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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
RyAN'S SON LOSES
AUTO PRIVILEGE
Especial to the Newark STAR. J

TRENTON, Feb. u.-Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles Lippincott today
revoked the reciprocity privilege of
John F. Ryan, son of Thomas F..
RYAN, the multi millionaire New York
railroad man. Young Ryan early in
January was arrested at Ridgewood
for driving his machine while in an
alleged intoxicated condition at night.
His car was said to have been with
out any lamps. Ryan was appre-
hended. escaped from the police, was
recaptured and paid fine of $11.65,
He failed 30 put in an appearance
here today to answer the charges
against him.
Edward E. Geffinger, of East Or
ange. was summoned before the Mo-
tor Vehicle Commission to answer a
charge of speeding. The specific al
legation was that he drove his ma
chine thirty miles an hour near a
crossing Decision in his case was
reserved.
Walter X. Skiff, of New York city,
was fined $685. today for speeding in
this State without drivers license
Skiff promised TO take the drivers
examination in Newark next Monday
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
BLIND SENATOR'S
TRIAL IS OPENED

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, Feb. II.
Testimony of a sensational nature
Is expected in the hearing of ths
S50000 damage suit against United
States Senator Thomas p. Gore fiied
! nv Mrs. Minnie UneS zht~h opened
4 In .nse Tssrlct Court here to~say'
l,rnator Gore was present at the triaff
opening, surrounded by corps Of six
attorneys Mrs. Bond viii be repre-
sented by an equal number OF
lawyers.
Mrs. Bonds charges are based on
an alleged attack on her by the sena
tor in a Washington hotel some
months ago Mr. Gore denies all ths@
allegations and claims that the
charges have been created by his
political enemies, The senator is
candidate for denomination at the
oklahoma primaries to be held in
August next.
Considerable time, it is expected.
will be occupied in the selection of a
Jury. A great part of the evidence
to be submitted in the trial is in the
form Of dispositions taken in different
parts OF the country
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
LEADERS DEBATE
ULSTER QUESTION
Carson Charges Redmond Mere.
Iy Wants Taxes, Which
Draws Hot Denial.

LONDON. Feb. u.-John E. Red
mond and Sir Edward Carson, the
two biggest figures in the fight for
and against Home Rule for Ireland,
opposed each other in debate in the
House of ComEhons today.
Sir Edward Carson, head of the
provisional government" of Ulster,
insisted that Ulster would accept no
compromise which brought it under
the rule of a Dublin parliament.
John Redmond. the Irish national
ist leader, replied that the exclusion
of Ulster never could be the solution
of the Irish question.
There were features in both
speeches. however, which encouraged
those who hope for an amicable COM
promise of the questions at issue
Sir Edward said he inferred from
Premier Asquith's statements that
the exclusion of Ulster from the
operation of the home rule bill would
not conflict with the fundamental
principles of the bill
If the exclusion of the province of
Ulster should be proposed" Sir Ed
ward said, "it will be my duty to go
to Ulster and take counsel with the
people there.
There are only two ways of deal
ing with Ulster-coerce her, or win
her. 1t is useless to talk about con-
cessions which merely mean reduc-
ing the proposed wrongs to Ulster to
a minimum. John Redmond has
never tried to win Ulster. He wants
only her taxes"
John e. Redmond hotly repudiated
Sir Edward Carson's charge that he
wanted listers taxes.
1.-THE plea for an amicable settle
ment of the home rule question has
found ready response on the part of
the Irish Nationalists,' said Mr. Red
mond, "but the proposals must be
with the main principle Of
the bill. We accept the new situation
arising from Premier Asquiths S
promise to initiate suggestions for a
settlement, although 1 think the gov
ernment has gone further than was
necessary. However, / shall do MOTH
ing to make the situation more diff
cult or dangerous"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
Electrical Wizard Smiles RuefuIy His Prophecy of Twenty
Years Ago About Future of Movies Admitting Joke Is
Him; His Salary Is Only That Of r. r. President.

