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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Political Incident of the Hayes Administration

, Arthur, who were members of this
party.
General Arthur said to me: 81 sup
pose that if President Grant had
nominated William NJ. Evarts as chief
justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, we should now be in
in the midst of fractional distur-
Dances 1 have no justification in the
way of actual fact for my under
standing of the situation, but l be-
lieve that Mr.. Evarts attributed to
Senator Conkling's appeal to Presi-
dent Grant, the refusal of the later
to nominate Evarts for chief justice
of the United States Supreme Court
Mr.. Evarts did not know. / presume
that President Grant first offered the
nomination of chief justice to Sena-
tor Conkling, who declined 1t. / have
been told that this was the only case
on record of q declination of the Of
flee of chief justice.
after Conkling declined the offer
Grant decided to nominate as chief
justice one of the three men who rep
resented the United States before the
Geneva Arbitration Tribunal, which
passed upon the so-called Alabama
claims against Great Britain. He
first decided to appoint Evarts, who
his practise. worth at least $4,000 a
year, in order to take the office.
Senator Conkling had what he
thought good reasons for opposing
this nomination. Then President
Grant nominated Caleb Gushing, who
was one of the three representatives
of the United States before that tri-
bunal. But it was impossible to Sc
cure the confirmation of Gushing by
the Senate. Then President Grant
nominated Morrison r. Waite, who
was esteemed a junior representative
of the United States before the &C.
neva Tribunal.
After President Hayes went into
office there was strong reason for pre-
Stunning that influences were imme-
diately established for the purpose of
securing John Sherman's nomination
in 1880 for the Presidency. Both
Sherman and Evarts, as you know
We're members of Hayes's admins
tration. The first steps toward Sher-
mans nomination We're taken when
j Cornell, Sharpe and / were removed
/ from the custom house.
Now we shall see whether the cap
ture of the custom house in the in
terest of John Sherman is to be fol
lowed by securing the New York Re-
publican organization in favor of
Sherman's nomination. We shall see. -
Copyright, 1914, by DR.. e. ]. Edwards
All rights reserved.)
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Jenny Lind's Salute

There is a pretty story told OF the
honor Jenny Lind once paid TO the
American flag. 1t was when she was
in New York, more than sixty years
ago The frigate st. Lawrence had
inst returned from a cruise, and the
n,idshipmen went to hear the swedish
Nightingale sing at Castle Garden
Theatre, and the next day they called
on her in a body. Their enthusiasm
and her graciousness brought about
a visit to the ship and the acceptance
of a luncheon rendered her. When
she was about to leave the ship she
looked up at the Stars and stripes
and said:
II wish to salute your flag.
So. standing on the gangWay, she
sang "The Star-Spangled Banner.
silently from all over the ship men
gathered with uncovered heads, until
the ships family was all assembled
on deck Nor were they her only
audience. for borne upon the still air
her song had been heard by many
other vessels nearby, and when tine
wcndrous voice ceased steamers blew
their whistles and eXultant cheers
rose from all sides, filing the harbor
with their tribute of applause for
the beloved artist and of loyal rev.
erence for the flag she had so beau
tifully saluted.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
President Baer's Religious Faith

From the Railway Age Gazette.
All of Mr. Baer's work, life and be-
uefs were strongly influenced by his
religious faith in individual responsi-
bllity. Mr.. Baer was deeply religl-
GUS man. It is a rather curious coin
cidence that hating hypocrisy and
cant as he did, Mr.. Baer's frequent
use of Biblical language should have
been taken as an indication of affeeta-
ton. The charge of affectation was
wholly without foundation. The Bible
and Biblical language were probably
So much part of Mr.. Baers lire ana
thoughts as we're the figures and
technical terms with which he dealt
in the management Of his properties.
He was quite an unusually hard
headed, practical thinker. and yet ne
had at times an almost uncanny
power or prophecy.
Like a good many other succeSstul
men OF his generation, he was out oil
sympathy with many Of the present
day tendencies toward paternalsn
and government by nebulous inVesti-
cation. He was quite out of sympathy
with any form of organization where
in responsibility was divided OF
spread over a committee. y consider
abe part of his success in life was
the result of his ability as an or
ganizer, and here again the guiding
principle appears to have been indi-
vidual responsibility and authority
commensurate with responsibility.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
MAY MAKE WAR IMPOSSIBLE.

