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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY %. 1914
SHALL WE HAVE PURE OR FILTERED WATER.

Philadelphia expended s22,O00,Oo0 for altering
plant to filter the sewageladen water of the schuy-
kill and Delaware for aaueduct purposes, the intakes
being close the city In effect the people are drink
ing the citys sewage But thousands of well-to-do
families do not use this water They buy bottled
water and are put to immense private expense an
nually The city also has occasional epidemics of
typhoid
The pride of Newarkers is their drinking water
drawn from virgin sources forty miles in the noun
tans 1t is beyond compare The city is now near
the limit of daily supply and sources must be
obtained Shall the city mix filtered sewage water
with it's present pure supply shall it out the
plan originally devised and which held up by the
East Jersey Water Company and the State Water
Commission, of developing the Wanaque watershed?
There is enough water in the Wanaque to supply
the needs of Newark Paterson. Passaic and other
smaller municipalities for years, and the cost thus
divided would be well WITHIN the of all The
wanaque watershed is wild and barren and its nat
ural features can always be preserved and contamina
ton prevented Its acquisition at this time would be
great boon to the municipalities. On the other
hand the Passac at Little Falls increases yearly in
its pollution.
conference of municipalities is to meet at Pat
erson on September IL to decide a plan of joint
water supply. 1t is evident enough that the State
commission favors the purchase of the East Jersey
plant. proposition that only the duly accredited rep
resentatyes the municipalities should decide with
the sanction of the governing bodies
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22

For many centuries Mexico has
been the home of many races Most
of us are wont to regard it as the
home of only the Aztecs, with whose
civilization Prescott and the early
Spanish chroniclers have made us
more or less familiar. The archaeolo-
gist and student of pre-Columbian
and prehistoric times, however,
knows that there We're races, es-
pecially in Southern Mexico and parts
of Central America, whose ancient
civilization had no connection with
the empire of the Montezumas, and
whose wonderful works. long ago fall
len into decay and ruin, are now the
subjects of scientific research anG
study. To Americans, at least, these
should be as interesting as the ruins
of ancient Egypt or the buried cities
of Asia and the Far East.
Under the title, "Ancient Temples
and Cities of the New World" the
Monthly Bulletin Of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union, Washington. ID. c., has
been publishing a series Of articles
dealing with these relics of a splendid
but long-forgotten people. One of the
most interesting of the ruined cities
bore the name of Chichen TIA, once
the Holy City of the Mayas. a peo-
pie of whom Sylvanus G. Morley
writes:
Long before the discovery of
America there fourished in Southern
Mexico, Guatemala, and parts of Hon
duras a great civilization, which has
been called the Maya. II may be said
without exaggeration that this civili-
zation had reached a height equalled
by no other people of the Western
Hemisphere prior TO the coming of the
white man. In architecture, sculp-
ture, and in painting the Mayas ex-
celled. Their priests were astrono-
mers of no mean ability, having OBJ
served and recorded, without the aid
of instruments of precision such as
are known to us, the lengths of the
Solar and Venus years, and probably
the lengths of the Merclry and Mars
years. In addition to this they had
developed a calendar system and pre-
fected chronology. which in some
of its characteristics was equal to our
own.
but the ancient glory of this peo-
pie had long since departed when
fernando Cortez first came in con-
tact with them on the. coast of Yu-
catan in 1913. Their star had set
Their grea test cities had been aban-
doned and lay in ruins Even the
memory of the older cities Of their
culture, such as Palenque, Copan and
Quirigua, for example. seems to have
passed from the minds of men. their
former existence forgotten Prob
ably the largest, and certainly the
most magnificent of the ruined cities
which the Spanish conquerors found
on their arrival in Yucatan was
Chichein liza. around which, even in
it's desolation, there still cluster
thousand traditions of former sane
tity and splendor. The name is Maya,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
FLAGS ARE UP
IN ALLENHURST
HAL" REPORTS
ycur Special correspondint.

