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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26


Especially interesting in these days
of war is the record of the birthday
patroness of August 26--Annie Turner
Wittenmyer, the American Florence
Nightingale. She was born in ONO
eighty-seven years ago today. After
her marriage she opened a free school
for children of the neighborhood IN
which she lived run at her own ex-
pense. Then when the Civil war
opened when she was thirty-hVe
years old, she was one Of the many
women who volunteered their ser
vices as a soldiers nurse. Her ability
was recognized by the authorities VINO
had charge of the placing OF nurses
and she was sent t.. the front as SAM
tary agent for the State of Iowa.
Mrs. Wittenmyer had no sentiment
tai ideas of nurses duties. she
knew that the woman whose services
are of value in time of war is the
woman who is willing and able TO
do hard physical work, the woman
who is able to plan ane think clear
" amid the greatest confusion ana
hardslips. AS sanitary agent she
was allowed by Secretary stanton 10
go with her supplies through the nne
of battle and the officers OF the army
were instructed to give her every as
sisfance. Meantime she was active IN
raising funds and through her enorts
over one hundred and fifty thousah1
dollars passed from the peop'e u
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
BY Waiting Patiently.

Patience and perseverance wilt ac-
complish all things" was a favorite
saying of an old miller. (
He had made this remark in a train
one day on the way to market, when a
pompous individual in the corner
turned to him Grossly and said:
Nonsense, sir. j can tell you a
great many things which neither pa
tience nor perseverance can accom-
plish."
Perhaps you cam" said the man,
but have never yet come across one
thing"
"Well, then, I'll tell you one. Will
patience and perseverance ever enable
you to carry water in a sieve?"
Certainly"
81 would like to know howl"
simply by waiting patiently for the
w" e. 10 freeze. Montgomery Jour-
nal
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
A TAN ON HUMAN ENERGIES.

There is pause in the desperate of the
nations One battle is only the prelude of another
Hardly had the tremendous conflict in Belgium been
ended when the lines reformed for second great
battle the French fortidrations The physical
strength of the troops is being taxed to degree I'M
precedented since the Napoeonic when there
were interudes to permit the soldier his
breath.
Nature requires rest and sleep for man. How
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
Incident OF tbe French Camp

You know, French Ratisbon.
mile s away,
little mound Napoleon
Stood storning day;
With neck outthrust, YOU fancy, how,
Legs WIDE locked behind,
As If to balance the prone
Oppressive with its mind
perhaps he MY plans
That earth may
Let leader Lannes
yonder
tvixt
A n
Full galoping, bride
he mound.
Then off there flung in smiling joy
And held himself
BY just his horses name, a boy,
hardly could suspect
tight he his lips compressed,
any blood through
looked twice you
all but shot in
Well" Emperor by Gods grace
you Ratisbont
The marshaTs in the
your
your bird his
Where l. to hearts desire
Perched hint The chiefs his plans
up again like
The eye flashed: presently
itself. as sheahes
A m eagles eye
When her bruised eaglet breathes;
You're wounded!" Nay" pride
the quick. he said:
I'm killed, siret And his chief beside
Smiling the boy fell dead
Browning
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
The Song of the Wires.

Every one has noticed the curious
Singing" of the telegraph and tele-
phone wires often heard along quiet
country roads. Professor Field. of
the University Of ottawa, suggests
that the noises are due to vibrations
transmitted to the wires by the posts.
which receive them from the earth.
and that they are the result of earth
vibrations. identical with those that
the eismograph, or earthquake-de-
fector, records The song of the
wires" Professor Field adds, is the
song of the barometer; if it Is low,
a change in the weather may come
in two days; if sharp. it may be inn
mediate. Exchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Stewards Views on Territorial Expansion