Further experiments by Giulio 1.-Two with the
ultraviolet rays bid fair to make impossible.
Four mines sunk in the River Arno had successive
layers of fibre, porcelain asbestos and wrought iron
enclosing the powder The ultraviolet rays projected
from point ten miles away and behind hill at that
exploded all these mines within half hour. Ulivo
in time expects blow up anything explosive eighty
miles away
What chance would all the battleships of the
strongest power earth have against this weird
agent which the weakest nation at the touch of
finger could launch against them at range -four
times that of the biggest guns? 1t could also blow
up the magazines of armies No peace propaganda
will ever abolish war 1t will cease when it has be-
come impossible, and perhaps Giulio 1.-Two, the in
ventor of an nfalible destroyer of destroyers has
been chosen by Providence usher the millennium
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
Noted Women

Mary Tracy, Lady We're, who was
born in England on May Is, 1864, S re-
garded as one of the highest types OF
Puritan English womanhood, and Isa-
bella D'Este, a contemporary Italian
lady, who also celebrated her BIRTH
day on May IS, is regarded as one, if
not the highest, type of Italian renais-
sance womanhood. Isabel a belonged
to the powerful d Este family, and,
endowed with wealth and highly de-
veloped taste, was one of the greatest
patronesses of the arts in Italy of her
age.
Mary Tracy took as her motto in
her girlhood, God will provide and
apparently she never had occasion to
doubt the truth of these words, for,
in spite of the religious auster ty and
strict standards of her family,
Mary's life was full of JOY and hap
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18

In the recently published remiEis-
oenses of Theron G. Strong, leading
member of the New ork bar and son
of one of the most eminent New York
judges, the author feels justified in
stating that he had reasons for be-
lieving that William NJ Evarts was
greatly disappointed because Presi-
cent Grant did not nominate him as
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States to fill the va
cancy created by the death of Chief
Justice Salmon P. Chase
Mr.. Strong intimates that President
Grant would undoubtedly have nomi-
mated Mr.. E'varts as the successor OF
Chief Justice Chase had it not been
for the fact that Senator Roscoe
ConEling, who had no fondness for
MIR. Evarts, persuaded the President
not to make the appointment.
In 1877 Roscoe Conkling, then Sem
ator from New York, made an excur-
sion to Europe. His friends chartered
a steamboat, so that they might make
him their guest until a point was
reached in the lower bay in New
York, where the Senator would be
taken aboard the steamship upon
which he was to make his passage to
Europe. Among the hosts were Cen
eral Chester A. Arthur, who three
years later was to be elected Vice
President, and to succeed to the
Presidency after the death of Presi-
dent Garfield; Alonzo B. Cornell, who
two years later was to be elected
governor of New York, and General
George Fl. Sharpe, who two and one
half years later was to b. speaker
of the lower house of the New York
legislature.
These three men had been removed
from office by order of President
Hayes for the good of the service, as
was alleged. General Arthur was the
collector of port, Mr.. Cornell, the
naval officer and General Sharpe, the
surveyor. This action of Hayes
created great division in the Re-
publican party, which was afterward
intensified by the resignation of
Senators Conlling and Thomas E.
Plat from the United States Senate.
The fractional rift was so great as to
make it possible to elect Grover
Cleveland governor of New York, and
then President of the United States.
After Senator Conliling's hosts had
hidden him adieu and had watched
him as he stood upon the captains
bridge until he was out of sight,
had some conversation with some of
the gentlemen, including General
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
Sailors Rise to F anne