Thomas A. Edison awoke from a
long nights sleep today to begin
the one hundred and thirty fifth year
of his busy life. The inventor had
retired at midnight. His nightly
modicum of slumber rarely is more
than five hours, but he allowed him.
self several extra hours of sleep
This was his way of celebrating his
birthday.
Today, according TO the way most
of us reckon the passage of time,
Mr.. Edison is sixty-seven years old.
But by his method of computing his
age, the man who gave us the phono-
graph and- the ineandesceat light and
aided moving pictures TO reach their
present popularity. IS just twice as
old as the rest of Us believe him to
be. He has put in more than double
the hours of labor the ordinary man
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
GN|CHTEL NAMED
COMMISSIONER TO
HELP DRAW JUR|ES
Especial to the Newark star.I


TRENTON, Feb. 11.-Former AS
sembiyman Edward E. Gnichtel, of
Essex county. was included in the
list OF jury commissioners announced
today by Chancellor Walker under
the chancellor-sheriff law. which re-
quires the appointment by the char
cellor of one jury commissioner in
each county to act with the sheriff
of such county in the drawing of
grand and petit jurors.
Chancellor Walkers announcement
today includes a jury commissioner
for each of the twenty-one counties.
The law requires that the jury COM
missioners shall not DE of the same
political faith as the sheriff, and
the chancellor has named Democrats
to act in the four counties which have
Republican sheriffs, In fourteen of
the seventeen counties which have
Democratic sheriffs the chancellor
has named Republican commission
ers, and in the other three counties
he has named Progressives. In CIV
ing out the list of appointments
Chancellor Walker issued a state
ment which is as follows:
Chancellor Issues Statement.
THE act requires that the commits
sioner in each county shall not be
a member of the same political party
as the sheriff In the four counties
where there are Republican sheriffs
I have appointed Democratic COM
missioners. In the seventeen coun-
ties having Democratic sheriffs
have appointed fourteen Republican
and three Progressive commission
ers These appointees were highly
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
GOVERNOR SAYS HE
WILL NAME TREACy

TRENTON, Feb. 1.-THE definite
announcement was made today by
Governor Fielder that in the event of
Professor Winthrop NJ Daniels. re-
signing as a member of the Board Of
Public Utility Commissioners to be-
come a member Of the Inter State
Commerce Commission. he will name
former Judge John J. Treacy,
of the Court of Errors and Appeals.
as Professor Daniels's successor.
The Governor said he had gone over
the list of available men and had
come to the conclusion that Judge
Treacy was the best fitted. Having
reached this decision. he thought it
best that the announcement be made
at once 1t is presumed that the Gov
ernor did not want any further i'm
portuning by the friends of the vari-
Gus other candidates
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
FUGITIVE JAILED
IN CARD MURDER

NEWTON. Feb. n.-Alexander
MichavIuk is under arrest here for
shooting Isidore Kowalewsky at
Franklin on Sunday. He was arrest
ed last night within mile of the
Pennsylvania line at Water Gap by
Under Sheriff Lyons.
The men, and four Others, fele
playing cards when disPee arose'
It is claimed MichavlyS Grew a re-
yolyer and shot TS"alewsky IN tne
Forehead acsss the marrow table.
The otf1 four men are locked up
IS material witnesses. The alleged
murderer fled after the shooting and
reached Hackettstown
After leaving Hackettstown he had
made detour through fields and
woods. returning to the tracks after
skirting each village. He lay hidden
somewhere most of the day and
started out at dusk yesterday to
make the river crossing. He was so
exhausted that he fell asleep on the
ride here and was awakened with
difficulty.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
BRADNER NAMED
CITY ATTORNEY
BY HAUSSL|NG
Succeeds Herbert BOggs, the
New Assistant State At
tOrney-General.

