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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25

l recently narrated an anecdote
based upon a brief informal chat
which l had with zebulon Vance, of
North Carolina, who for some years
represented that State in part in the
United States Senate. 1 mentioned to
Senator Vance that l had heard that
Senator Willis p Mangum, who was
acknowledged to have been one of the
ablest of the United States senators
and public men of his day, had sud
denly resigned his seat for the alleged
reason that he desired to retire from
public life before he reached an age
when his judgment would be likely
to be impaired. and when, by reason
of habit, ne would be disposed to
cling to public office.
Senator Vance admitted that he had
heard a story of that kind associated
with the great North Carolinian, but
was not ready to confirm it. Instead
of doing so. he spoke of the presence
in the Senate of men of venerable
years whose faculties were not at all
impaired and whose public service
was as valuable in the latter years of
their life as 1t was in their earlier ca
reers.
Mr.. Stephen B. Weeks, very promi-
nently associated with history and
education, biography and bibliogra-
ply, bearing the highest honorary de-
gree Johns Hopkins University be-
slows, tells me that 1t was in all prob
ability another distinguished North
Carolina senator, who quilted the
United States Senate for the reason
that was attributed to Senator Man
gum.
II have heard that it was for this
reason that Senator Nathaniel Macon
retired from the United States Sem
ate when he was about seventy-lve
years of age" said Mr. Weeks. Sen
ator Macon resigned his seat in the
Senate about the year 1880. l have
frequently heard from distinguished
men of North Carolina that the rea
son why Senator Macon retired was
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Why Senator Mangnm Resigned His Office

| because of his belief that it would
be expedlent for him to give up his
place while he was still in posses
| sion of his faculties. He lived in
! retirement for several years after
| he resigned, and must have been
| about eighty years of age at the
| time of his death. / am persuaded
that the association of the name of
Senator Mangum with such action is
incorrect.
Senator Mangum was only forty
four years of age when he resigned.
in 1886, He had presumably very
brilliant political future. There is
to be published shortly a record of
the life and times of Senator Man
gum, and reference will be made
to the fact that he was President of
the United States Senate and was so
prominent and able that he was con-
spicuously named as an available can
didate for the Wing nomination for
President. He was North Caro-
lima Wing.
Senator Mangum did not retire
from the Senate because public life
had wearied him. He had been in
structed to vote for the Benton exs
punging resolution. He refused to do
so, and refused also to resign. This
Benton resolution Incident was the
most exciting political topic of the
time.
Senator Mangum expected to be
reelected in 1887, but the North Car
DINA Legislature was Democratic by
a narrow margin Senator Mangum
knew that for that reason he could
not be reelected. and therefore he
resigned a few months before his
term expired. Four years later he
was reelected to the Senate and was
President pro tempore from 1912 to
1886 Had John Tyler died Senator
Mangum would have been. by virtue
of the law, President of the United
States"
Copyright, 1914, by DIR. e. j. Ed
Mards All riphte ,.esarNad
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25

New York city has spent over 80,
900, 600 for its plant" of vocatloniaadl
schools. and Is spending over S2oo'oVu
a year to maintain 1t. Now TINS Is
certainly a wonderful stride IN lhe
right direction. We have too lons
spent money on schools that taught
little or nothing of practical bearing
on daily life and the business Oh
making a living.
Now, therefore, there is a tremeh-
deus pressure upon the authorities 70
provide vocational teaching. In the
present state of public feeling the
school that ignores the requirements
of everyday life is sooner or later
itself ignored-which is really one OF
the most encouraging signs of the
times.
1t is becoming more and more
clearly recognized that in the pres
ent organization of industry the work.
ers must be trained to work and the
State must train them. This is
democratic country. Education is one
of the most important functions OF a
democracy.
Business men who own stores and
factories are naturally most directly
interested in the quality of training
OF their future employees.
iAC NOSdtlOildi SCllOOlS that diC n.y.
springing up into great systems In
the large cities represent that most
important phase of popular educa-
ton. At least 1900, 900 children OF
fourteen are leaving school for the
factory this year. over 5000, 900 boys
and girls between fourteen and six
teen are working for wages. They
are il1-trained. Over three-fourths OF
them have not reached the seventh
year of school. and more than one
half of them fail to reach the sixth
year. The purpose of the National
Society for the Promotion of Indus
trial Education recently formed is
to pay the salaries and travelling ex-
penses of field workers who are as
sisting cities and State to establish
good systems for industrial training
The society publishes and distributes
information; provides office quarters
and pays for the services of a man.
aeer and his corps of experts, both
at headquarters and in the State
branches.
Now, this is certainly one of the
most encouraging social efforts of re-
cent years. Its import is really ire
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25

One of the most popular and sure
ly one of the happiest queens of Eu-
rope was born on July rs. This is
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, who is
said to be the most cultivated royal
lady in Europe. She bears the
degree of doctor of medicine and has
remarkably deep understanding of
European politics.
Elizabeth is the daughter of Charles
Theodore of Bavaria, the famous
royal occulist, with whom Elizabeth
used to work in the free treatment of
the poor of Bavaria. Fourteen years
ago she married Albert, who was at
that time heir apparent to the Bel
gian throne, the nephew of the reign
ing King Leopold, who had the repu-
tation of being the meanest, cruelist
and most immoral monarch in Eu-
rope. 1t is said that if this old king
had lived five years longer the BEL
CLANS would have expressed their dis
gust with the kings and all their
ways by overthrowing the monarchy
and establishing a republic. Five
years ago when the old king died it
became the task of King Albert and
his clever wife Elizabeth to overcome
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Wind Lifted Auto