your Special correspondent.
Allenhurst, N. jersey. July 21-Alle
flags our 3 ordered out at full maste
by the Hon eummlsuniers OF are
1'owne in glory an homer of j. p. t.
the townes noted cetizen whom is
now In are midst Too stay allie Seespn
during Summer Spell Wen he is
Allowed day offe by jones' Wuzburger
nobel defender hon. w Wilson whom
Hon. sen. Penrose thinks is fulish
president an has ears near cabel
running from W. (white) house an lawn
tents grounds of his fren an fellow
COMMITTEEMAN king George Fift 2 here
wat are ]. Bulls desires mex to weaken
eject of Munroes Doctrines wich say
not l wurde about grape Jooice only
Banana diplowmacie en- are afaires
of State with wurld o X alrite
heerd the other evening vile attend
ing me meny an newmerus an most
trying Sociel ingagmints that Dudley
Fielder Maloney whom searches an
Sieezes all the Fur coats and Golfers
OF the womens travelirs at the n. Y.
port of entering Bdway. an the Lob
sters palaces was 2 muve downe too
are midst to be neer the adminus-
ira tiun on Euclids Av. But the Reel
Estates agints refuse to purjoor
themselves on RECEIPT of the News
wen | asked of Its voracity for feer
OF being swampt with other celebrates
in hunt for houses within are midst
in order to be neer Hon. j in his lit
tie W. (white) house. more Soon again
Shortly.
yours Truelly,
HAL.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22

Flippi, the chronicler Of the dukes
expedition, has expressed an opinion
that with the equipment for noun
tain climbing now available a man
may win his way up still higher.
The Alpinist has to lift his own
weight at every step and also put
forth good deal Of exertion to keep
himself from falling. At any height
above 10000 feet the strongest man
draws his breath heavily and adj
Vances slowly. as he uses his feet
and hands to climb. Even the hardy
Italian duke would reach the limit of
endurance at an altitude not much
greater than $4,000 feet How is it
with the aviator, who sits behind the
wheel. composed and calculating?
How high can he rise before nature
rebels?
James Galisher. an Englishman, in
a balloon ascension from the Green
wish observatory on September 8.
1867. to make observations in the
higher strata of the atmosphere,
reached an altitude considerably
above $4,000 feet He estimated from
the fact that the balloon was rising
] 1000 feet a minute when he became
insensible at $4,000 feet and was fall
ing 600 feet minute when he came
to himself 10 minutes later, that he
reached an altitude of 81 900 feet
Scientific men have disputed his con-
clusion, however. They allow him an
altitude greater than $4,000 feet. but
the material fact is that Calisher
collapsed al that height, although in
tensely interested in his record
breaking performance.
There is another case OF even great
err pertinency. On April IS, 1875, Gas
ton Tissandler, H. 4. SiVel and j. Il.
Croce-S pinelli made an ascension
from Paris in the Zenith. They got
up to 1880 feet, but only Tissandier
came down alive. In the rarefied
atmosphere the others persisted. Still
later, on July 81, 1901. one Berson and
i r. J. Surfing actually noted a baro-
metric reading corresponding to ia
500 feet in balloon ascension. and
they went higher, but although they
| had oxygen with them to inhale were
insensible above the altitude reported.
| From these several cases the concll-
sion may be drawn that the aviator
who tries TO break the record of Del
mich, made at Leipsc. will
| be inviting Inconsistencies and death
| II he forces his flying machine much
higher than $4,000 feet.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
AMERICAN TRADE MISSIONARIES.

American manufacturers and merchants have lived
under the reproaeh that they content with do
nestle markets and left the foreign markets Euro
peans Our consular reports for years have testified
to this strange lack of enterprise we'll to the
stupidity of American exporters in failing to study
the peculiar needs of the foreign consumer even
packing goods in proper way. German exporters
make study of all the points of the game in Latin
America and Germany gets the trade.
New York commercial interests have now awakened
to the facts which consular agents have set forth in
vain. Fourteen merchants sailed yesterday for a
of Latin-America to spread the gospel of Ameri
can trade and exhibit their samples. They also
90 learn all about Latin-American trade the customs
and ways of the various peoples and the best
of introducing American goods. This mission cannot
fail to have good results, and it may begin
epoch for American trade in Latn-America. The
opening of the Panama Canal gives merchant
ships quick and easy to the west coast and
there is market which must fight for.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
JULY %
Emma Lazarus Sara lie Moyne
Copyrighted
JULY p
by MARY MARSHALL

