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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07

From the Engineering Magazine
Rightly or wrongly, the ranks of or
ganized labor discern in all system
affixed efforts to eliminate waste in
production, an attitude of hostility
to every cherished aim of the work
ingman. Obviously enough, all such
efforts do In fact originate with the
employer, though they should lnure
equally to the employees benefit. 1t
would appear to be the part OF pru-
dence for every management to take
the men into its confidence on ques-
tons such as this, and so prevent the
suspicion which the presence OF
stop-watch in q plant often eXcltes.
Many of the details of shop manage
ment could be delegated to an elected
committee of employees; not because
the latter are more competent TO
handle them than the officials. but
because such a policy promotes a
wholesome interest on the part of the
worker in viewpoint which he nor
mally assumes to be at loggerheads
with his own. And If every factory
manager had on his staff an assist
ant whose sole function 1t was to ad-
Just the day-to-day grievances of the
men, much improvement might be
made in prevailing conditions, and
many unexpected revelations would
be Forthcoming. No man is hero to
his valet, says the proverb. A Ger
man cynic cruelty added that this
was not because the hero was not a
hero, but because the valet was a
valet. However this may be, the
management of an industry has as
much TO learn from the men as the
men from the management. And the
sooner much of it is learned, the bet
ter il will be for all concerned
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
JANUARY
JANUARY 7
Princess Charlotte
Copyrighted. 1918.
BY MARY MARSHALL.


January is remembered in France
as the birthday of Jeanne d'Albret,
the daughter of King Henry of Ma
varre, noted for her support of the
Huguenots. In America it is remem-
bered as the birthday of Mary e.
Wilkens Freeman. the famous short
story writer. Her stories of New
England life have always enjoyed
great popularity, and of late years
especially have received greater
praise from the critics than is usually
awarded to popular short story writ
ers.
In England the day is remembered
as the birthday of Princess Charlotte,
whose upEimely death ninety six
years ago was the occasion of uni
versa1 mourning. There is an Eng
lish Schoolbook Jingle that runs:
Never was sorrow more sincere than
that which flowed round Charlotte's
bier
She was the only daughter of
George, who became George ". of
England, and his wife, Caroline of
Brunswick, from whom the king sep
arated soon after the birth of Char
lotte. The princess developed into a
very likeable little girl in spite of her
heritage and is described as a merry,
pretty girl, something of pepper
pot" She had a slight hesitation in
speech characteristic of her mothers
family, which her governesses did
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
THE COUNTY HOSPITAL AT OVERLOOK.

DOUBLE the number of patients to for than are
housed the msmanaged Hudson county insane asylum the
Essex county hospital at comparable only of
institutions and is superior either in its housing
conditions And yet improvement The county super
substantial pavilion for tuberculosis
of the industrial school work. which has been at
by gratifying results with the erection of
industrial building the utilization of the labor of inmates in
the ordinary employments at the hospital
Time when maintenance of the insane in Essex county
with what now in Hudson county but the county
great expense built large group of buildings Ovebrook
grounds employs enough doctors and
proper the inmates the system curative and the
humane enough the of
the governing board of the county that improvements
equipment and considered and adopted
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their best to overcome. AS an only
child of the Prince of Wales she was
heir presumptive to the throne, and
her education was directed with the
idea that she might some day be
queen. In December, 1913, she was
engaged to William, Prince of Orange.
The engagement was brought about
chiefly for diplomatic reasons and
does not seem to have pleased the
charming young princess. When she
declared her unwillingness ever to
leave her native country her fiance
protested so that the engagement was
broken off. Charlotte's father was so
enraged at this self-willed action that
he dismissed the princess's entire
household. Thereupon the princess
flew out of the palace in a high tenn
per and, summoning the nearest
hackney coach, hurried to the home
of friends. OF course she was re-
stored to her father and was punished
by having to live with an entirely
new set of attendants. Two years
later she was engaged to Leopold
Saxe-Coburg and was happily mar
ried to him in May of the same year.
All England awaited the birth of her
first child, who would be in line of
succession. Unfortunately both moth
er and child died at birth and hope
for successor was lost. This double
calamity led to the marriage, COM
manded by Parliament, of the bach
elor Duke of Kent, who was the
father of Queen Victoria.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
FIND CIVIL WAR BULLETS