Frank E. Bradner has been appoint
ed city attorney by Mayor Haussling
to succeed Herbert Boggs, who has
resigned to become assistant attor-
ney-general of New Jersey. The an
nouncement was made at the City
Hall this forenoon.
Mr.. Bradner, when seen today, said
he had received no. official notifica-
tion, but agreed to accept the tenta-
tive offer made
Mr.. Bradner was born in Newark,
and has made his home in this city
all his life. He received his law edu-
cation at Dickinson College, Carlisle,
Pa, from which he was graduated
in 1875.
He was admitted to the bar OF New
Jersey as an attorney in 1876 and as
a counselor in 1880, and has been in
private practise in this city since.
He has never taken any active inter-
ests in. politics.
The resignation of Mr.. Boggs will
take effect Monday at which time it
is expected Mr.. Bradner will assume
his duties If he takes office, which
pays $4,000 per year. The appoint
ment is to fill out the unexpired term
of Mr.. Boggs which runs concur
rently with that of the Mayor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11

That New Jersey Is lax in looking
after its natural resources there isn't
any question, and this paper has cited
many examples to show what other
States are doing for their people, and
now we have another example to offer
the readers of The Star. In the far
off State of Washington the authori-
ties made study Of the fish and
oyster question before they started in
the business and when they were thor
oughly satisfied that they had the
proper plan they started to plant
oysters from which they raised untold
quantities of seed so as to have the
controlling hand over the conservation
of that valuable product.
Oyster Seed Sold by State.
BY this method the State of WASH
lngton was ready at all times to sell
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allots himself and his schedule Of
sleep is just about half that Of the
ordinary man.
The fact that today is his birthday
brought no change in the inventors
daily program except for the extra
hours of sleep mentioned above. Edi-
son Is usually in his laboratory at
o'clock, but 1t was nearly two hours
later before he made his appearance
today.
Mr. Edison just at present is play
ing with a method of synchronizing
the operation of the monograph and
moving pictures. His '.talkies'
already have been shown Ia pubic.
and will centinne te be shown. bai
the inventor is particularly anxious
70 remedy some obvious defects in the
talking pictures. and is devoting a
tConffnHed on Page s. Column 81
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the seed to the oyster planters so
that 1t would not be necessary to
patronize any particular set of deal
ers, and in return the State demanded
that the matured oysters be sold to
the people of the State at price
within reason, free from the middle
mans profits.
Finding the work of raising seed
oysters very profitable business, the
commission in charge decided to al
low the people of the state to secure
the benefit of competition between the
they offered 900 sacks of oysters for
sale in the public markets in COM
petition against foreign oyster that
CONTINUED ON Pnge Is. Column ~
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
Postal Manager Declares
He Will Show Phone Co.
! That Rates Are Correct

]. F. Coogan, manager of the New
ark office of the Postal Telegraph
Cable Company, today issued a state
ment denying the charge OF F. H.
Bethel. vice-president of the New
York Telephone Company, that a
table of telephone rates published by
the Postal Company is misleading.
He said; I'VE are prepared 70
prove the correctness of every one OF
the rates set forth In the table. The
Bell Telephone Company made THIS
same charge some time ago and spec
ified, rates which they said were in
correct. but We proved they were cor
rect.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
Shift in Wind
Saves Schooner

HIGHLAND LIGHT, Feb. ia
sudden shift in the gale saved an un-
identified four-masted schooner from
destruction on the outer bar of Cape
Cod. where she grounded today while
beating into Massachusetts bay.
Two ife-saving crews were making
efforts to reach the stranded craft
and one surf boat had capsized. when
the wind veered and blew the ship
into deep water The eight men
from the overturned lifeboat swan
ashore through the breakers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
500 Driven Out
in Cold by Fire

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Six hundred
men. women and children-150 fam
ilies-were driven to the street in the
snow by a four-alarm fire which
wrecked five-story factory building
in East Thirty fourth street early to-
day.
The building is in the heart of Cor
coran's Roost' and surrounded by
tenements, all of which were emptied.
The loss was about 100000.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
H. VOllmer, Democrat, Elected
TO Congress From Iowa
by 1850 Plurality.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Feb. H.
Complete returns from the Second
Iowa Congressional district show
that in the special election yester-
day Henry Volimer, Democrat. was
elected to Congress with 12.2S5 votes.
a plurality of 1850 votes over Harry
L. Hull, Republican. who received
10,435 votes. Charles P. Hanley, Pro-
gressive. ran third with 3.672 votes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
Belleville Child
Burned to Death