/ future development of our two neigh
boring nations, Canada on the north
and Mexico on the south. He be-
| lieved that had we secured the entire
Pacific cost line from Lower Califor-
MIA to Alaska, Canada would ultl-
mately have been compelled to seek
close political alliance with the
| United Sta ties.
Governor Seward once said, when
| spea king of these two neighbors, that
there can be only one great natior
!, built upon one continent at one time.
So far as Canada is concerned, her eli
mate and her general features, as well
as her natural resources, are, he said,
of kin to the United States. He did
not believe that Canada would ever
become politically assimilated with
the United States, although he said
that no one could predict what con-
ditions might be developed by the
middle of the twentieth century. But
he did believe that there would be
esta blished reciprocal relations, which
in time would become so close that
there would be inev tably sort of
commercial, industrial, and even
financial kinship between the United
States and Canada.
ION the other hand, Governor Sc
ward, at least after the failure of
the attempt to establish European
dynasty in Mexico, was convinced
that ultimately, and in a future not
distant, Mexico would be brought
within the so-called sphere of infiu-
ence of the United States. Only in
that way, he asserted could the
great possibilities and opportunities
which Mexico offers for development
be realized.
"These were the views of a states
man," said General Webb, but they
were at the time opinions which
Seward held alone among our states
men,"
Copyright, 1914, by DR.. E. ]. Ed
wards. All rights reserved.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26

Early in the public career of Will
lam H. Seward he began a friendship
with General James Watson Webb,
which was probably the most Intimate
personal relation which be established
with any one, even closer than was
his association with Thurlow Weed.
1t was due to Mr.. Stewards influence
that General Webb was nominated
minister to Brazil. Had he been will
ing to accept other appoinuye office
after his term in Brazil haffexpired,
Webb could have secured anything he
wanted which was within the power
of Mr. Seward as United States sena-
tor or secretary of state to obtain for
him.
General Webb highly priced his
friendship with Governor Seward.
partly because the latter represented
Webb's views upon the tariff and upon
the slavery question and partly be-
cause in their frequent exchange OF
visits each learned from the other
many things which were of the high
est Importance.
1t was General Webb who was one
of the first to learn what Governor
Stewards views were respecting the
particular course of empire which
would distinguish the United States
as soon as railroad communications
west of the Mississippi were estab-
lished.
Governor Seward once told General
Webb that he was persuaded that the
little village of Minneapolis, as 1t was
at the time of this conversation, would
become before the end of the nine
teenth century one of the great COM
mercial and financial centres of the
United States.
Governor Seward was inclined to
think at that time that the influence
of Minneapolis and the growth of that
city and of its suburbs might be
greater than the influence and
growth even of Chicago" said General
Webb.
Governor Seward was always
greatly interested in the study of the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26

From the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
sixty-seven days in rounding Cape
Horn, driven back twice before howl
ing gales, and forced to return to the
Atlantic side of the South American
continent twice for repairs, was one
of the trying experiences of the
American full-rigged ship Edward
Sewall, now in port from Philadel-
phia. Nearly ten months IN cornplet-
ing her voyage from Philadelphia 20
Seattle, the Edward Sewall is be-
lieved to hold the record for long pas
sages from the Atlantic to the Pacific
made by vessels of her rig.
Towing to sea from the Delaware
River on October 10, 1913. the big sail
ing craft Immediately encountered a
great hurricane, which carried away
full suit of sails.
During our voyage we practically
rounded Cape Horn five times" said
Captain Richard Quick, master of the
Edward Sewall During one attemDt
| to reach this coast we were 800 miles
west of the Horn, and on another &C.
casion got as far as $50 miles west
| of the tip Of the South American con-
| tinent, when we were driven back be-
: fore a roaring gale. The third time
! we headed for the Pacific we were
| seventeen days in one storm, and dur
1 ing the fourth attempt battled for
! forty-two hours with the worst gale
I nave ever experienced IN my entire
seafaring career / did not see my
bunk for nearly two days and was
| drenched to the skin from the great
, green combers.
"The first time we put back tC
/ Bahia Blanca, Argentine Republic, -foi
/ repairs, we had our lib boom sprung
| and remained in port twenty-five
days. The second time the iib boom
! was broken off entirely and Other
| damage sustained, requiring US to re-
| main at Bahia Blanca twenty eighf
| days. 1t usually takes a vessel of tho
rig of the Sewall eighteen days Il
| round the Horn, and think we hole
the record for long passages"
Ambitions. Not Races, Made War.
From the Chicago Herald.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
Fat French Refugee Takes Precautions
Against Mines During Trim.

LONDON, Aug. 26.-War refugees
arriving from Ostend by way of
Folkestone told this story of one of
their number, a corpulent French
man, who, as soon as the boat left
the wharf at Ostend, took off his
coat, vest and boots, and putting on
a life-preserver sat down on the edge
of the deck, continuing the whole
trip in this costume. Asked what
he meant by such behavior he re-
piled in just one eloquent word:
Mines"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
Man Who Looks Like Abe Lincoln" Has
Now Retired.

