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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11

Much interest is being manifested
by engineers and government officials
in a "levtated" railway, a working
model of which was recently exhibit
ed privately in London. The motive
power is electricity though the ap-
plication, in a commercial sense at
least, is quite new. 1t has been
known for years that certain kinds
of currents have a repelling force
upon certain metals, and it is this
force which Emile Bachelet the in
ventor, has made use of, says Deputy
Consul General Carl r. Loop, Lon
don. England.
The model consists of miniature
car weighing some forty pounds, con-
stucted of steel with an aluminium
base, resting upon about thirty feet
of special track. Beneath the rails
are electric coils which, it is eX-
planned, when energized by an alter
Mating current, exercise a repelling
effect upon the car sufficient to raise
it a fraction of an inch above the rails
When thus suspended in the air, the
car is drawn along by electro-mag-
nets, or Solenoids, which span the
track in the form of arches, through
Wnlcn the car passes AllHouBA lHe
model is raised above the track. four
brushes attached to the car remain
in contact with the rails, and two
other brushes make contact with an
overhead grooved rail.
The system is operated by an ordi-
nary switchboard, through which the
currents are directed at the will OF
the operator. The secret of the in
vention appears to lie in the ability
of the operator to cut off or break
the waves of electrical energy at pre-
cisely the point at which it has great
est force.
Upon the charging of the electric
coils. which are placed at intervals 0,
two feet the car is driven upward
and held poised in the air (due to the
repelling force of the electricity upoI
the aluminium base), and it is pulled
or drawn forward by the energizinG
of the solenoids or arches. When thu
car has passed halfway through al
arch the current is automatically GU
off and applied to the next arch. Tit
inventor claims that there is no rea
son why a car operated in this man
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
THE COMING AMERICA CUP RACES.

National interest in the coming international
yacht races for the America trophy is on the in
crease, and by the time the competing yachts are
lined up on the historic which has witnessed
SO many American victories this interest will over
shadow everything else. The spectacular trial races
of the American candidates for the honor of defend
ing the cup are now commanding more attention than
the Mexican war news or the doings of Congress.
Of the three contestants the Resolute has had
the instructive favor of the public, and for two rea-
sons. Her name appeals more to the popular mind
than Vanitie which is unworthy of national de-
fender, or Defiance, which has braggart tone. In
the second place Resoute is a Herreshof creation,
and the genius of Herreshof has failed to turn
out winner
OF Shamrock " and her performances under sail
have cable accounts, but comparisons are vain at
three thousand miles distance The old Shamrocks
all marves in their trial spins in English waters
and they were all outdistanced in the cup
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How Baltimore Gained and Lost Her Copper Prestige

The late John Stanton. during a
very active career, gained the ropu-
tation of being the most highly quail
flied expert authority upon the cop
per industry of the United States.
He was also esteemed a very great
authority upon American mining re-
sources So great was his reputation
as an authority upon copper mininG,
manufacture and sale. that in the
latter years of his life it was GUS
tomary to speak of him as the Nestor
of the copper business in the United
States.
Perhaps the most intimate of the
business and personal friends of John
Stanton was Joseph e. Gay,
who is still living, although
advanced in years. Before ill
health came to Mr.. Gay it
was his pleasure to narrate highly in
teresting anecdotes associated with
the carly development of the copper
industry in the United States, long
before it was thought possible that
this country would become the great
est producer and marketer of cop
per of any nation in the world.
Some time ago the statement was
made that for many years the cop
per smelling industry in the GnHed
states was centred at Baltimore. In
fact. copper smelling in this country
originated in Baltimore That state
ment was made to me by one who is
i'm high authority and who. in fact,
forty years ago. was accustomed to
go to Baltimore two or three times
year to buy the copper which he
needed in his manufacturing business.
was curious to know how
Baltimore became the first great
copper market in the United
States, and how IL happened
that in Baltimore the first i'm
portant smelling of copper took place.
Furthermore, | was curious TO know
why Baltimore lost this highly i'm
portant and very prosperous business.
Mr. Cav explained as follows the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
Italian Emisrants.


From lie Bresi Economiuuc.
one of the phenomena of our times
is the large and increasing Italian
emigration, which is beginning to
affect the history of the peninsula.
All South America and the United
States must now reckon with it. Italy
today remains for foreign lands the
greatest furnisher of men. Each
year she sends out into the orld a
naif million enigrants. At the pres
ent hour South America contains
nearly three millions Italians. North
America about two millions. North
Africa less than two hundred thou
sand. The different countries Of
Europe count half a million of them
half of whom are in France. Next
to France come Germany and Switz-
erland. For this last country the
number Of Italians has quintuplad
in twenty years. The emigrant who
remains poor does not return TO
Italy. while he who becomes rich re-
turns with his savings and all the
capital of accumulated experience
In the United States, in Brazil and
above ali in the Argentine Republic.
these immigrants are often consid-
cred as an element of inferior quality.
But sobriety and economy make the
italian laborer a dangerous com
petitor for the indigeous workman,
and this is the occasion of much
rivalry and discomfort and interna-
tional complications In Austria and
above all in Switzerland, the ques-
ton of Italian immigration is singu-
larly complicated with political prob
lens.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
WOMEN INFORMALLY At THE POLLS.