The general belief is that the bull
let's were hidden by W. r. Jones, who
later became sergeant in Quick S
scouts of General John H. Morgan
command and was known to many
people in Lexington as Squire Bill"
He was for many years connected
with the Lexington fire department,
and is now at the Confederate Home
in Pewee Valley.
James M. Roche, who was the own
er of the house until recently, says it
was built by the joint labor of w. r.
Davis and William Jones, who were
related, and that Jones had nodded
the bullets to be used against the
Union soldiers when occasion should
arise. The Union troops arrived in
Lexington and took up their camp
without opposition, and fearing the
bullets would be confiscated, Jones
hid them under the floor while the
house was being built
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
BY FREDERICK NJ. KERRY

WASHINGTON, Jan. lis the cli-
mate of this country changing? Is 1t
any warmer now on the average than
it was ten, twenty, thirty years ago?
What about the comparatively warm
fall and winter months this year?
Do the abnormally warm years make
up for the abnormally cold years, so
that in the aggregate there is no
change in temperature, or 10 they
not?
These are some of the questions
which 1 asked Professor Charles F.
Marvin, the new chief of the weather
bureau.
Sometime during the course of a
year, Professor Marvin" I said,
"every individual in the country will
observe that the climate certainly
is changing; wonder why it tsp What
is the scientific answer to that ques-
tion?'
"All the evidence which we have
answered the professor, all the rec
ords which have been compiled tend
to show that there is not any mate
rial change of climate going on. Take
the case of this city. Washington
shows an average excess of temper
allure over the normal of 20 degrees
for the year 1918. That means that 1t
was warmer than normal in Wash
ington for 1913 by rs degrees. If that
tendency continued for two or three
years it would, of course, mean a
marked change in temperature. But
the tendency does not continue.
Take the case of Chicago. In an
exhaustive discussion of the china
tology of Chicago, Professor H. j. Cox
forecaster in that city, makes the
statement that there is no evidence
of any change of climate in that dis
trict In the data back as far as 1871
and some data for even earlier"
Professor Marvin" I said, I'D like
to take some typical points on the
Atlantic, Pacific, the lakes, the gull
and the Middle West and see from
your records just what the changes II
climate have been for, say, the pas
| thirty years.
| The chief pushed a button and sem
| the messenger for Preston C. Day
head of the climatology division. Will
| Professor Day we dived into mas!
of statistics Of weather observation
back to the year 1883 for seven select
| ed stations of Eastport, Me-; Wash
! ington, D. c.; Moorhead, MINI.
Dodge City, Kan; San Antonio, Tex.
| San Diego, Cal, and Roseburg, Ore.
purposely emitting the largest cite
| in order to rid the calculations o
error due to local temperature condi
lions peculiar to the larger cities.
When the tables of figures was com
pleted we had the mean annual tenn
perature for each station for eacl
year from 1888 to 1912, with the varia
ton below or above normal for eacl
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