SOUTH PORTLAND, Aug. 26.-For
many years two features nave been
lacking at the annual banquets TO the
Lincoln Club, a Republican organiza-
ton in Portland. One of these is the
letter from Robert T. Lincoln, son of
the first martyred President, and the
other the presence of Captain Daniel
ID. Willard, of South Portland, known
throughout Maine as the man WHO
looks like Lincoln"
Although he is past eighty years of
age, Captain Willard, who was at one
time one of the best-knoWn mariners
along the Atlantic coast, is hale and
hearty. Wherever he goes he at
tracts attention because of his like
ness to FEATHER Abraham"
At the Lincoln Club banquets he
has always appeared in a frock coat,
wearing "A tall hat of the vintage of
the early sixties.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
"The stars incline, but do not compel
THURSDAY, AUGUST %, 1914.

THURSDAY, AUGUST ~, iVls'
Astrology reads this as rather an
unfortunate day, for early in the
morning Saturn and Mars are ad-
verse. In the evening Neptune eXer-
cises benefic influence.
1t is not wise, If one believes in the
messages from the stars, to tempt
fate under this aspect, for unusual
perils may be met on journeys and In
the routine walks of life. When aMrs
is unfriendly accidents are supposed
to be common.
While the aspect is in operation 1t
is well to be temperate in all the APP
petites and emotions. The mental
and physical force should be exer-
cised equally.
The augury is not good for those
who must submit to surgery or den
tai operations Postponement is be-
lieved to be wise when this aspect
prevails
The government is not a lucky one
for athletes Baseball players find
conditions more difficult than usual
Epidemics are foreshadowed. The
stars indicate a prevalence of fevers
and outbreaks of plague, which will
be fought successfully.
Early next month several railway
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
YOUR MOTHER

When all the world goes back on
you,
She takes you by the hand.
When everyone has proved untrue,
She seems to understand.
When everyone seems turned to
stone,
She is your one true friend.
Your cares she'll share with you
alone,
And be true till the end.
You'n find your mother loves you
yet,
When all have turned you down.
You'll find her heart is true, you
bet,
If you are up or down.
When you have life's troubles or
joy,
Whose eyes are bright and shine?
The only friend for any boy,
Is mother. every time.
WILBER McKEAN,
Passaic. N. j.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
A Cat MAY Look at a King.

fLondon Correspondence New York SUM-
1t Is not generally known that there
issno right of personal audience Of the
king and yet IL is a well recognized
point OF constitutional law.
No commoner in the land can claim
any such privilege as of right under
English law. The matter is one Of
special privilege even to the members
OF the House of Commons, who may
have occasion to consult the king on
State affairs. Even in such cases the
audience is not personal to any MEM
Der of the House.
Freedom Of access" as it is consti-
tutionally called, is allowed to mem
bers of the House of Commons
through the personality of the speak
en- The speaker claims the privilege
from the crown through the lord
chancellor at the opening of every
Parliament, the form of request being
that the Commons may have access
to his Majesty's royal person when
ever occasion shall require"
The title of speaker as applied,
somewhat TO the bewilderment OF the
ordinary mortal, to the one member Of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26

The House of Commons, who never by
any chance makes a speech, really
marks his duty of representing his
fellow members in this way in neces-
sary interviews with the monarch. He
is the speaker for them all.
In the case of members of the House
Of Lords. the privilege of audience is
personal, as the peers are individually
hereditary counselors of the crown.
1t need not be exercised through the
lord chancellor, who, indeed is not
necessarily a member of the House of
, Lords at all
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
Dead Dog Lies In State In Gold Lined
Coffin.

BELLEVUE. KY, Aug. 26.-Nick is
buried and the cold clods that cover
his silver and gold-lined coffin are
made less cold by banks of flowers
laid by loving hands. The burial took
place after the body had lain in state
in his masters home. Nick was an
English bulldog, member of the
family of Mrs. M. A. Winn.
No dog hereabouts ever received a
more elaborate burial than Nick. He
was the favorite dog of Bellevue and
hundreds of people went to the VIM
home as the dogs carcass lay in state
Such a funeral only befitted the life
led by Nick, who died by overindul-
Rence In luxurious food.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
True Enough.