An enterprsing storekeeper in Jersey City re-
solved to give the chance to show their pref
ences candidates in the election on Tuesday and
opened poll in his store The vote was large, and the
query what precautions taken to prevent
repeating voting ballots in punches? AS this was
the first time that given the opportunity
informally to vote in local election any lack of pre-
caution against ballot-boX fraud may be overlooked
Probably if the idea is taken by other large store
keepers the polls will be we'll guarded to insure an
honest ballot and fair count
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11

Most people have the impression
that fun and humor are life Incl
dentals, not necessities; that they are
luxurics and have no great bearing
upon ones career
Many think of fun as frivolous, in
dicating a lack of serious purpose in
life. There are parents who rebuke
their children because they want to
have fun and go in for a good time
These parents have yet to learn the
great part which fun and humor play
i'm the physical economy, and their
influence on the life.
Most homes are far too serious.
Why not let the children dance and
play to their hearts content? They
will get enough of the sad side of
life later
There is a moral influence in things
which amuse and make us enjoy life.
No one was ever spoiled by good
humor; but tens of thousands have
been made better by it. Fun is a
food as necessary as bread.
What a complete revolution in your
whole physical and mental being
comes after seeing a really funny
playl You went to the play tired,
faded. worn out. discouraged. All
your mental faculties were clogged
with brain-ash; you could not think
clearly. When you came home you
were new being.
A business man, on returning home
after a perplexing. eXhausting, exas-
perating days work, experiences the
same thing. Romping and playing
with the children, spending a jolly
evening with his family or friends,
telling stories and cracking jokes, rest
his jaded nerves and restore him to
his normal condition.
Anything that will make a man
new. that will clear the cobwebs of
encouragement from his brain, and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11

manner in which Baltimore gained
and afterward lost prestige as cop
per market:
"a good many years ago there liv-
ed in Baltimore a highly accomplish
ed man of science who was especially
interested in the treatment of min
erals. He was associated with Peter
Cooper when Mr.. Cooper established
the great iron furnaces Identified by
his name at Baltimore. 1t was IN
that way that Peter Cooper got into
the iron business.
This scientist was DR.. Kener, and
it was in Baltimore that he perfected
a process by which it was possible to
treat copper ore successfully and very
economically. There had been con-
siderable importation of copper ores,
both from Chile and from Cuba to
Baltimore That was at a time when
Baltimore's commerce with South
America and with the West Indies
was greater than that possessed by
any other American city.
Therefore, in view of the fact that
copper ores in large amounts were
brought to Baltimore from cuba ana
from Chile. which countries were at
that time the main source of supply,
and in view of the further fact that
DR.. Kener perfected a process by
which copper ores could be treated
successfully, it was inevitable that
Baltimore should become the great
copper market of the United States.
AfterWard the copper deposits of the
Lake Superior region-with which
John Stanton became very familiar
and with the production of which
he was ssociated-inevitably led to
the establishment of a new copper
market and as Boston capital was
Chiefly interested in these Lake Su-
perior properties, it was natural that
the copper market should be shifted
from Baltimore to Boston,
Copyright, 1914. by E. j. Edwards.
All rights reseryed).
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11

a class of engineering work which
is growing in extent and importance
in THE country is the work Of improv-
ing our ports and harbors, both as to
the waterways themselves and as to
the various facilities for the accom-
mediation of shipping and railway
traffic This is due to the increase in
commerce. the increase in size of yes
sells. and the increasing demand for
improvements which will tend to
higher efficiency and economy in the
handling of business, says a writer In
the Engineering News.
The dredging of ship channels and
in the main part of the waters of a
harbor is done mainly by the federal
government, which also undertakes
the construction of breakwaters, jet
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
No Repeal in Any Form.

