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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08

n L was in April, 1907, when William j. Bryan was grooming
Il for the Democratic Presidential nomination that Woodrow
Wilson wrote Il letter which has just seen the light. 1t is a
brief missive, but edhying for Mr. Bryan and his friends, considering
the fact that the letter was written by a Democrat. DR.. Wilson
wrote: "Would we could do something at once dignifed and efec-
tive to knock Mr.. Bryan once for all into a cooked hat" A sequence
of this letter was Mr.. Bryans defeat the following year. Evidently
something was done to knock him into a cooked hat. The feryent
wish expressed in the letter was gratifed. Why was such a desire
cherished and ayowed by a Democrat, as against a Democratic can
didate? The context of the letter explains. Its recipient had just
made an address in. Kansas that would now be pronounced reac
tionary. A copy had been sent to DIR. Wilson, who in his letter said
of the address: II have read it with relish and entire agreement"
1t was in connection with this Endorsement that the wish for the
complete knocking out of Mr.. Bryan was expressed. A candidate
himself for the Presidential nomination, Governor Wilson now
solcits the aid of the man he spurned four years ago, of the candi
date whom he ardentIv desired to knock Unto a cooked hat 1t is
said that "to err is human, to forgive divine" The magnanimity of
Mr.. Bryan is put to ID severe test. Probably he has in his nature
enough Of the divine to forgive that letter, but a mans friends do
not so easily forgive. The JoHne letter will be read in every place
where two or three Bryan Democrats meet together, and it will
need ne commentator.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08
RMANY's NATIONAL ELECTION THIS WEEK.

eTS HE national election in Germany to choose members of the
Rechstag, to be held on Friday of this week, will com
mand interest all over the world. 1t is expected that with
the prevailing dissatisfaction with the policies of the government
and the increased cost of living there will be a large increase in
the Socialist vote and a great falling off of government support
in the Reichstag. There are no less than forty political parties
and factions in the German Empire, but these various groups may
be embraced IN Ave principal ones, the Conservatives, the Centre,
the National Liberals, the Radicals and the Socialists. The Con
servatves represent the great landed interests and the monarchy
while the Centre represents the Catholic church. These two groups
back the government and constitute the majority of the Reichstag.
Germanys representative system. as is well known. is SO CON
saTucted that 1T would be virtually impossible for the democratic
senument TO dominate the Rechstag. But there has been a phenom-
email growth OF SOcialistlc sentiment. In thirtysix years the
Socialists increased their vote from about 10000 to 325S,OOO in
the election five years ago. and, with this enormous vote, out of
31 candidates elected TO the Reichstag the Socialists secured ONLY
forty three seats. The outlook is that this vote will be largely
exceeded in the election next week. Under the ban of the gov
ernment, denied recognition for any important public Office or
honor or title, disabled in every way by the election laws and held
Under surveillance by the police, the Socialists in Germany have
increased and multiplied, nevertheless. and at a rate that has no
parallel in Europe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08
SHALL RICHEsoN ESCAPE HIS DUep

.43o ICHESONS confession on The eve of his trial for the DELHI
Inn erately planned and cold.blooded murder of Miss Avis
Linnell at Cambridge. Mass. and under circumstances of
peculiar atrocity, was a plea for that mercy which he denied his
INNOCENT victim. Detected, exposed and cernered, this arch fend,
wearing the livery of the church, would prefer the comfortable
seclusion of the prison TO the electric chair. He would do atone
ment in his own way. Richeson is by far a worse malefactor than
Beattie, who was recently electrocuted in Virginia for wife murder.
Beattie pracised no cant. Desiring to get rid of his wife, he shot
her. Richeson made a business of cant. A villain at heart, he
wore the mask of religion and the moralities. He "plucked the rose
from the fair forehead of an innocent love and put a blister there,
even while with nnctuous grace he addressed congregations and
Sunday schools. Pledged by every sacred obligation to his victim,
ne wooed and won a girl of wealth and then, for the sake of her
wealth, he planned to get rid of his victim by killing her. How?
ny making his victim her own executioner. Beattie could not have
conceived q plan of murder so cowardly and so diaboHcal. And
shall Governor Foss commute the sentence of this murderer? Let
him read what the Governor of Virginia said when appeals were
made to him for Beatie. Let him look at the extraordinary record
af UNPUBLISHED capital crime in this country that brings the blush of
shame TO every American cheek.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08
Arrest. In Auto Accidents.