eaten up every Vestige of cold re-
mains. My Christmas dinner, then,
was a ships biscuit honeycombed
with worms, on which / pasted some
salt butter, and this butter I sweet
ened with foot-sugar. There was
nothing to drink but cold water, the
shrinking water of the scuttle- butt.
Ny people, at home. no doubt, eating
roast beef and plum pudding, drank
to the safe return of the little mid
shipman, and the dear old mother
would, of course, believe that, like
herself, he was faring very well in
deed, on this same Christmas day."
Probably the most famous parson
who was a sailor In his youth was
the eminent DIR. Newton, the friend
of Cowper and joint author with him
of the Olney Hymns. NeWton's ad-
ventures during his seafaring life
would fill a volume. His father was
master of a ship in the Mediterra-
mean trade, and at eleven Newton
joined it. Then he was waylaid by
the press gang and forced into the
navy, and having attempted to es-
cape at Plymouth he was treated so
harshly that he escaped again and
embarked on an African trader, and
for years afterward he served on
ships engaged in the slave trade
between Africa and the West Indies.
Yet, although there was no kind of
wickedness which he did not COM
NIT In those wild days, he lived to
write one of the most beautiful
hymns in the English language,
Come, My Soul, Thy Suit Pre-
pare"
Douglas Jerrold, one of the or.
majors of Punch and one of
greatest wits who ever lived, b
life as sailor. BY one of the 81
est condolences on record, OF
very same ship where Jerrold 4
midshipman Clarkson Stanfield
famous Royal Academician, n
examples of whose paintings han
the National Gallery, the Tate {
lery and many other famous gall
les, was common sailor. The t
got up plays together, Jerrold dol!
the literary part and Stanfield pain
ing the scenes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
India Absorbs Gold

formidable array of statistics that IL
cannot be extensively boarded. Those
who believe that India possesses a.
vast store of boarded treasure make
the widest guesses at it's probable
total. The most popular estimate of
the boarded wealth of India puts the
total at $1,500,0O0,0j0. which would
amount to IS per head of the popu-
lation: but some creditable estimates
are far higher. The experts quarrel
again about the probable eeffct Of
midas absorption of gold upon the
worlds money markets and the prices
of commodities. Some say that all
gold using countries benefit thereby,
while others, such as Sir Edward Hol-
den, appear to hold that 1.-THE drain
of gold to India" is political menace.
The commission, while declining to
indorse either of these mutually de-
structive contentious, has declared in
effect that an increased use of gold in
India should not in future be encour-
aged by the government, but India
already seems disposed to resent this
recommendation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
FRAMING BRITISH LITERATURE.

The abuse of the ranking privilege by members
of Congress never before went far the of
Senator Root, in promoting the repeal of Panama
Canal free tolls This the sending out, under
his frank of the address of the Lord High Chancellor
of England, which address delivered in Mon
treal Canada, not in this country.
The speech was insidous plea for the sur
render of American rights in the Panama Canal
Senator Root used the United States mails circulate
in the United States British contention against this
nation and the Carnegie Peace Foundation furnished
list of 100000 which the address could be
sent. Was ever an act of this character committed
before since our government founded?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18

While the peace ENJOYS will be parleyng over
methods for the adjustment of the United States
Mexican difficulties in coy corner up near Niagara
Falls far from the scenes of strife and carnage Villa
army will be marching through Mexico, attacking
Huertas forces, gathering down cities leVeng towns
and villages and sweeping all before them
Villa and Carranza naught for peace con-
ferences armistces such triting matters, They
have entered into no agreement to suspend hosities
They started their war with one grim purpose in
view and that to get the dictators scalp And this
purpose they intend to accomplish if it is in the wood
1t seems to be reasonably safe to predict that
Villa will take Mexico City his men took Tampieo
and that before peace plans crystalline Huerta will be
either the hands of the enemy or fleeing to foreign
shores.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
che Broken pinion

walked through the woodland meadows,
Where sweet the thrushes sing;
And found on bed of MOSES
bird with broken wing.
! healed its wound, and each morning
1t sang its old sweet strain,
But the bird with the broken pinion
Never scared as high again.
| found young life broken
BY Sins seductive art;
And touched with Christ1ike pity,
took him to my heart.
He lived with noble purpose
And struggled not in vain;
But the life that Sin had stricken
Never scared as high again.
But the bird with a broken pinion
Kept another from the snare;
And the life that Sin had stricken
Raised another from despair.
Each loss has its compensation.
There is healing for every pain;
But the bird with a broken pinion
Never scars as high again.
-Hezekiah Butterwort
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
P. O. Prevents Fires.