| lions and training Of European cav
airy, were compelled to and did work
out their own salvation. Being gun
men by training and knowing little
of the sword and nothing of the lance,
their armament quickly developed
into a combination of the carbine and
the revolver, to which the sabre was
occasionally added. Free from false
traditions the American cavalry not
only charged but fought as infantry.
| Using the horse as a means of rapid
transport, it did not hesitate to seek
favorable positions and delay the
progress of superior bodies of all
arms until reinforcements arrived.
These were some of the lessons that
1t took generation for Colonel Deni-
son and men like him to impress upon
the military leaders of Europe.
Now, when European military au-
thorities have begun to appreciate the
principles underlying successful
American cavalry action, we are told
that the war department has been
prevailed upon to adopt tentatively a
new drill regulation involving a re-
organization of the cavalry arm.
Both are based upon distinctly Euro
pean principles, in which shock ac-
ton is made to overshadow all other
considerations, and in order to
achieve this double rank is made to
the normal formation 1t is well
known that shock action, as the pr1n-
cipal role of cavalry, and that double
rank formation were both tried out IN
the Civil War and found to be I'M
satisfactory, and were abandoned.
The argument in favor Of the change
is that American cavalry should be
prepared to meet European cavalry
and therefore should have similar or
ganization and drill. If we are to
fight European cavalry on European
terrain this argument may be good,
but is this probable? If the converse
is true does the argument hold good?
There is no doubt that the best cav
airy opinion is unanimously opposed
to the change, and there is reason Tor
it. Since the days of Napoleon there
have been no such brilliant cavalry
actions as were fought in the war OF
the rebellion. Beyond the splendid
reconnaissance work of the German
cavalry, the Franco-Prussian war
added nothing to the knowledge OF
the use of cavalry. The same IS true
of the war in Manchuria, and in the
Boer war the English cavalry was
useless till it discarded its lance and
false traditions as to mounted action,
adopted the principles of American
cavalry and learned to get off its
horses and fight the Beers with some
thing of their own tactics.
A measure of such Importance
should not be forced upon our cavalry
in the face of its own splendid tradl.
tions and against the judgment OF
practically the entire service merely
to bring our methods Of training into
accord with those practised in Europe |
and the correctness of which may |
be questioned.
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A NOTABLE GIFT BY THE K. OF C..

THE PRESENTATION of bonds representing investment
OF onehalf million dollars Cardinal Gibbons president
board of of the Catholic University by Knights
Columbus to be applied the higher education students
notable manifested the strength
organization financially liberal a remarkable degree.
1t unusual for mlonares bequeah
of money universities and colleges for
education and the urtheance of opportunities for
almost there restrictive features
requests 1t is however exceedingly
ganizaon displays the generosity that characterized the gift of
Knights of Columbus and there proviso
than that the donation the interest higher
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
TELEPHONE CoMPANYs TARDY CONCESSION

AN OFFER of 10 per discount all telephone bills
until appraisal of the property of the company made and
the voluntary offer of the New York
Telephone Company the Public Service Commission This
concession be extended pay station toll fiat
subscribers Any kind of concession
the public by the naughty telephone magnates novelty
And this is entirely voluntary
There teeth in the New York law under which the
mission and there real purpose backed by business
and united public sentiment bring the company
New York three four times higher than in
London and other European cities The company earnings from
its business have been concealed from public knowledge There
be publicity while the appraisal of the property will give
idea of the profit the
ment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
WHEELBARROWS WITH SAILS

wind A wind dead astern," how
ever, is by no means absolutely
necessary, for, by ingeniously con-
trived supports on the sides Of the
barrows, the sails may be set to take
advantage of almost every slant of
breeze.
With a twenty mile wind astern
and a not too "choppy set in the
road. a Shenshi eoole will trot
along behind his load of 1000 or 1900
pounds at a speed of six or seven
miles an hour, with scarcely more
exertion that sailor in spinning the
steering wheel OF schooner running
before a fresh sou'easter. A barrow
sailor has to watch his canvas just
as closely as does sailor Of the seas,
and gusty wind forces one to reef
just as quickly as it does the other.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07


A large number of rife bullets,
nodded by Confederate sympathizers
during the Civil War and hidden
nearly fifty years ago to prevent their
falling into the hands of the Union
soldiers, were found recently at Lex
ington, KY, when work was started
on the remodeling of an old residence.
The house was built during the war
by w. p. Davis, and was sold in 1866
to Miles Roche, who a few weeks ago
sold 1t to Misses Margaret and Mary
Brown, daughters of the late John
Mason Brown, of Louisville.
The Misses Brown ordered a num-
Der of changes made in the old build
ing, and in tearing out the floor of one
of the rooms in the second story the
bullets were found. The find attract
ed much interest, and the old bullets
were eagerly carried away as SOU
yenirs.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07