III
To the Editor Of the Evening Star;
A number of automobile accidents
have occurred in this city recently in
which the driver sped off without wait
ing to see what had become of his
victim. There is a law dealing with
this situation. which was pointed out
in the STAR during an investigation
of one of the automobile mysteries. I
believe that there have been a number
of cases in which the police could have
made arrests. but no action was taken.
While every accident of this nature
should be thoroughly Investigated, it
is the minor ones which usually pass
with probably no more than a mere
record of them. The difficulties Of trac-
ing an automobile when the number is
not known. and a vague description
given, are realized. Still, there can be
more accomplished thai at present If
the minor accidents are followed up.
Auto drivers will then realize that 1t
is more prudent to slow down than to
take the chance of hitting somebody.
PEDESTRIAN.
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AT THE BANQUET BOARD TONIGHT.

PTS HE jackson banquet at Washington tonight occupies the
centre of the stage of interest. Congress, the Richeson con
fession, China and everything else are thrown into the back
ground. The Democratic clans are gathered at the national capital,
the Democratic National Committee is there to arrange for the
national convention, and many of the party chiefs r o hand TO
voice their wishes. The great struggle in the Democratic party
oyer the selection of a presidential ticket has begun, and the
banquet tonight will signaEze it. But there are distinguished
Democrats who will be missed at the banquet board, men like
Governor Harmon. of Ohio, and Majority Leader Underwood, of the
House of Representatives,. And mayhap the choice of the conyen-
tin to which all this leads will fall upon a man who will not be
among The banquet guests tonight.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08

sister of Clifford
Pincbot. AS Lady
Allan Jahnstone she
is weN-known in
the diplomatic cir
cles Of Europe.
and Il n not with
out the realm OF
probabilities t h a t
she will one day ac-
company her nus
band to Washing
ton as the wife of
an ambassador from
the court Of st.
James. Lady b
stone has just left
America. after q
brief visit with rela,-
tives,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08

T R.DINNER STORIES.

Among the passengers booked for q
recent coastwise trip of a steamer run
ming from New York TO a southern
port We're a timid-looking little man
and his equally timid-looking little
wife.
One of the first of the many ques-
tons put to the captain of the yes
sci by the little woman was this:
Gould you, sir. tell my husband
what to do In Ease of an attack of
seasickness? He is particularly liable
to such attacks. What must he do?"
1T isn't necessary to tell him what
to do. ma'am,' said the old captain.
Hell do it."
- p>
well, WELL" said the man who had
wandered back to the old village. 80
the Eagle House is still the Eagle
House. No change after twenty
years.
There have been a few changes"
responded the oldest inhabitant. "Since
you've been gone the hotel has been
respectively the Grand Central, the
Grand Union, the Grand Junction, the
Great Northern, the Great Southern.
the Imperial, the Regal, the Empire,
the Regent and the Madison House.
She's just starting around the circuit
for the second time"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08
The LEGISLATIVE SESSION 1oMoRROW.

cTS HE Legislature will convene at noon tomorrow. and little will
u be done before adjournment for the week besides organi
cation, the appointment of the standing committees and the
reception of the governors message. The flood of bills will set in
on Monday night of next week. 4 new procedure for the session
win be adopted in accordance with the plan formulated by the ma
jOrity caucus to expedite the business and shorten the session To
the agreed upon limit. Practically all the important business has
already been planned, and, if there is no play of politics to inter
kere, the session can be made creditable to the legislative leaders.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08

cept st. Louis papers,
was notified by the
provost nlarshal-gen
oral to submit to him
a copy of each issue
for inspection, failure
being punished by
suppression Of the
p Every little
while some fellow
with a bayonet was
likely to come around
SHOW me-"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08
tUsTAIINE~r
NBOUT MEN,
|eUTWoW

