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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-19
CITY CHARTER CHANGES.

SOME cities that adopted commission govern
ment the conditions demand the
local Galveston after the great Hood
from the gulf forced by the logic of its situation to put its
affairs single board and fortunate in
getting highly competent administrative body
The results obtained under high and exceptional ccu
encouraged other cities the experiment and some
with Indifferent
The example Galveston also gave oceseeke and poti
cal minores cities their opportunity Unable to get into power
any other they ardent embraced the of commission
and proceeded make compagn for its success
every city always element of discomfort Cater to
GROWERS welknown rule of action in politics mo man
pays willingly is axiom with the politician Hence play
sefsness believe he has been unjusy assessed
his money has been msspent that change in government will
bring him Suspicion is human weakness Trade on
by questioning the integrity of the public Official AsSa the
MAYOR by nnuendo msrepreent transactions of city officers
Resmh the municipal credit A fair in love and politics. and
there is criminal penalty to fear
This the program in of cities in many of
which has failed of its The people looked the selfish
understood the ntrguers officially out
the cold In Jersey City, the largest city in the East to adopt
commission there exceptional circumstances
Msule had characterized the city for charter reform
possible and change desirable How the gov
will work be demonstrated after experience
of several years
There could not be stronger always
Newark Jersey City department.
its public works its streets and parks and its
general administration Newark ranks with the first the
cities while Jersey C has been constant scandal
Newark is held example Jersey Ciys has
example avoid 1t merely desire
by politicians oceeekes that inspired the change Jersey
City public feeling that the only for civic better
AS Newark it known that the charter is outworn in
respects defects have been carefully studied in
investigation covering by legal experts and plans
important changes drafted which have received the
appreciation of the authorities well of the press and civic
bodies The given these plans entirely nonparsan
flavor of the oceseekng politician the chronic
knoke There has been nssten public demand for charter
changes prepared plans with perhaps notifications have
been we'll approved all responsible that the time
not far Legislature upon them The
o charter revision
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A PLAN THAT SHOULD SUCCEED.

IRRESPECTIVE OF the feelings of those who enthusi
asc advocates of the California plan of legislation the of
Assembly who look askance the proposition
evident among lawmakers who willing
opportunities that action along
vanced lines of the adoption of the McDemott
for a division of the working session of the Legislature
There has been argument offered opposition the pan
has said behalf To Indifferent even
idea appeals worthy of fair trial and with safety be
given the benefit o the doubt.
If in operation il should expectations there
nothing revocab binding about the proposition that would
hold future legislative bodies Therefore asserted
and with unassalabe that follow its adoption
bur great good may come of it.
The proposition public demand of many years.
should be- taken safeguard against has and advised
legislation the RIGHTEOUSNESS of which invariably develops
sine die adjournment of the Legislature remedy
the harmful 1t has the aim camor Of
and public that sufficient time for consideration given
legislative bills to avoid their hurried
The McDermo resolution provides the long-sough remedy
and the face of it, the situation There
at all why il should not become effective
Bills may be introduced, printed their terms given
such publicity that in the period between pro-
that the shall begin and April wmakine
body the merits and dement's NAV be
thoroughly discussed for pleading
ignorance of intent and purpose of bill called I'D for
final disposition.
The of legislator will be upon full and intel
gent knowledge of the In plan is an
offer part of the legislators take the people into
their confidence and such plan spells nothing is
ousineske solution of problem that has peculiarly
puzzing.
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The assertion is sometimes made
that it is alone the Filthy habits
of the typhoid carrier that makes
him a public danger. II he could be
made to wash his hands, It Is alleged,
transference Of infection would be
prevented. Those who regard bacteria
cleanliness as simply q. matter Of
careful washing are likely to
obtain disappointing results If a re-
cent experiment performed by Cum
minis is at all Indicative of what may
occur under ordinary conditions of
life. This observer, after dipping the
right index finger in solution con-
tanning a typhoid bacilli, proceeded to
carry out measures of cleansing as
follows:
/, Rinsed in cresol solution. 2. Then
held the finger under the tap, rims
ing first in cold, then in very hot
water. 3. Washed very carefully in
about 0.5 G, c. of sterile water In a
watch glass and plated the whole Of
the water used for this purpose: Re-
suit: Three hundred and thirteen col
onies OF bacillus typhosus on the
plate. 4. After the washing in sterile
water mentioned the tip of the finger
was thoroughly soaked in absolute
alcohol, allowed to dry and the
washing in sterile water repeated.
The 'washingsr were again plated.
Result: -Four colonies of B. typho-
sus.
Even when the fingers are thor
oughiy rubbed with q towel and the
danger Of finger infection thereby les
sened. 1t is obvious that the towel in
Its turn may become infected. The
sort of accident that may follow
from such conditions is illustrated
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GAME WARDEN Is LITERARY

