average of
twelve days per month. The num-
Der of miners and mine workers in
and around the mines in this county
Is normally LOO. Full time twen-
ty-six days per month, amounts to
1O4 days, while the average time
worked. twelve days per month.
amounts to forty-eight. making fif-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-12-18
"FAGGED-OUT" WOMEN
Will Find a Helpful Suggestion
In This Letter.

Overworked, rundown, tagged
out" women who feel as though they
could hardly drag about, should profit
by Miss Richter's experience. She
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time, was nervous and had Nindiges-
ton.
zone of my friends advised me to
take Vinol, and it has done me great
good. The tired, WORKOUT feeling is
all gone, and l am strong. vigorous
and we'll. The stomach trouble sooa
disappeared and now l eat heartily
and have perfect digestion. l wish
every tired, weak. nervous woman
could have Vinol, for never spent
any money in my life that did me so
much good as that | spent for Vinol."
Marie Richter. Detroit, Mich.
Thousands of women and men
who we're formerly weak and sickly
owe their present rugged health to
the wonderful strengthening effects
of Vinol We guarantee Vinol to build
you up and make you strong. II
!. does not. we give back your money.
For sale by o......, -. =. 49,
Druggist, Hartford, Ky.
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ty-six days lost on account of the
car shortage.
Assuming an average per day Of
$3.50 we have $4,000 lost to the
miners in wages. The community
loss of this amount is also keenly
felt by the merchants and the farm
ers, for this loss to the miners has
simply destroyed their market for
the necessaries carried in stock by
the merchant, such as food and raj
ment. This is not the only loss to
the miner, as We will show further
on.
We will also try and show to
the public the great loss that the
operators of these mines are con-
constantly undergoing from causes
entirely beyond their control.
We will state that a coal mine
stands alone and apart from any
other industry. This is especially
so from the operators standpoint.
being at the mercy of the railroad
corporations and the combines in
different cities anr towns so far as
prices are concerned Every coal
mine must be cared for during idle
days. The mine must be kept in
readiness at all times in the expec-
tation of getting railroad cars, The
roads must be clean from small
dropping falls from the roof here
and there, the water must be bail
ed and the pumps must be kept go
ing to lift the water out of the
mine, or the mine would be flooded
there can be no compromise with
water. The ventilating machinery
must be kept running several hours
every day. However, this Is some
what neglected on account of the
great expense for engineers and fire.
men. This Is where another loss to
the miner comes in. When mines
are idle for several days, the fans
and ventilation are to some extent
neglected, thereby causing an accu-
mutation of gases which are posi-
lively dangerous to the health and
life of the miner
1t needs no argument to impress
on those who know the necessity OF
ventilatipg our public and private
rooms that it is in a high degree es-
sential to take thought for the re-
placement of vitiated by fresh air. in
the low and often complicated
chambers of coal mines. Natural
causes come into play, slow, Yet
constant change takes place in the
surface OF the substances exposed to
the air. and the general result is
the absorption OF oxygen. A large
amount of water vapor requires re-.
n oval, The poisonous gas c. o.-2
fearbon dioxidsl "a. frequently Civ
en- off, and many others such. as fire
damp c. ny. and e. o. carbon mon
oxide). Therefore We make the