Police Judge Simon Hahn is COM
ought to be most serious. A powerful
woman had been brought before him
on a complaint of having beaten her
husband. He allowed her to go and
told her that if she ever came before
him again he would fine her S25. 1t
was not long after when she was be-
fore him on a similar charge. When
asked what she had been doing during
the -four weeks between the first and
second a~rraignment she answered:
working, so as to be able to pay the
fine"
Lewis A. Edwards is superintendent
of the registry division also secre-
tary OF the local Civil Service Exam
lining Board. The latter position en-
tails the work of explaining the in
~tricacies of the civil service rules, but
Mr.. Edwards finds that many of the
applicants meet a stumbling block In
locating the Federal building. Appar-
entity a 1reat many persons are not
aware that the Federal building and
p~ostofice building are the same in
stitutton and their searches sometimes
bring them many blocks out of their
way.
DIR. ]. Henry Clark, who is some
what of a weather prognosticator, says
tina we are likely to have two months
of cold weather now in order to make
up for the mild spell up to the present.
1--WE have TO have a certain amount
of heat and cold every year" said the
physician, "and as the winter so far
has been more or less mild / think we
are now in for a good cold spell"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
1t Is to be hoped that the fire COM
m~issioners when purchasing new auto
fire apparatus Will nave them supplied
with chemical tanks, same as are ON
the hose-wagons at present. The small
chemical extinguishers are all right.
but they do not hold enough fluid to
e~xtinsuish an ordinary house fire, as
do the sixty-gallon tanks on the
chemical wagons. Fl. j. w.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08

DR.. Mary Preston Slosson, formerly
of Wyoming, will speak on Results
of Equal Suffrage in Wyoming at the
meeting or the Essex County Suffrage
Society and the Equal Franchise So
ciety of New Jersey, which will be
held Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. Elwood Leary, 106
Heller parkway, this city. Mrs. George
It. Viokers, OF Jersey city, president
of the Equal Franchise Society, will
give a talk on Legislative Work Pend
ing This Winter in New Jersey"
Plans for legislative work were made
Saturday afternoon at the meeting of
the legislative committee of the suf-
frage societies Of New Jersey, held at
Wallace Hall. Mrs. George IT. Vickers,
Of Jersey City, presided, and Mrs. Har-
riot Stanton Blatch and Miss Caroline
LeXow, of New York, gave the mem
bers h benefit of their experiences in
trying to get a suffrage bill before the
4NCN iIcSloihluIt. 1t WIS QeClu6Q
to have a bill drawn UP authorizing an
amendment to the constitution and to
have a representative of the committee
at Trenton during the time the Lesisla-
ture is in session.
DR.. and Mrs. Henry G.. Holier, of 234
Montclair avenue, this city. entertained
the Forest Hill Literary Society at
their home Saturday night. "The
Life and Works of Oliver Wendell
Holmes" was the topic for study.
Professor Frank G. Gilman read from
Elsie VENEER; Willard I. Hamilton
read "Grandmother's Story of Bunker
HILL and Professor Ray H. Hart
reditedl old Ironsides,' telling the
reasons for it's composition and the
result of It's publication. During the
evening Mrs. Gilman contributed vocal
solos, accompanied by Miss Rusby.
The preside. t, Mr.. John L.. Thompson,
presided.
The next meeting is scheduled to be
held in two weeks at the home of Mr..
W. B. Gwlnnell, in Mt. Prospect ave-
nue.. Mr.. Franklin Phillips will talk Of
Great Vaccinations and Their IN
fiuence on the World"
Mrs. T. r. Cornwall, of Belgrove
drive, will entertain the members OF
the Arlington Civic Club this after
noon. Arrangements will be completed
for the meeting of January 10, at which
time Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, ma
tional president of the Woman Suf-
frage Association, will speak on
Woman ana Good Government" The
lecture will be given in the evening,
probably in the auditorium Of the Lin
coin School.
DIR. and Mrs. Arthur c.. Dougherty
and Mr.. Charles Dougherty, Of this
city, have returned from Atlantic City.
-
There will be a large gathering of
society folks of this city and neighbor-
ing towns in attendance at the fort
nightly dance which will be held this
evening at the Washington. severS
dinner parties have been planned tc
precede the dance.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08
one Way.