but only to find and corner the cat
fish. Then the OlSlahoman dives into
the yellow Cimarron River and cap
lures his catfish. man to man. so to
speak, SELLING him by the gills with
his bare hands.
If you prefer honey you should read
of the Kiamitia country and it's wild
bees feeding the hunter with mama.
And such mama! Listen:
Then there was swinging and
swishing of burning boughs. and the
bees were soon drowsy with smoke.
Bill called for his pan and spoon:
he said that some of the honey was
two, possibly three years old. 1t
tasted of the perfume of wild flowers
that bloom in meadows. in valleys,
on crags and beside clear, swiftly
running water courses. And when
the clanmy sweetness had been
sucked from the comb there came
from the latter as it was pressed be-
tween the teeth a delicate, almost
intangible flavor of cedar-from the
fragrant house in which the honey
had been stored"
BY the side of the cedar honey
must be placed the squirrel potpie
made according to the ancient formu-
la of woodsmen and rated by Warden
Doolin as the best thing the hungry
hunter finds in his camp about the
time the first stars begin shining"
We envy Oklahoma much as a re-
suit of reading this volume--but
nothing do we envy it more than its
admirable warden.
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AUSTRALIANS WONDER CAVES

What are perhaps the most mar
velously beautiful limestone cayerns
In the world have recently been dis
covered in that part of western Aus
tralia lying in the southwest corner,
between Capes Leuwin and Natural
lste, says the Worldwide Magazine.
Many years ago caverns were dis
covered in the southern part of the
promonitory of which the aforesaid
capes are the extreme north and
south points; but as they lay ada
cent to the large timber station of
karridale they were naturally visited
by many of the several hundred men
employed in their vicinity and their
beauties almost entirely destroyed;
they simply remain now as wrecks,
showing few traces of their former
grandeur. Some eight years ago Ed
ward Dawson, a. settler in the neigh
borhood was out with a companion
when he noticed a peculiar cavity
in the ground near Cape Natural
iste. He procured rope and on low
ering himself down, the full beauty of
the famous Yallingup cave was re-
vealed. Shortly afterward Messrs. j.
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Among the dull, dreery wastes Of
official documents the annual report
of John B. Doolin, game and fish
warden of Oklahoma, slips before the
eye, a green and shady oasis. Field,
Forest and Stream" it is called And
there is hardly a dull page in it, says
the New York Tribune.
Anybody can write statistics is
John BIS idea. The difficult thing is
TO interest people in wild life and SO
get the needed laws to protect your
game Song birds, game birds and
the point of extinction, he observes
There never was a more pathetic
tragedy than this slaughter of weak
and helpless creatures"
However, it is not with tragedy.
but with rich, luscious, dripping tales
of the woods and the brooks and the
rivers that our friend the warden
makes his plea. Have you heard of
the catfish of Cimarron river, in
Pleasant Valley? In this salty yellow
stream, whose bed of shifting sand
is as clean as If swept hourly with a
housewives broom" there swim I'M
told numbers of drum, rock buffalo,
carp and hickory shad. Also there
fiourishes the yellow catfish, reach
ing a weight of hundred pounds.
Anybody but an Oklahoman would
pursue these noble beasts in sordid,
machine-like fashion. The Pleasant
Valley folk use a seine, to be sure,
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minors is now in effect in New Hamp-
shire.
There are seven trade unionists per
i'Voo inhabitants in Bulgaria.
Since 1857 there have been eighteen
mine disasters In Staffordshire, Eng,
at a cost of 457 lives.
recent census of England and
Wales shows eighty-six women
plumbers. p
Brewery workmen issued 43,117, 900
union labels last year, an increase of
~ per cent.
Motherwell, Scotland, teachers are
demanding an increase of salary.
More than $750000 a year will be
eisbursed to dependents when the new
Wisconsin compensation act becomes
effective.
Recent figures show that 1928 per
cent. of organized women workers in
Dresden, Germany, are out of work.
Last year New Jersey employed
S46.9l5 persons in her factories, an
increase OF per cent.
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VALUE OF CLEAN HANDS