Leaving her two small children
alone in the house while she went out
in the yard for a short time last
night, Mrs. Nicholas Coppola. of s
Roosevelt avenue. Belleville, returned
to find the older of the pair, Mary,
four years old. enve1oped in flames.
The child had found a match on the
floor during the mothers absence,
and, striking 1t, ignited her clothing.
She died as result OF her injuries.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
S225,OOO GIFTS
FOR CHARITY IN
WILL OF RUNKLE
Estate of Over $z,000,000 Is
Left by Orange Iron
Manufacturer.

The. will OF William Runkle. iron
manufactures. Of Orange. distribut-
ing an estate of Approximately two
million dollars, was offered for
probate in the surrogates office to-
day.
With the filing of the will further
complications developed that make
contest in Orphans Court certain.
There are doubts as to the validity
of the instrument because of erasnres
and supposed substitution of pages.
A eaveat has also been filed by the
testator's brother, Harry G. Runkle.
of Plainfield 1t will be the grounds
on which the legal fight over the es-
tate will be based.
Citations to bring the interested
parties into court are now being pre-
pared by the surrogate at the order
of the executor. No date for the first
hearing of the contest has yet been
set.
BY the viii and a eodicil eleven
beauests totaling s225,0O0 are made to
charity; twenty-four bequests total
ing S476.0O0 are made to individuals
and four trust funds amounting to
100000 are established, and 800. 900 to
Lafayette College. The remainder of
the estate, about half million. is
given TO the brother, the only next
of kin.
All the individual bequests are made
to friends. Mr.. Runkles brother ia
provided for in the trust funds. In
his 'bequests 2unkle did not forget
the domestic servants who were en-
ployed by him. but left each one a
substantial legacy.
The first doubt on the face of the
/ VIII was the apparent substitution of
J the hrst page. What had been origin
/ aliy the first page was torn off. Ieay-
ing small pieces of the paper in the
fasteners that bound the pages to-
getner. The page that Is the first
page OF the instrument as filed with
/ the surrogate showed no signs of any
tearing at the edge where the fasten-
ers should have been. 1t was fas-
tened TO the rest OF the will with
4 clips.
I Wording Not Connected.
/ The wording at the end of the first
page does not connect properly with
that at the beginning of the second
page Another point noticed was that
the page in question was in different
ink Within the body of the will a
bequest of $4,000 to Charles P. Schoi-
field Is crossed out. and in the margin
is written Cancelled October 5. 1912.
William g. Runkle"
The ahird point of doubt was the
alleged erasure of the name of the
executor and the writing of it in the
margin. William z. r. Smith. a New
York broker, is named as the exeeu-
| tor.
The caveat Of the brother is filed,
1t is understood, on the contention
that his brother made a later will
than the one produced for probate.
His caveat was filed yesterday after
| he. with his attorney visited the
surrogate's office and examined the
| will which was ia the surrogate's s
custody.
That the executor expected the
complications to develop over the will
/, Continued ON Page 10, Column -
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
Earthquake Shock Felt
at Santiago de Cuba

HAVANA. Cuba, Feb. ia strong
earthquake, felt at o'clock this
morning at Santiago de Cuba, created
great excitement among the popula-
zion No reports of damage were re-
oeiyed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
Schmidt Must
Die March q

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Hans
schmidt was sentenced today TO die
In the electric chair during the week
beginning March % for the murder,
of Anna Aumuller Schmidt was
found guilty of murder IN the nrst de-
gree at his second trial, after the jury
Which first tIied him had failed TO
agree.
Sehmidt's lawyers pleaded insanity
for their client, but the prisoner would
not aid and said repeatedly he want :
ed TO die.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11