Mr.. O1dhub--Why did young Jones
get married?
Mr.. Benthar-He sail he did It to
save money.
Mr.. oidhub-Gse whts! Did he
marry a milfnfr7
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08
Being Proper.

Mr.. Twaddles-Did you ever near Of
eggs?
Mrs. Twaddles-Yes, of course.
Henry, but I do wish you would say
limbs" 1t sounds better. 3
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08

The STAR extends the privilege
OF these columns to the public and
invites signed communications or
not more than n hundred words
treating of topics of the hour.
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Caught Him Mapping.

Caught Him Naprine.
will you go to the opera, deas. within
me?- S..
Indeed, I Wilt" she replied with siea.
And what is the bill fur tpniaht7"
said she;.
About fifteen plunks, I'm afraid" said
he. d.
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Has your son arrived at the years
of discretion? ?"
ooh, yes. He's about to be mar
ried."
Flow you do contradict YOURSELF"
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Sweet

'Whadda you think Of my sister. Mr..
Spoonalot?"
Why, Jimmy, I think she's very
sweet"
Gee! She thinks that about you,
too"
Oh. indeed? That's glorious. How
do you know"
I hear her tellin' ma you was q
regular puddfn'.v
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08

TODAY IN HISTORY.

january 8, 1852, just fifty years ago
today, every newspaper in Missouri, eX~
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Trouble. of Trade.

Troubles of Trade
James" said the druggist to hts as
sistant, order another gross Of that
Sure-Death insect powder. ] had IN
other call for 1t today and blamed If
the cockroaches hadn't eaten up all we
had. I must also find some way Of gee
ting rid Of those c~ocluoaches."
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Don't Believe IT.

Don't Believe II.
Did you know that a diamond and a
lump of coal are made of the same sub
stance?"
Go on-coals not made of gIass,'
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POOR JONES.

When Zones was but a mere small boy
His trial was that his mad employ
A slipper in
Her dainty fin
To wallop him for peccadilloes.
Her blows fell hard, not soft like pill
lows.
In course OF time he grew up, did Jones,
Recalling his aching boyhood's bones;
Whereupon he swore
He'd pause before
He'd marry a woman who believed
In spanking a Juvenile when she was
peeved.
SO Jones for his wife tool a damsel
mild
Who vowed that she never would strike
a child
But who waded in
with q rolling pin.
Ard warped It over her husbands
head.
For Jones was no longer a child, she
said.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08

IN THE LIMELIGHT.

The hostess at the British legation
at The Hague Is an American, the
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Ne Critic.

Can your wife sing?"
81 don't know"
Don't know"
Nc. All I know is, she does"
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He Led.
Said the rounder, Nay, nay.
| was not led astray,
For whenever good booze filled tina e,,p.
I've got a good bunch
That the rest of the bunch
Had a deuce of a time keeping I'M
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THE WILSON JOLINE LETTER.

n I was in April, 1907, when William J. Bryan was grooming
Ii for the Democratic Presidential nomination that Woodrow
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08

Mrs. Edward Prizer. of Centre street,
South Orange, will entertain a party
Of young folks at dinner tomorrow
night and afterwards chaperone them
at the ball to be given by the Southern
Society, of the Oranges, in the Wo-
mans Club House, East Orange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-08

There will be a large gathering Of
society folks of this city and neighbor-
nightly dance which will be held this
evening at the Washington. severH
dinner parties have been planned to
precede the dance.
The record., 1912-05-16
Record Crop Of Tobacco Raised by
Christian County Farmer.

Fred Harmed, near this cIty. last
year raised on two acres of land /,
ocS pounds of tobacco, got Hat
price of $40 per hundred for this
tobacco, or $500. 10 per acre. The
tobacco which Mr. Harmed raised on
this two acres was the largest ever
seen hercabouts, the leaves measur-
ing as high as for,y-tour inches in
length and thiry inches in width.
This, too, with the plants topped at
eighteen and twenty leaves. This
is believed to be a record for tobac.
co yield and until somebody else
comes forward with a better show
ing, Mr.. Harmed claims the title o.
"bossr tobacco raiser of the darl
producing district. Hopkinsvillt
X entuCkian.
The record., 1912-05-16
THE LINE OF THE SPINE