Retailer (of odd lengths of table
cloth)-Only one-and- six, ladies and
gentlemen-why,t the king of Hingland
amt got a better bit of oilcloth on
is dinin' room table.-London Opin-
ion
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
Power of Wealth.

"wombat's wife wants to go on the
stage"
"Well, he's rich enough to build a
theatre for her."
Eyes, and to hire an AUDIENCE
Kansas City Journal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
Michigan Woman Lives on One Farm for
Seventy seven Years

BATTLE CREEK. Mich, Aug. 26-
With record of having lived sew
enty-seven years on enc farm in
Emmett township. Mrs. Lucy b.
Spaulding died here at the home of
her daughter, wife of City Commits
sioner L. W. Underwood. With her
parents she located on a farm near
Beadle lake in 1886 and continued to
reside there until recently. Mrs.
Spaulding lacked five days OF being
eighty eight years old
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
ODDITIES IN
TODAY'S NEWS
Husband and wife. in Politics. out for

same job.
SACRAMENTO Aug. 26.-H. H.
McPike. 1908 Copp street, Oakland. is
q candidate for delegate to the State
convention.
Mrs. Amelia McPike. same ADDRESS,
is a candidate for the same Office.
They are husband and wife. Both
are Democrats and both have filed
petitions with Secretary of State Jor-
dan for nomination at the August
primary. Mrs. McPikes petition has
about ten more names signed TO il
than that of the head of the house
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
On the Farm.

Enthusiastic City visitor-Mr. Job
bins, don't you love to see the sun
set?
Practical Chicken Farmer--Well, I'd
rather see my hens.-Baltimor 9
American
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
Noah Identified.

why do you sign your name
Norah?" asked a teacher of one of the
Chinese boys In his class. Don't you
know that Norah is a girls name?'
ooh, no. was the reply. Moran is
the name of the famous American
who built the ark."-Youth's Com
nanion
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26
AmbltIons. Not Raced. Wade war.

from the Chicago Herald.
"slay against Teuton" is the situa-
ton in Europe. according to Professor
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-03-05
Flag Fund Now
Amounts to $22O

The ladic, OF Custer Relief corps
have received adviccs from Ton"-
Lah that the members of Gettys-
burg corp, OF that city have raised
500 toward, the fund to purchase
Nag, Tor the battleship Nevada.
The amount realized from Tono-
pah. together with the nearly $50
raised by Carson, place, $3.50 IN
the flag iund. and this will be con-
-ilcrably augmented by the amounts
forthcoming from the show to or
given in Virginia Saturday night
and the one in Carson on Monday.
The amount necessary Tor the
purchase OF the flag, is S4UW and
tie ladic, oi Custer corps now see
their way clear to get them i'll am
pie time for the launching OF the
big battleship.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-03-05
Gets Appropriation
for Road Work

Grant Merrill the mayor OF Mar
klcevillc Alpine county. came i'll
THIS morning from Sacramento.
" hcrc he attended the meet OF the
California State Highway commits
sion.
Mr.. Mcrrill's mission to the Cal
i.rnia capitol was partly success
iul as he secured the authorization
o. the board to reduce the grades
ON the Alpine state highway, the
cost to be paid out oi the motor
vehicle tax fund which was but re-
GENTLY declared constitutional by
| tie California Supreme court.
Work on the road will be started
| April l,t and continued during the
! simmer months. No spcClhcd
amount wa, set aside for the work
a. the law covering this eXpenIi-
turc provide, that the sum expend-
Cd must be approved from month
to month as the work progresses
Mr. Merrill will return to hi;
mountain home tomorrow morning
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-03-05
A 3-ReeI Special
at Grand Tonight