From the Washington Post.
The United States should not pass
the tolls repeal bill in any form, with
or without amendments
The doubt that exists in the minds
OF many senators regarding Ameri-
IAN rights in the Panama canal
should be resolved in favor of this
government. The concession demand
ed BY Great Britain should not be
granted until and unless it is found
to be right and proper.
4 friendly conference OF diplomatic
agents appointed by the Unlted
;fates and Great Britain could ascer-
fain the rights Of both parties, and
my adjustment of the dispute by
such an agency would be acceptable
80 both sides.
Doubt as to the validity of one IN
depreciation of the treaty necessarily
IMPLIES doubt as to the opposite IN %
depreciation. The United States Is
not in duty bound to abandon its in
depreciation of the treaty any more
han Great Britain is required TO
withdraw its demand. 1t is proper
that both nations should stand by
what they believe to be right. NO
question of honor is involved in this
elf prospecting adherence to national
lights.
Repeal of the tolls exemption
dause would work confusion in as
nerting American rights, if it should
lie found. after all, that the United
States has a right under the treaty
10 exempt it's domestic shipping from
canal tolls. Congress would then be
called upon to repeal the repeal.
The simplest, most straightforward
most candid position for the Senate
10 take is TO defeat the repeal bill
Then the United States will be in a
position to submit the question to
plt1auon. II II should see fit to dc
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
At Rest at Last.

In recent long drawn trial in
New York the defense introduced a
minor as a witness and went into a
detailed inquiry as to his exact Wher-
abouts for some past ten years It
was most wearisome. For a day and
a half the lawyers asked this man TO
tell his wanderings year by year
Finally they got down to 1911 and
asked him:
What did you do on May Is. 1911"
Il went to Cobalt"
How long did you remain there?"
Il have been there ever since"
Juror No. ! rose in his place and
said fervently.
Thank God. Saturday Evening
Post.
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opening one of them, it is said that he
exclaimed: This comes from Mrs.
Cameron or the devil
When she was fifty years old she
took up photography, then in its in
fancy, and made photographs that
were true works of art. She received
many medals for her work and left
Photographic portraits of many of the
prominent people of the time.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward is another
famous English woman who was born
on June II. Like Mrs. Cameron, she
was not born in the British Isles She
was born in Tasmania, south of Aus
tralia. Her grandfather was Thomas
Arnold, famous headmaster of Rug
by. In 1872, when she was twenty
two years old, she married Thomas
Humphrey Ward. Her first novel APP
peared nine years later and, as every
one knows she is still writing read
able and very popular fiction. None
of the books, however, it is safe to
say, has gained greater popularity
than Robert Elsmere, which was
published in 1880.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
JUNE II
Mrs. Humphrey Ward Julia Cameron
BY MARY MARSHALL.
1rey Ward, Julia Cameron
Copyrighted 1914.


Julia Margaret Cameron was born
June II, 1850, in Calcutta. Her father,
james Pattie. was in the Bengal civil
service. In 1888 when she was TWEEN
ty- three she married Charles Hay
Cameron. She was well known in
Bengal society for her clever CONVEX
sation. Her interests were many. In
1S4S she raised fund for the relief
of the Irish famine suffers. In 184S
she went with her husband and fam
lily to England. For some time she
lived in the Isle of Wight, where she
was a friend and neighbor of the
famous poet Tennyson. Later she
went to Ceylon where she died in
1879
Mrs. Cameron had the faculty of
making and retaining friends. She
was decidedly outspoken, but so
warm hearted and generous that her
criticism or comment never hurt. The
poet Wordsworth corresponded with
her and she knew Browning, Darwin.
Hershel and Carlyle. Carlyle received
a valentine from her every year. On
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
Boom in Harbor Engineering

ties, etc. This work is under the d.
rection of the United States corps or
engineers (war Department.. Dredg-
ing for docks or ships and for the
shallower water is done mainly by
local authorities or by private con-
Germs which lease or own waterfront
property. The provision of piers,
freight sheds. warehouses and other
facilities is done partly by municipal
authorities and partly by railway and
shipping companies. In Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, and California, harbor
improvements are assisted largely by
special State authorities, on the prin-
cipal that such work is of more than
local importance. Many cities having
important work of this kind put it
under the direction of a special board
or commission.
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ccife

join the struggle for grub, for glory or
pelf
We strive in the daily battle where each fights for him
self;
We plan and work, and worry hardly taking due time
for rest,
labor with zeal unceasng though the labor has lost
We push and toll and hustle, to accomplish our
thoughtless aim,
the cards in fever, though dom under
stand the game;
We squander some pleasure which frequently proves
a bore,
And couldn't tell you just what living for
-Somervie Journal
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11