Market street Table d'hote. dinners and
lunch. Open all night. Grand cabaret show
from ,. in.--Ads
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tcontinued ON Page II. Column g.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-05-01

chilblain is nothing more than a state
of mind.
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LAND AND UNEMPLOYMENTIE

increasing in numbers every year,
thus making room for more people
and giving employment to other thou
sands in other parts of the country.
Now let us suppose that this tract
had been owned by Mr. Miller 60 or 70
years ago, and that he continued to
own it to the present day. About the
only way that he could make it profit
able would be as a cattle ranch by
building fence along the Iowa border
from the Mississippi to the Missouri
river. He would be employing a few
thousand cowboys and sheep herders
and there would be here and there a
few villages with company stores
owned by Mr.. Miller to supply the
wants of his employees.
Is it not evident that in that case
the 100000 people who are now de-
veloping this great section of the state
would be crowding other places with
unemployed men and women who
would be clamoring to the government
to find them something to do.
1t seems to me that it only requires
little common sense to see the con-
nection between the monopoly of land
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NO RIM I'm JusXy HDx0 LEr0
.snlcN HE CHnH0T or Wlll hOTLSE

Immigrants will test the soundness
of our institutions. The fact that they
give us concern in so new country
is proof that things are not altogether
right Oregon and Washington, II
they had the whole population Of the
United States within their borders,
would have a population less dense
than that of England.
Seattle already has small slum
condition, revealed by the activities of
Building Inspector Josenhans; the
growth or extinction Of slums de-
ponds in a large measure on what We
do with the land.
The sections of land marked with
double crosses on the map and similar
lands in other counties are the lands
affected by Commissioner Falconer's
proposal to have unsurveyed timber
lands listed for taxation. At present
they are untaxed and the government
in protecting las timber from fire
protects these untaxed lands also.
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area. The condemnation jury ascer-
tanned and the city will pay the
present value, in money, of the land
and timber taken from various
owners.
Rather than sell its land and timber
at their present value, the Northern
Pacific gave the city its land, free of
cost, providing it could keep the tim
Der and could remove 1t some time
within so years.
The value that Is expected to accrue
in the future Is the lure that makes
men hold land which they will never
use themselves.
Fling county would take the great
est forward step in its history if 1t
could, lawfully, and would, pay the
owners of all its lands what they are
worth today and then throw them
open to those who would actually use
them productivity, either without cost
or at a cost never to exceed their
present value.
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create wealth, commerce and pros
perity by working land2
What can the immigrant do with
the land shown on the map In black
owned by six corporations?
Some of 1t is for sale, some can
not be bought at any price. For IN
stance, try to buy a lot or an acre
in the big tract of timber land below
West Seattle. inside the city limits. 1t
Is simply not for sale. In New YORK
City the Astors put big signs on their
property, "Astor Estate: Not Tor
Sale" It is the same in King County
but without the board signs. II 1t
were for sale the price would still
stand in the immigrants way ana
would be a demand on him that ne
pay money and labor for something
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st. Louis, Mo-, April 9, 1914

st. Louis, Mo-, April 8, 1914.
Editor of Reedys Mirror:
| have received several letters from
people who claim they cannot see any
connection between the large tracts of
laid owned by a few people and the
unemployed problem. The following
illustration will make this perfectly
clear.
All of the state of Missouri, north OF
the Missouri river, bounded on the
north by the state of Iowa, on the
west and south by the Missouri river,
and on the east by the Mississippi
river, contains about 100000 acres
of land just about the size Of the
piece of land owned by Mr.. Miller in
California.
This part of Missouri has now a
population of about 100000 people,
who have built cities, towns and viii
lagos, and countless farm homes, also
steam and electric railroads, water
works, gas and electric light plants,
factories, mines and the thousand and
one industries that constitute a mod
ern, progressive civilization. This
population is growing in wealth and
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painting the picture so large that any
body can see it. But the same process
is taking place on a smaller scale
everywhere that a man is uermitted
to own more land than he can prop
erly develop himself. We do not
notice it so readily because it does not
attract our attention by bold outlines
and large figures, but it is here just
the same, and does its work just as
surely and in the aggregate it causes
just as much unemployment as the
ownership of a large tract by one man
would do.
VIM. PRESTON HILL.