CThree Reel Special)-The Vam-
pire-( kalem)-N story OF a man :
downfall and subsequent redemp-
ton. The settings are remarkable
Tor their ,umptuOu>ness and real
ism. Bert French and Miss Alice
+ ). two oi the world, greatest eN-
pnncnt> OF their art, perform their
"Nampire Dance especially for this
extraordinary kalcm feature. The
dance Will thrill and inscinate
audiences world over. 1t is a most
cOnmcndable offering.
Th, Buddhist Tenples-(Nita.)--
Showing the Temples and worship
per> OF Ruddba in India.
The Bullets Mark-OP Pathe l-ThiS
i, feature that will interest and
enthrall 1t is a strongly emotional
story that reaches the heart. 1t 5
rmphatically story with a punch.
Master Fixit-(VitaD \ rural
comedy in the god old summer
time featuring f. X Lincoln,
GLADDEN. James. Lucille Stewart, and
last but least George Stewart, as
Master Fixit.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-03-05
Supreme Court SuStainS Contentious of
General Thatcher In the State Bank Case
GOVERNOR WILL NOT INTERFERE
BECAUSE OF W0MAN'S PLEA

"'Thc telegram Of Mrs. Edna Ger
SON Montague will not in any way
affect my determination OF The
lariss case
In cases OF this sort. have on
ly one province to determine
whether any facts exist which
would warrant me in extending c<-
ccutivc Clcmcncy. | have no right
arbitrarily to set aside the statutes
of the state IF California
My sworn duty is to uphold the
law. The good people who ask me
to abrogutc a plain law that | am
sworn to enforce might with equal
propricty ask the courts to disre-
gard this law.
"Indced, it would be much more
appropriate for those opposed to
capital punishment to go to the
court, and demand OF the Judges
that they refuse to impose SEN
tcnces OF death than for them to
demand that |. without reason. set
aside the verdict OF jury and TIL
solemn Iud4mcnt uf a court
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-03-05

diplomats, tanylc with Japan grow
my out OF the passage by Ialilo.-
ri" ot new anti-alicn law
Washington residents OF many
years, to whom the way, and man
ncrs OF a president have been 4
matter oi intimate oc1Aation,
have watched President Wilson
with interest lie has broken many
preccdents--his ways have been
quite informal, but with the most
conspicuous characteristic O: all
j. his Discrimination to making pub
lie speeches lie ha~ declined huo-
drcds of invitations to functions in
all parts OF the country He na,
attended but one public banquet
Tuesday nights ceremony ol the
National Geographic society. when
Colun>l Gocthals was presented
with gold medal by Mr. Wilson,
on behalf OF the society," Iii, only
other speeches were made to the
American Red Cross last Dccem-
Der, and one to the Daughters, OF
the American Revolution. His trip>
ont OF Washington have been few
While congress has been in session
the president has made it a poin
TO be 1T his desk continuously.
Mr.. Wilson appears with uni
formed aide only at army and nav,
functions. and the motorcycle
which used to prcccde the prcsi
dents motor have been replaced b,
men
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-03-05
PRESIDENT WILSON HAS BEEN
ONE YEAR IN WHITE HOUSE

\SIIT\CTON N3rrL 5Thn-
Year old yesterday. just twelve
.l,unth> 400 at noon, Woodrow
\\,il.,u .,oud an tho ,.,.t irnrt ,i
rim, ran;t.l and tn,l, tn. oath uf nj
.;..,. nsh,.r;ny 1hr Drmncro,,v int
.routrnl ,i .Il bronrhr, ul III. no
t.,,,,.l ..,,,.,.r,,,,,.,,, ,,,- rho f-.,
tim. :, ,v.ntv v.,r.
vt the White House, in e>ecuti> E
;,,,.l ,,r.ln tho l,,. .,rxaI +, ro-
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-03-05

The Commission Of Industry, Ag-
ricuturc and Irrigation, having
charge OF the Carey act enterprises
in this state, today transmitted to
the general land office at Washing
ton 4 report accompanied with a
mas, of evidence in relation to the
operations OF the Nevada Land,
Water and Power company, and
the First Mortgage and Real Is
tate company, doing bu-inc>, in
I.r> \nLclc, and San Diego, Cal.
alleging that such concerns are
lruuducut That under color OF Il
/, mpUrury withdrawal OF Nevada
lands under the Carey act, they
E1yc been unlaWtully di>po,ing OF
hands and water rights and secur-
Ing from homc,crkcr> money and
property "4grc9ating large sums.
I hat such alleged fraudulent trans
actions have, been committed out
side the jurisdiction OF the Nevada
authorities and for such reason the
attention OF the Federal authoritie-
l. called to it with the view Of com
rcllny restitution to the victims
and Furnishing guilty parties.
he two companies have been un-