by another observation of the same
sons September rs, 1912, 1O0sc.ea tof
soup freshly prepared from the stock
pot"eswas placed In a china bowl, no
attempt being made to sterilize the
bowl or to cover it from the air. me
tip of the experimenter's light INDEX
finger was allowed to come In contact
with a solution containing typhoid BAL
GILL The china bowl was then lifted in
such manner that the infected finger
came in contact for a moment wie1
the contained soup. The soup was
left at room temperature with free
access of air and dust to the open
bowl. Bacterial examination showed
that typhoid bacilll were present ap-
parently in pre- culture, numbering
1880 cubic centimeters.
Such facts as these, says the Jour-
nal of the American Medical Associa-
ton, add strength to the agitation for
better supervision over the conditions
of those persons engaged in serving
and preparing food for large numbers
of people The action of the Pennsyl-
Vania railroad in providing for the
systematic inspection of all its em-
ployees in the restaurant and dining
car systems has already been noted.
The example should be followed by
the management of other organiza-
tons engaged in the handling and
serving of food on a large scale. Social
clubs and similar bodies. as pointed
out by correspondent, recently, are.
often lax in this regard. The super
vision of cooks and waters in dining
cars. hotels, restaurants and clubs is
certainly q matter that deserves more
attention than 1t has yet received.
Defective plumbing" is far less i'm
portant.
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WITH THE NATIONS TOLERS

Italy has 100000 trade unionists.
Jacksonville, Fla, unions will build
labor temple.
Coal miners in this country average
$500 a year in wages.
Socialist labor unions in Germany
have a membership of 2,5S3,492.
west Virginia's mines employ $4,000
men.
Some of the large Atlantic steamers
have $50 firemen each.
Dundee, Scotland, lamplighters are
to receive an increase of is cents a
week
French soldiers have been refused
their request for a cent a day in
crease.
Machinists' International has been
granted jurisdiction over the mill
wrfghts.
photographers pay the president of
the International union $3,120 a year.
A tifty-five hour law for women and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-19

China is tossing restlessly in her
long sleep and shows signs of
awaking. This situation appeals to
the United States only indirectly, but
most of the land-hungry European
nations are waiting at her bedside
and are guessing as to her present
pathologic condition and her out
look for future health and strength,
writes Bradley Gilman, in Review Of
Reviews. Competent judges near at
hand agree that IL China were to
produce, soon, some great leader, he
would become the centre of crystalli
zation for the saturated solution of
loyal sentiment which is latent in this
mighty people Lacking such liv-
ing leader, the Chinese may call upon
Confucius, and unite the several di
verse provinces under a potent bond
of religious fervor.
However the influence of the great
ethical teacher may have waned
during the last century, he has not
become negligible quantity, as the
recent surprising observance of his
birthday (September 2D fully at
tests. About week before that date
circular letter was sent to all the
governors Of provinces setting forth
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-19

Connolly and Frederick Russell ex-
ploring some twenty miles farther to
the south, discovered the equally
beautiful caves now known as the
Mammoth, the Lake, the Black Bay
Hollow, Calgardup, Wallcifff, Col
gotha and others.
A short walk from the hotel blings
the visitor to the entrance of the
Yallingup cave a circular hole in the
ground some thirty feet deep. A
flight of stairs having been descend
ed, the entrance hall is reached. This
takes the form of @ spacious domed
grotto some $50 feet in diameter and
twenty-five feet high. AS this is
dead" cave" beautiful stalactites
and stalagmites are not in, evidence,
yet for all that it has a wierd fasci-
nation of its own. In every direction
are to be seen the remains of old
stalagmites, which in the dim light
take all kinds of fantastic shapes.
One Is known as the Madonna and
Child, another looks like q knight In
full armor, a third has the appearance
of nun in the, attitude of devotion
and there are many others equally
curious. y
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-19
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
BY MARY MARSHALL.
JANUARY 10
Lucy ApsIey Hutchinson
Copyrighted. 1918.