actor, and after this returned TO the
stage, where she again. won great
praise as a comedienne. In 1900, when
she was over forty, she won her
greatest success when she played IN
the play, "The Greatest Thing in theN
World.
Emma Lazarus. who was born nine
years earlier than Sarah lie Moyne.
is probably the most celebrated jew
ess of American birth. At seventeen
she published her first book and de-
voted the remainder of her thirty
eight years of life to literary work
in behalf OF her race. She was
greatly influenced by Emerson and
was for many years most inter-
ested correspondent and friend of that
famous man.
The persecution of the Hebrews,
which occurred in Russia in 1879,
lSindled her interest in her perse-
cuted race and she did much to rouse
the sympathy of her fellow-men and.
women for these unfortunates. She
published a series of ''Epistles to the
Hebrews" which carried with it
plea for Americans to return to the
various pursuits and broad systems
of physical and intellectual education
OF their ancestors" and to relieve the
sufferings of other Hebrews the
world over. She also carried on
campaign urging a closer study of
Hebrew history and literature than
was. usual with American Hebrews
at that time.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22

Colonel William r. Morrison, who
SCI we'd many years as n represent
alive of. Congress for one of the Illi-
nois districts and was chairman of
the ways and means committee un-
der the speakership of John c. Car
isle, was esteemed as adroit a
technical politician-adroit in the
technique of politics-as any man of
his time at least any who sat upon
tie Democratic side of the House of
Representatives He directed the can
vass which resulted in the election
OF Mr.. Carlisle as speaker, in the fall
OF 1883, with extraordinary ability,
the actual vote differing by only two
from the personal canvass Colonel
Morrison had made.
Colonel Morrison was of sufficient
breadth of mind to be willing to ac-
cord due praise to any Republican
speaker for political ability than was
contained in few words with which
he described the canvass for the Re-
publican nomination for speaker of
the House of Representatives in the
last week of November. 1881.
He was chatting with me at the
old Riggs House in Washington.
few days after the Republican caucus
of the House had nominated General
Joseph Warren Keifer for speaker.
''Keifer Is a good fellow he said.
HE was brave soldier and he un-
derstands parliamentary procedure
fairly well. But I should think that
some weeks must pass before he gets
over the bewilderment occasioned by
the sudden and brilliant stroke which
made it possible for him to defeat
Frank Hiscock in the Republican
caucus.
II have not yet been able to learn
exactly how it was done. But my
friends on the other side tell me that
it was accomplished single-handsd
by Don Cameron.
For a week before the Republic r
caucus Frank Hiscock's nomination
for speaker seemed to be inevitable.
/ was certain that he would be no eli
mated, and / even went so far rs IL
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22

Sarah CowelI lie Moyne, who was
born in New York city July y, 1895;
has the distinction of being the most
successful of American Browning
readers. She began and ended her
career as an actress. She nrst
showed her ability in elocution as
little girl and when she was young
woman she gave Rotations for her
friends. Nine. Blavatsky, the leader
of the Thaosophists, happened to near
her and 1t was her encouragement
and praise that led the young elocu-
ZIONIST to go on the stage. 1t was
when she was twenty-one that she
made her debut, but success did not
come in a day. For several seasons
she worked without recognition and
then when she took the part as an
eccentric old woman in a popular
play of the day she at once gained
fame. Not long after this triumph
she left the stage to give readings,
and so successful was she in this
branch of dramatic work that she
decided to quit the stage. In 1884 she
Went to England and gave readings
in the drawlug-rooms of many of the
most prominent men of letters in
London. She met the poet. Brown
ing, in this way and received great
praise from him for the manner in
which she rendered his own poetry
She has never been rivaled by an
American as Browning reader
When Miss Cowell was twenty-nine
she married William lie Moyne, the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How Dor Cameron Mystified tIle POIticians