The postoffice department has just
repeated, in the current postal guide
supplement, the instructions through
which rural carriers are to report
forest fires TO the proper authorities
during the coming season. These in
structions were first issued in May,
1912, and during the past two years
the cooperation has resulted in the
detection and suppression of many
fires
State and federal forest officers will
make a special effort this year to
get even more value out of the serv
ice than has been obtained hereto
fore. The usual procedure has been
for the State fire wardens or fed
eral forest officers to send to the
postmasters lists of local wardens
and patrolmen, with their addresses
and telephone numbers. These lists
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
Use of Peat in Germany.

Peatcoke in Germany. is proving
serviceable in many ways. 1t is not
only valuable for generating electric
ity at moorland stations, but is
m n used by blacksmiths and for
va. Gus metallurgical purposes, espe-
c,alv as a substitute for charcoal in
producing high grade iron.
A new turf-coohing plant at Ellis
abeth- Fehn, Gutenberg, converts
thirty tons of peat into nine of coke,
with gas and tar as by-products.
Specially designed ovens are used,
and the gas generated is made to
heat the retorts and to generate
electric current to drive the peat
dredging machines. The tar yields
creosote oil gas oil, paraffin, sui
phuric acid and ammonia.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
ANOTHER YEAR FOR LYING FOOD LABELS.

INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers of food and drugs
have about year more to deceive the public with
the label Guaranteed under the food and drugs act
After May 1, 1915, it will not be permitted Con-
sumers naturally think this label means that the
article has been examined and approved by the gov
eminent as unadulterated 1t merely signifies to the
dealer that the manufacturer Is legally responsible for
the commodity being what it is represented.
The department of agriculture now tardily points
out to consumers what the wide-awake press dis
covered long ago that the government is virtually a
partner mendacity with food and drug takers And
the partnership is to for another year The
takers have to expense to have those lying
labels printed, and must have time to them up.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
Training Supermen.

From the New York FINES
That there is a precocity Of train
ing different from the precocity of
disease is the belief on which Pro
fessor Leo Wiener. of Harvard. has
acted in the education of his son
Norbert. 1.-THE Education of Karl
Witte, or the Training of the Child :"
is the title of Professor Wiener's
translation from the German of a
book written by Witte's father. whose
method the professor adopted
Karl Nitte was trained by his
father Reading nuently five Ian
guaees, besides his own, at nine. and
at that age thoroughly familiar with
Homer P'utarch Y rgil. Cicero, Os-
stan, Fenelon and Metastasio. besides
Sch Her and other classic German
writer's Witte got his PHI y. degree
at Lelpsic at fourteen and was ap-
pointed to the teaching staff of the
University Of Berlin 1T sixteen. with
the dePrec of doctor OF laws. HIS body
was always robust, and he died at
eighty-three.
Master william James S'dis and
Norbert Wiener both Sons Of Har-
ward professors, were consciously
trained BY the Witte method. NSldiss
ACCOMPLISHMENTS wh oh have benn
much brfited. were feeble connared
with his prototype and although
Young w ener got his degrea Of mas
ter Of arts ut eighteen. and a doe
/ torate at nineteen. h 8 achievement
was nothing ike Karl Whites Pro-
/ feasor Wiener saws of him:
Norbert = not precocious. He is
s''>ply DEVELOPED diligently. /
co,,id take almost any child and de-
I veIop hin n the same way 1t is
merely tne method u impartine
| learning
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18

are given to the carriers with in
structions to report forest fires to
men whose names appear thereon,
or to other responsible persons. This
year a special effort will be made
to follow UP the sending out of the
lists by having the patrolmen and
wardens meet the carriers personally
and to take the initiative in arrang-
ing such meetings. and also to map
out a plan of action to be followed.
Cooperation between the rural car
riers and the federal forest officers
will be effective in the twenty States
in which national forests exist and
with State forest officers in the twen-
ty States which have established
their own fire protective systems. It
is expected that the services of the
carriers will be particularly valuable
in helping to protect the new national
forest areas in the southern Appala-
chianS
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
Executive Control.