TO shave or Not to shave.
From the New York Tribune.
From the small matter Of feminine
taken in the whole matter of boards,
using the term in the broadcast sense.
Shall we shave or shall we not? Is
the French tOpiary art preferable to
cur American planning and polishing?
just why our nation has looked
askance at elaborate boards it would
be ar interesting task for the histo-
rians to figure out. Perhaps merely
because we are conservative, and
when our nation took it's birth from
England clean shaving was the order
of the day. Prior TO that boards had
been in and out time and again among
our ancestors. But with the reign
Of Queen Anne every Vestige Of beard,
mustache and Whisker vanished, and
throughout the days of the colonies,
when Americans were fixing their
speech and dress and habits hair was
net
Guardsmen began TO cultivate mus
taches IN England again around the
days of Waterloo, and the "Picca-
dilly weepers" marked the climax Of
returning hair in the sos. But Amer
lea never followed this lead with
much enthusiasm. Boards of mod
est sort were not infrequent in the
sos and Cos, but, taking their record
throughout, Americans have well
earned their reputation of being
lean-shaven.
Perhaps we might be more decora-
tive if we were bearded like Abra
| ham, Agamemnon and King Arthur.
But what is the use of going behind
a national resolve? There is some
thing essentially American about a
clean shaver face. Frankness, keen
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
ODDITIES IN
TODAY'S NEWS
Prosecutor Finds Girl Burglar Under Bed
with Suitcase of siIverware.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn. June IL
Prosecutor John p Gray caught 9
burglar, tWenty-one years of age,
pretty and we'll dressed, in his resi-
dence ON Laurel avenue. The police
believe that through that arrest they
have found clues to a band of women
burglars whose depredations in the
West End district have for several
weeks puzzled them. Gray was awak-
aned by his wife. who said that she
heard a noise in the room. Jumping
from the bed Gray landed in a suit
case filled with silverware and jewels.
As he lit the electric light he was
surprised to note a small shoe be-
meath the bed. He was about to kick
il out of the way when he saw that IL
eneased a human foot. The arrest
of Elizabeth Snyder followed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
cvpsv Friend of Immigrants Had So'oo'
in Naistcoat Pocket.

NEW YORK, June lit was no no
use for the immigration sleuths TO
try to bar from the country White
headed ivan Sava and his eleven
gypsy followers. They made too goou
a show. through a friend from PITTS
burgh. ,aes q
gypsy. of Pittsburgh. Johanoi
reached Ellis Island Yesterday re
was bearded and barefooted. lie sslu
he had lived in Pittsburgh one ana a
half years. oi.1
Have you any money!" asked an
* little replied Johanoff.
Show us your bankbook, ordered
the inspector.
"Bankbook." retorted the gypsy,
through the Interpreter. DO | look
as foolish as that -.
Thereupon he tore a hole in the
hem of his waistcoat and pulled out
ten $50 bills. He kept plueking away
until he had shown $1,000.
Done" said the inspector AL
admitted
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11

NEW YORK, June 1.-Gerrardette
IVinsied A Patchogue, Long Island
motorman. was eating his fifth plate
If clam chowder yesterday when his
teeth crunched down on something
"Whv don't you learn how to open
CLAIMS without getting bits OF tncir
shells in the chowder? he TESTIFY
You seem to like it, anyhow she
reuorted. III,
When Winsied examined the sub
e+anee he found it was human
coated co9te With mother of pearl. Further
Summation disclosed that there had
been cavity in it, but this cavity
the clam had filled. also with mother
of pearl, as neatly as could any
dentist.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
Girl Taking Course in Cornell's Camp OF
Civil Engineers.

ITHACA. y. Y, June n.-For the
first time in ten years and for the
second time in Cornell University's
history, woman student is attending
the survey camp of the civil en-
gineers and foresters, which this year
is located at Myers Point, seven
miles down Cayuga Lake.
The young woman. Miss Mabel G.
Beckley, of Johannesburg, is studying
forestry engineering, and part of the
course prescribed is practical work in
this summer camp side by side with
more than a hundred male students.
She is captain of party of three stu
dents. Her quarters are not in the
main camp. but in a nearby farm
house, where she lives with the wife
Of an instructor
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
.Four Flush" Loses to Rive Flush in
senate "Game"

WASHINGTON. June n.-What
REPRESENTATIVE James W. Bryan, of
Washington. Knows about the no
tionaI indoor game. draw poker. was
demonstrated to the House late yes
terday when Mr. Mann. minority
leader. threatened to make point
of no quorum.
Lets go ahead with this bin so we
can get to other matters on the
Wednesday calendar said Mr.
Bryan.
"Why does the gentleman from
Washington tour fiush?' retorted Mr.
Mann.
IF I'm four flushing you're FIVE
flushing" Mr. Bryan went on.
"ITeyl Let me into this exclaimed
Garner. of Texas. What do you
mean by a five flush?"
y five flush is pretty good mana
down my way" said Mr. Garner.
well. I've got a good hand and /
insist that we adjourn said MT
Mann. and Mr. Mann won.
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Gorilla that Laughs and Smiles for New
York Zoo.

BALTIMORE. June 11.-R. L.
Garner. who has spent years in the
African jungles, has written to DR..
William T. Hornaday, of the New
York Geological Park, of two remark
able gorillas, male and female.
Mr.. Garner says:
The female is the only gorilla /
have ever known to attempt a laugh
or a smile. but she does both. When
tickled under the arms or on the
bottom of the feet she chuckles in
a manner closely verging on a real
laugh"
The gorilla captured in Africa will
be placed in the New York Zoologi-
cal park.