congratulate him on his probable
success.
"Of course. you know that General
Keller was occasionally spoken of Is
candidate for the speakerShip, lnd
had come following, but it was pre-
sumed to be purely complimentary
end to have been created for the pur
pose of securing for Keller either ire
Craftsmanship of the ways and means
or the appropriations committee.
Don Cameron had been plow:ns
very deeply and very silently 70
know he fishes with a very 1eep line,
as the politicians say. and has never
failed to fish successfully.
''In some way he was able to swing
the Pennsylvania delegation over to
Kelfer. He made combinations of
which the Pennsylvania delegation
was the keynote, and did it so quietly
and SO swiftly that nobody suspected
what was going on until the vote
showed that Keifer was elected.
II wish l could find out exactly how
he did it, Nobody seems to know.
Certainly those who do know--if
there are any such-are not willing
to tell.
IT have an idea that this nomina-
ton of General Keifer as speaker was
the first step in the direction OF the
Presidential nomination of 1884 I sus-
pect that it may mean the nomination
of Sherman. Don Cameron and Sher-
man are good friends. I also suspect
that if Garfield had lived the admin
istration would have taken a part in
the speakership contest and the
speaker would have been a man who
had Garfield's complete confidence.
$50, you see, there are two features
of this nomination of Keifer which
are of great interest to me. One is
that associated with the very skillful
politics which made it possible, and
the other is the relation under Don
Cameron's leadership of Keifer's
for speaker to the Repub
lican Presidential nomination in
1884.
Copyright, 1914, by e. ]. Edwards.
All rights reserved)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
In the World of Labor

to an overstocked market. It was
better that they should return to
Germany rather than become a bur-
den on this country.
The question of occupational dis
eases will be given much attention in
the future in California because Of
decision by the State Industrial Ac-
cident Board, which rules that lead
poisoning does not constitute an in
dustrial act, but is an occupational
disease. A claim for damages under
the compensation act was disallowed.
This decision is of particular impor-
lance to printers, painters, employees
of lead smelters and others exposed
to this disease.
The members of the Embroidery
Workers Union recently decided to
join the International Ladies' Gar
ment Workers. Application for a
charter of utilization with the latter.
organization has just been filed and
favorable action is expected The
Embroidery Workers Union has a
membership of 1,500 men and women,
The membership is divided into five
locals, two of which are in New Jer-
sey and one each in Manhattan,
Brooklyn and the Bronx
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
The ''Holy City Of the Mayas

and means The Mouth of tie wels
of the ItzaS.'
ITO visit the ancient city now, one
jolts for fifteen long and wearF miles
in a two wheeled cart drawn by three
mules over the toughest kind of
highway imaginable. Finally, when
it seems that the limit OF physical
endurance has been reached. the cart
suddenly lurches around a sharp turl
in the road. and, as if by magic, tbs
lofty Castillo flashes into view. tower
ing high above the plain and the rest.
of the city. q
This imposing structure, the high
est in Yucatan, rises seventy-eightI
feet above the plain. The pyramid
on which the temple stands is ~
feet long and covers. about an acre
of ground. 1t is made of nine ter
races of faced masonry each ter
race deliberately paneled Ito relieve
the monotony of effect. UP the cen
ter of each OF it's four sides rises
stairway thirty-seven feet wide. These
stairways have massive stone balus-
trades, carved to represent serpents.
the heads being at the bases of the
stairways and fianking them.
THE Castillo would seem to have
been the centre of the ancient city, and
probably its chief sanctuary. To the
hui III llCS tie A6IlOlG NWGlD
and the causeway leading 10 it. On
the east is vast group of buildings,
colonnades. courts and pyramids. the
City of Thousand Columns as some
one has picturesquely describes it.
Due west is the group of structures
known as the Ball Court. To the
south, for half a mile or more, scat
tered through the jungle, are pyra-
mids, courts, temples and palaces.
The central location of the Castillo
with reference to all of these, as well
as its great size and commanding
height, argue strongly that it was the
chief sanctuary of the holy city. In
another structure. the House of the
Tigers are found the remnants of
several beautiful mural paintings.
One of these represents an stack
by an enemy on a large city, splen-
didly executed. and presents perhaps
the most remarkable piece of abor-
iginal painting known to be in exist
ence. The total area covered by the
ruins has been estimated at ten
square miles"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
Che BUOY Bell