From the Ohio State Journal.
Senator Root says that the e.
fieiency of Congress is on the decline,
and, il some mltters were not re-
formed, it would ind itsef hopelessly
swamped There is too much work
for it--too many committees, too
many policies. It is a great, FOUNDER
ing mass, with no backbone and no
nervous centres. He did not refer TO
residential domination as one II the
troubles with Congress, for that S
really the only vital thing about the
congressional situation.
The senator's charge that Congress
is losing its efficiency is only descr'p p
tive Of a situation brought on by thu
evolution of the republic The eXecu-
tive is becoming the government y s
functions embrace nine-tenths OF
public duty. The nation natural y
turns to him, and fortunately, in
this case, the inefiiciency of Congress
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18

and fast on the heels of the big situa-
Natalie in the city shows the same
pluck the same high-spirited inde-
pendence of the old Natalie in Buzz
ards Roost, and it is good to see her
beginning to get some of the things
she deserves from life. The way Nat
allie receives proposal of marriage
is quite delightful, and after all her
hunting for her husband, he succeeds
In getting himself found at just the
psychologically opportune moment.
AS for Natalie's various friends, they
would make a good novel all by them
selves.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
Shakespeare the Matchmaker

Probably many persons whose in
terest in Shakespeare is receiving a
fresh stimulus at the celebra ton, this
month, OF the three hundred and fif-
tieth anniversary of his birth do not
know Of the important discoveries of
Shakespeariana made by Dr. Charles
William Wallace four years ago. DIR.
Wallace, Of the University of Ne
braska, after searching for months
in the London Public Record office,
came upon a manuscript which
proved to be a deposition of Shakes
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
Whose Birthday Is Yours
MAY 10
Mary Tracy
Copyrighted 1914.
Copyrighted 1914.
By MARY MARSHALL.

piness. When she was eighteen she
married Sir Henry Hobby, privy
chancellor to King Henry VIII. and
upon his death she speedily consoled
herself in marrying Horatio We're,
Baron Tilury, one of the greatest
English generals of the period, COM
mander-;n chief of the English for es
in the low countries. Lady We're
showed her high ideals of her wifely
duty In fol owing her husband to the
low countries, facing thereby ali sorts
of discomforts and dangers.
Among other notable women born
on May Is is Lila Elizabeth Kelley, a
well-known American elocution st and
writer, and Princess Marie Clemen-
tine, a member of the cadet branch Of
the Russian royal family. Pr ess
Marie C.ementine is fifty-six years
old today.
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peare, telling of his part in bringing
about the marriage of two young per-
sons in whom he was interested This
deposition was signed in the charac-
tiers "indisputably written by the
great bard himself" This discovery
Of the names, the business, the char
acter of the family whose home
Shakespeare shared for thirteen years,
was described in an article, Shakes
peare as a Man Among Men," which
was published in "Harper's Maya
zine" for March, 1910.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
"RocI,etelIer,s War"

From the Springfield Republican.
Mr.. Rockefeller indignant protest
against having the Colorado LABOR
strife known as 'Rockefeller's war
comes from a perfectly sincere man
who lives in New York, and who.
like the rest of us, gets secondhand
informal on concerning actual condi-
lions in the Co orado mining camps.
Mr.. Rockefeller reminds one of the
old time absentee landlords of Ire
land He is an absentee proprietor
in the shape of a minority stockhoid.
er. and he believes what his trusted
agents on the ground tell him.
The case is an excellent illustration
of the working of the modern system
of corporate industry in relation 10
nersonaI responsibility. There is no
personal touch whatever between Mr..
Rockefeller, the chief owner and the
employees OF the Colorado Fuel and