Lucy Apsley was one OF the most
famous of the Puritan women of
England. She was born on January
10, 1919, the, daughter of a family of
wealth and high position. MY father
and mother fancying me beautiful"
she wrote in her memories, land more
than ordinary apprehensive, spared
no cost to improve me in my educa-
ton" Before her birth her mother
dreamed that as she was walking in
her garden q star fell from heaven
and settled in her hand. This dream
was interpreted as a forecast of
Lucy's future greatness.
At the age of seven little Lucy had
eight tutors to Instruct her in the
languages, music, writing and dane
ing, and turned from her lutte and
harpsieord whenever her tutors back
was turned, and dropped her needle
work when her governess was away.
Then she would steal away to some
corner of her fathers library and
pore over the books she found there.
AS Lucy grew older she became a
great beauty and though very serious
in her disposition, she says she
thought it no sin to learn or hear
witty songs and amorous sonnets or
poems"
She had many sultors. but she ap-l
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peeh especially considerate upon one
occasion, and for this and other acts
or Kindness the young man was very
grateful
"A little way east of Greenwich, on
the line of the New Haven Railroad
there is drawbridge over the Miam,Is
HlVer All trains stopped at this
draW bridge for safety. The stop was
made directly in front OF what for
some years was the summer home of
Edwin Booth.
One evening day or two after
Tweed escaped, and after the an
nouncement of the reward of fifty
thousand dollars for his capture had
peen made this young man saw
IWeed with friend jump from the
baggage car of the night train from
New York to the tracks in front of
the EDWIN Booth house. They went at
once TO narrow road nearby, where
carriage was in waiting. They were
driven rapidly away. About two miles
north OF this stopping place was a
nome Wlllch Tweed had bought for a
man and his wife, the wife being a
niece of Tweed The young man pre-
suned that they were going to this
mousse as. in fact, they did. They
stopped at the house a little while.
and then were driven across country
TO Iarrytown, about twenty miles dis
tant. There Tweed took a private
yacht and made the voyage first to
Cuba, thence to Spain.
asked the young man, who was a
personal friend" said Judge Hubbard.
why he did not at once commune
cate to the New York authorities. for
mad he done SO Tweed would easily
nave been apprehended and the young
man would have received the reward
OF fifty thousand dollars.
lie loked at me in establishment"
Judge Hubbard said, simply saying,
10 you suppose ] could do that after
al the Kindness Tweed had shown
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parentiy took no interest in them.
She shuns the converse of men as
the plague" wrote one of them. She
lives only In the enjoyment of herself
and has not humanity to conmuni-
cate that happiness to any of our
SEX
Her attitude changed, however,
when she met her future husband,
Colonel Hutchinson. She was eight
cen at that time and he was twenty
two, and it seems to have been
case of love at first sight. AS the
wife of Colonel Hutchinson, Lucy had
to play a prominent part In the social
life of Cromwell's government. Her
husband was one OF the judges who
sentenced King Charles /. to execu-
ton. and so. when the monarchy was
restored he was sentenced to prison
himself. His wife. then only little
over forty. did all she could to re-
verse this sentence and. being unable,
begged to share his narrow prison
cell with him, This was denied her
and so she used to visit him daily.
He died in prison before many
months had passed and after this
misfortune the brave Mrs. Hutchin-
son devoted her time to writing the
life of her husband. a book which is
one of the best common
taries on the life and manners of
Cromwells time to be found. =
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-19
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Man Who Would Not Betray "Boss" Tweed