The buoy-bes lone challenge wakes dream of long
When the happy sound of church bells out across the
1t sounds its warning DER the murmur of the reef
Where heartless tides sobbng like lostsou grief
There and happy laughter and the CLINT OF oyet
eyes,
Now sess is falling from the seelgray Arctic skies
The angry surf booming the stubborn ockbound shore
While the memory ship drifting the happy days OF yore
The Northern wolf is calling the headands windswep
height.
Hark He sounds the call of hunger the Arctic night
The meworn dying and the waits at the door,
The beacon light blinking from the shadows OF the shore
The mystic North sleeping meath the blanket of the
But weary hearts dreaming of the fragrant Southern rose
The wild surf sounds its challenge and the shore filings back
reply
The world bound in chains of meath the deary Arctic
sky, Chart Pitt.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
THE GARIBALD1s IN NEWARK.

The visit to Newark last night of the two grand
of Giuseppe Garibaldi who achieved Italian unity
signaized by general turnout of the Italian
speaking population and enthusiastic reception
AS there formaity in the visit the reception
was confined to the Italian-American element and,
in fact. it simply to meet these compatriots that
the brothers to Newark.
To the Italian these represent ideals for Italy
yet to be realized. There is Italy within the
Austrian empire venetia was, that one day,
disciples of Garbald believe will be wrested away
In his address last night General Garibaldi gave i'm
passioned that dominating thought of the
Italian nation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22

You'll have to show me-Fm from
Missouri"
How often you have heard that
phrase, Internationally how tired
you have grown of it. But maybe
there was a time when you wondered
where it originated.
Matt Knapp. a secret service de-
tective of New York. says it grew
out of the enactment of the Missouri
marriage laws. Prior to 1881, Missouri
had about the zero in marriage laws,
Mr.. Knapp says. Any couple who had
the inclination and could find JUS
tice of the peace or preacher, could
join hands for better or for worse,
and didn't have to say anything to
the State about it.
No questions were asked about
ages, of consent of parents. and un-
willing justices and preachers seldom
were found other adjoining States
strove for years to get Missouri to
pass some State marriage laws, be-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
Origin Of Show Me :

cause young people from Kansas.
Iowa and other States could step
across the line, holler at justice,
and be married in hurry-up style, and
there was no State regulation Of it,
In 1881 a law was passed making
it misdemeanor for a preacher or -
justice TO marry persons not having
State license, and setting the age
of marriageable women at eighteen
years. If the applicant for license did
not know the age of the bride-elect,
he had to produce her to the license
clerk and let him judge her age
When the applicant went back after
the girl. she asked the reason, T
course, why she had to go along &c
get the license. When told that the
law required her exhibition. shfi re-
marked, ooh, you've got to show he,
nave you?"
This occurred many times duri'g
the first year or so of the laws ef-
fectiveness. and became. a by-wosd,
according to Mr.. Knapp.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
THE FUTURE NATIONAL GUARD.

In time the New Jersey National Guard will have
its aeronauic corps and its flying machines for these
weapons coming into common in all the
armies of the world. brigade such that of New
Jersey as organized under the Dick law, is composed
of infantry, cavalry artillery engineers signal corps
and other minor organizations. In the near future
1t will have its corps of airmen.
There will also be change made in the artillery,
which will be constructed with view its use against
air machines without mparing it's use for horizontal
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
CAPTAIN JEREMIAH O'BRIEN

drifted toward the sea as if about to
pass near the warship The sloop,
apparently badly handled, fouled the
warship and instantly scores of
Yankees boarded the foreign craft
armed with pitchforks. axes and mus
kets. A battle followed, in which
the Americans were victorious after
losing six men and killing ten of the
enemy, including Lieutenant Moore
This was the first naval engagement
of the Revolution.
The lumber sloop was under the
command of Jeremiah O'Brien and
four of his brothers were in the crew
Joseph O'Brien, the youngest brother
was only sixteen years old and his
request to form one of the party was
refused. He struggled himself aboard
the craft and during the fight proved
TO be very much of a man.