shown above is the curved line which truthfully
presents to your eye the condition Of your
spine II you use sewing machine.
The reason for this is the family sewing
machine as ordinarily constructed, is altogether
wrong You cannot sit straight in your chair
willis operating your machine-try it, sit
straight and square as you should, and see if
you can sew ON your machine; you can't. The
needle is AZ inches from the center where it
ought to be. To follow your work you have to
twist your body to the left, This twist calls
for a wrench and strain of all the delicate
chords and ligaments, affecting stomach,
spleen, liver, kidneys, bowels and nerves, and
resulting in SIDE NEEDLE SPINE.
II it were possible for a growing child to
operate an ordinary sewing machine it would
bo injured for life. The soft cartilage of its
you'd be injured to such an extent as to pro
d4ce nervous disorders.
In schools, as you know, desks and chairs
are specially constructed to avoid spinal curv-
ature.
In factories where sewing machines are used.
the work is always directly central with the
operator, otherwise they could not stand the
strain of the twist Of the body and continue TO
work.
THE TANDARDCENTRAL NEEDLE
machine is new type Of family sewing ma
thine designed health saver and preventer
of doctors bills.
In this machine the needle Is central with
the worLer-directly over the center of the
treade. To use 1t calls for no twist of the
spine, 1t causes no strain on the internal organs
and consequent torture of the nerves.
With THE STANDARD CENTRAL
NEEDLE machine a woman is safe in using
It all day and every day; without it she is not.
Compare the two pictures-positions taken
from life-and decide which you will have
THE SIDE NEEDLE SPINE or 1nE
CENTRAL NEEDLE SPINE.
We have printed a valuable book, A
STITCH IN THE SIDE" which is ) osis
FREE for the asking and every intelligent
woman will want it and will thank US for
bringing it toher attention.
]. goe3 into the subject Uf sewing c,athine
.sd Wv the sTyNpEEtn tpEN;TS..AIL AZ
NEEDLE SEWING MACHINE IS Vita -
the health Of woman and growing girls. and
how easy il IS TO buy. j yos value your health
and the health Of Your dalghters--you viii
send for copy at onee-no Obligation. 1t is
FREE. A postal will bring it BY return mail
R0ARK, Agent, Greenville, Ky.
The record., 1912-05-16
Blood PreSSuSe.

Much Is heard nowadays about
"hlood pressure. Among val
etudinarians lpdccd ii has become
a sine qua non; he who cannot
boast of a high blood pressure is of
small consequence among them.
There is, however, some signih-
canoe in vsr',,i1ns rf blood pcrs-
sure; an abnormally high blood
pressure IS not To be treated lightly
nor, for that matter, is one alb
normally low. The term itself
means simply the prssurc of the
flowing blood upon the walls of the
arteries. When the heart contacts,
it forces the blood into the arteries,
and thus slightly distcns. their elias
tic walls. These in turn contract,
and force the blood along into the
minute arteries, and Capillaries
through which it has to pass in
order To enter the veins.
Normally there is exact balance
and adaptation; but if the heart Is
enlarged, and beats too forcibly,
if the elasticity of the arterial walls
is diminished, if the combined area
of the small arteries and capillaries
is reduced, or if the blood is less
fluid than is normal, the pressure is
raised.
The doctor determines the a
mount of pressure by means of an
apparatus that measures the force
required to stop the pulse beat at
the wrist. This force is usually
expressed In terms of the height of
column of mercury, the pressure
of which equals the force needed to
stop the pulse. Thus when the
blood pressure is one hundred and
fifty, the compressive force required
TO stop the pulse equals that exerted
by the weight of a column of mer.
curry one hundred and fifty mllli'
meters high,
Blood pressure varies normally,
according to age. In young chill
dren it Is al olt one hundred; ir
adults under'forty it Is about one
hundred and twenty five; between
nifty and sixty years it may be one
hundred and forty or one hundred
ane fifty, and after sixty it may
rise to ,ne hundred and sixty OF
even more wiihin the limits q
healih. The pressure varies also
under the Influence of various con
ditions; it is raised by overexeriion