The sailing wheelbarrows of China
are sight to delight the eyes of an
old salt stranded inland, particularly
in the Shensi district. where mile
long professions OF these queer
vehicles may be met with. Wheel
barrow transportation would be
almost impossible in this district, due
to the blown sand, were it not for
the ingeniously devised sails. Night
and day, for months at stretch,
without ceasing, the wind blows
steadily from west to east at an
average velocity of more than fifteen
miles an hour. Luckily, this chances
to be the direction of the country's
produce transportation, so that the
are able TO make Sart" With a fair
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
A SAMPLE OF MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.

"a WHAT is known the South Cove riparian of
twenty Jersey City belonging the city, which
unmprOved and neglected for years sample of
municipal ownership characteristic of the American city
Years when Jersey C front consisted of mudbanks
belonging the State the city could have acquired nearly the
whole water front and leased for improvements but the city
actually 0cned accept offers of this riparian property by
State and let nearly all go railroad and steamship companies
The South Cove all that the city besides
public dock If degree of intelligence had guided the policy
of the municipality it would be getting immense income
from rentals and would control its front But this
late day the South Cove hardly changed from what orig
inay In private ownership would developed
valuable
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
LincoIn's Original Letter of Acceptance

There is one communication of
Abraham Lincoln's to be ranked
among his most important letters
which, so far as l know, has been
lost, although I am confident that it
has not been destroyed. 1t is in safe
keeping somwhere."
This statement was made to me by
the late Colonel George Bliss, who
was for several years on the staff of
Governor Morgan, of New York, and
was afterward United States district
attorney for the district of which New
York city is a part. He was also with
the late Daniel G. Rollins, the most
intimate of personal and political
friends of General Chester A. Arthur.
This was a friendship that began
when both were on the staff of Gov
ernor Morgan in Civil War days, and
it was continued during the presi-
dency of General Arthur.
"I suppose that l am especially In
terested in this important paper
which Lincoln wrote because it was
first sent to a friend of my FAMILY IN
Springfield, Mass" said Colonel Bliss
1T am a native of Springfield, and my
early boyhood was spent IN that
town. My family was intimate with
the late George Ashmun, who IN the
early days of the Republican party
was esteemed as one OF the great
leaders of that party.
Mr. Ashmun was chairman or the
Republican National Convention OF
1860, and it was he who announced
that Abraham Lincoln had been nomi-
mated for the Presidency. AS cnair-
man he appointed the commsttee
which was to call upon Mr.. Lincoln
a. Springfield, Ill, to notify him OF
his nomination. 1t was my impression
! that Mr.. Ashmun did not go &c
Springfield with the committee, but
after the adjournment of the coriven-
ton returned to his home in Spring
field. He was, of course, looked upor
as a man of great influence and au-
thority in Springfield because he hac
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-07
pa Did 1t

The train of that Santa brought of killer
how
They used TO around track least they did when he
Would let me take EN- in hands an wind EN- with key
could-a had some fun with EN- if only they would go,
But gee! never had chance, for pa enjoyed EN- So
The ortermobile that got that around the floor
Was lots Of fun while it new, but it won't go
Pa wound it up fer Uncle Jim show him how it went
An when those two got through with it the running
bent,
An now it doesn't go at all. mustn't grumble, though
Coz while 1t was in shape to run my pa enjoyed it So
I've got my blocks good my mtts perfect yet
Although the snow the ground haven't got EN- wet
I've taken care of everything that Santa brought to
Excep the boys that about when wound up with key
But next you bet don't make any such mistake
I'm going to ask for toys an things that cannot break
Edgar A. Guest in Detroit Free Press.
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For Arts Sake.