Judge Frederick A. Hubbard, of
Greenwich, Connecticut, as aSyoung
man was familiar with the country
home and life of William NJ. Tweed,
better known as Boss Tweed. For
it was in Greenwich that Tweed,
when at the height of his rule, es-
tablished a country home, having
made choice of a most attractive
piece of land from which a vista of
these and in clear weather the dis
tant shores of Long Island could be
obtained. This place was a mile and
half to the north of the notorious
Americas clubhouse where the Tam
many men of Tweed's day used to
gather for summer outings. Mr..
Hubbard was frequently brought in
to personal touch with Tweed who,
when at his country home was a very
agreeable kindly hammered and SYM
pathetic man.
Many are the anecdotes of Tweed
and his country life in Greenwich
which Judge Hubbard Is able to mar
rate TO his friends. He recently told
me the following, which is associated
with the last years spent by Tweed
in Greenwich.
Tweed had escaped from Jail, Gre
ating thereby a tremendous sensation
not only in New York but throughout
the country. He was at last appre-
hended at a port in Spain and given
mp by that country to the United
states authorities as an act of cour-
tesy, there being at that time no ex-
tradition treaty between the United
States and Spain.
80 great was the Importance OF
the recapture of Tweed regarded by
the authorities that reward OF
$4,000 was offered for his apprehen-
sion or for information which would
lead to his capture.
''There was at that time a young
man of Greenwich in the employ of
the New Haven Railroad To him
Tweed had been very kind He had
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THE INAUGURATION of Governor-elect at the State
capital will be of democratic Trenton will
be crowded with delegations and clubs the
will accessible everybody and there will general ublation
and oty The will give ngbotted-
enthusiasm the night of Before
newly eSossa Governor inauguraed he is claimed by
prty When he has been nauguated he
people of the State That's the genius of representative
Having given Governor the State Democratic
Trenton celebrate the Inauguration
pride and rsjocngs hoping for many happy returns"
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bad Man." with ~ Notcbes in Gun,
Killed by Measles,

bad Man." with ~ Notcbes in Gun,
Killed by Measles.
DOUGLAS, Wyo., Jan. 19.-"Doc"
Middleton, a famous bad man." with
twenty-seven riotches in his gum, has
died IN Jail here of measles and pneu-
moria. Time was when Doe MiS3
dleton was wanted" In half a dozen
States at once. The vigilantes OF Ne
braska. Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nor.
tana, Wyoming, New Mexico. All
iona and a few other States always
were on the lookout for him, with
instructions to hang him without the
formality Of a trial Middleton was
the king OF cattle rustlers when
rustling" WAS about the worst crime
that could be committed. gs1
Woman Dives Into Breaker and Bripxs
Up Shark.
Los ANGELES. Cal, Jan. ia
plunge into breaker at Hermosa
Beach, and Mrs. S. P. Jewett. of
Alhambra, came to the surface CLASH
ing in her arms what she thought was
baby SEAL
One glance at her captive caused
her to drop the seal" and utter "a
the wiggling fish and make for the
shore. The seal proved to be a
young shark. ar
This Hen Has Coat of Fur Instead, of
Feathers.
OBEY, Pa, Jan. 19.-Elliott Herb
inc, a poultry fancier has freak
hen, which is covered with growth
of fine fur about five inches long, In
lieu of feathers
In all other respects the hen is OF
the Rhode Island species. Herbine
Will endeavor to breed hens with fur.
The hen when exhibited at poultry
show at Boyertown recently attract
ed considerable attention.
Priest Trounces Man Who Is Cruel to
Wife and Children.
WILMINGTON. Del, Jan. a.
When Rev. John Lynch, the young
assistant pastor of St Thomass
Catholic Church, went on an errapa
of mercy to the home of John Cava,
naugh on the Lancaster turnpike SAT-
upday, he was compelled to beat the
latter into submission after Caya-
.naugh, while drunk, had chased his
wife and four children from the
house.
When Father Lynch entered the
house, Cavanaugh attacked him. and
the young priest, who during his coll
lege days was something of an atfr-
lete. defended himself. Then Caya-
naugh sprang at him with a knife,
whereupon Father Lynch proceeded
to give him the count.
Cavanaugh had four ribs broken
and Commissions galore. He WAS ar
rested two weeks ago for fracturing
two ribs Of another man in a fight,
but was dismissed.