Have you heard about the awful
thing Mr.. Johnson did this morning?
Several of the neighbors saw him
dragging his wife around in the back
yard by her hair. Don't you think
the authorities ought to do something
about it?"
why should the authorities inter-
fere? Haven't you heard that Jobson
and his wife are working for moving
picture film ?"-Chicago Rec
rd-Herald.
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number of brass lamps and a few
paintings.
There has, of course, been no lit
tie controversy as to whether this is
the actual site of the original man.
ger. To begin with, it is under
ground, and many people wonder how
1t could have been used by cattle and
horses. Here, however, we have to
remember that in the East donkeys
and mules often dwell in underground
stables, and the staircase would pre-
sent no difficulty to the agile native
cattle of Palestine. No less an au-
thority than Colonel Gender has de-
clared that "the rude grotto with its
rocky manger may, it seems to me,
be accepted even by the most skepti-
cal of modern explorers"
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ODDITIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

speaking. the law recently bit big
chunk out of the United railways
bank account in Circuit Judge
Fishers court when jury give to
Albert ]. Good judgment for $3,700
because a dog on board a street car
bit him. The company decided to
take no more chances.
Tucks owner asked what arrange
ments could be made for the dog to
keep on riding.
IF you can arrange to take out life
insurance 30 that the United Rail-
ways can collect $1,000 If your dog
bites a passenger, We'll issue the
permit" the superintendent said.
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presided over the convention which
nominated Lincoln for Presideny and
Hannibal Hamlin for Vice President.
I was told that Mr.. Ashmun wafted
at his home in Springfield for the let
ter which Lincoln told the committee
that called upon him to inform him
of his nomination he would write TO
the chairman of the convention alI-
nouncing his acceptance Of the nomi-
nation and setting forth briefly what
he regarded as the principles which
the Republican party represented
Lincoln did write that letter. I
remember very well reading 1t In the
New York Tribune. A copy of it was
given to the press by Mr.. Ashmun
soon after he received it. The letter
itself served to strengthen the conf
dence in the good Judgment of the
convention in nominating Lincoln.
II never thought of that letter until
years later, just after the biography
of Lincoln was published-the au-
thoritative biography written by Hay
and Nicolay
Then 1t occurred to me what had
| become of the original letter Who
had it? 1t ought to be secured and
placed for safe-keeping either in some
library or some other appropriate
pidce' Out upon inquiry Iounu that
no one could give me any informa-
ton. l did hear vaguely from my
| friend, the former postmaster-genera
| Thomas l.. James, that he had beer
informed the letter was still In exist
ence. But General James could moi
| remember who told him. II had the
time l would make diligent search foI
| that letter, so that the original manu-
script of Lincoln's letter Of accept
ance could be secured and put into
some appropriate place where it would
be preserved to posterity."
Copyright, 1914, by E. ]. Edwards
All rights reserved).
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tel
IAN Anecdote Of Sympathetic Faith
l er-in-Law."
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EARTH'S MOST SACRED SPOT

What may perhaps be described as
the most sacred spot on earth, says
a writer in the December Wide
World, is the grotto or manager in
the Church of the Nativity at Beth
lehem. This small underground
chamber, reached from the church
above by flight of steps, is said to
be the site of the actual manger
where Christ was born, and a silver
star, let into the floor underneath
the altar, is alleged to be the exact
spot of the Nativity. Above the star
hang fifteen lamps, which have con-
tinually Illuminated the little chapel
for several hundred years. The al
tar is adorned with most elaborate
embroideries, the work of royal prin-
cesses, while from the ceiling hang a
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A FOOLPROOF AIRsHIP.

If ORVILLE WRIGHT has made good his word that
accomplished feat making the aeropanc fool proof he
much for the world he did when conquered
his ast machine Gradually the doubts of utility
srshp passing The wonderful developments of
wears brought aerial navigation perfection
sangune But the element danger
remained and for military the aeoplane has
been used mostly exhibition Fool proof is likely is
soon employed in practical and become ord
nary pubic utility.