Herman II. A. Schmidt, proprietor
of Olympic Park, is the owner of an
automobile. Last Thursday Herman
Fl. A. Schmidt, jr., Herbert Baudistel
and two other young men were out in
the car just as the heavy rain and
windstorm of that afternoon APP
preached.
On Ninth street Mr.. Schmidt
stopped the car to put up the top be-
fore the rain came just as the top
was properly fastened the young hur-
ricane that swept the city hit the car,
got under the cover and fairly lifted
the machine into the air, then started
it running backward down Ninth
street with Schmidt, Baudistel and
the others vainly trying to stop the
runaway car and keep 1t on the
ground. A full block was Travelled
before the car was stopped.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
MILKING THE RAILROAD.

The New Haven railroad has been far-reaching
corporation. The Interstate Commerce Commission
found upon investigation that the company had no
less than 336 subsidiary corporations many of which
the commission says in its report were used
up transactions that would not bear scrutiny, mild
general description.
II the relations of managers and directors to
these subsidiaries should be closely investigated the
reasons for them would be made clear A
great railroad system makes enormous amount of
purchases of supplies of all kinds and the subsidiary
companies of which the railroad managers the
stock are given the orders for the same at fancy
prices These are of the transactions that
would not bear scrutiny"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
cIyIIIzrNG THE JERSEY PINE BELT.

How quickly the leaven of education transforms
barbarism into civilization is being shown In the pine
belt of Burlington county That section was made a
by-word only two years ago, when investigation re-
vealed community living like savages; men trading
their wives whskey, imbeciles intermarrying and
children growing up mere animals. With the aid of
rural school teachers whose task rivals that of any
foreign missionary the children of the berrypckers
and wood-choppers being sent to school and
trained to become useful citizens.
They learn with avidity and with surprising ease
considering how their wretched environment has
dulIed their faculties The girls take eagerly to
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
THE ALTMAN ESTATE TAX.

According to the award of the New York surro-
gate the appraisal for taxation of the Altman estate
is about eleven millions the gift to the Metropolitan
Museum and the $40 1000 900 to the Altman founda-
ton being held to be exempt But the State comp
troer holds that the latter amount is taxable it
goes to a proft-sharing corporation The valuable
goodwill of the Altman business is also large
asset not in the tax appraisal
AS assessed the estate will pay about $3.50 900
tax If the comptrollers view prevails the estate
will pay more than double that amount. New York
is State of mlonaires and -millionaires and
derives a very large annual income out of their
deaths
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Sacred Wells

Much more recently when the young
Turks party accomplished it's revolu-
ton in Turkey, sent the old sultan
into seclusion and sought to establish
a modern government, 1T had the as
sistance of various able women. Ed
ucated at American mission schools,
or by foreign governesses at home,
these women had developed the intelli-
gence and patriotism which enabled
them to help the cause very signally.
But when they ventured to appear on
the streets of Constantinople without
the -honored veil of the Moslem
women, they we're mobbed. Some of
them had their clothes torn off, some
were nearly killed. The sanctity OF
the veil was vindicated.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
cheesequale and stump Creeks.

From the New York Sun.
In his fllbuster against the river
and harbor bill Senator Burton has
brought out the fact that 1t does not
carry a single dollar for Cheesequake
Creek and Stump Creek. Those tidal
waters are in Middlesex county, New
Jersey; at least, Cheesequake Creek
is. It is somewhat difficult to iden-
tify Stump Creek. Senator MARITIME
has admitted his ignorance. Perhaps
the oldest inhabitant of the thriving
post village of Cheesequake tpopula-
ton 20O) could enlighten him.
In a report Of the chief of engi-
neers quoted by Mr.. Burton, Stump
Creek was described as "a tributary
stream emptying into Cheesequake
Creek near its mouth" The latter
waterway flows into Raritan Bay
about two miles east of South Am
boy. project to improve both of
them was adopted in 1880 during the
prendicency of Rutherford B. Hayes.
Cheesequake then had depth of
one and one-half feet at mean low
water, and IT was proposed to pro-
vide It with new outlet five feet
deep by abandoning the old mouth
and cutting through beach which
put across the mouth Of the creek
from the right bank" This was done
by constructing parallel jetties of
stone on each side of a dredged chan
mel and stopping up the old outlet
by a pile dixie. Stump Creek was
TO be improved by dredging a chan
mel fifty feet wide and three feet
deep. But nothing was done for
stump Creek. AS Senator Burton
says, at seems to have gone off the
map" The Senate was plainly in
credulous about its existence.
But Cheesequake was improved
and to the amazement of Mr.. MARITIME
there is a balance Of sS,035 left of the
appropriation, which was 100000. The
question arises whether it could be
used to float the commerce of STUMP
Creek, if il can be located. There
seems to be no present need of tbs
money for the maintenance o.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
A Fielder Appointee

Where are you off to, Tom?'' the
man whose hat needed cleaning
asked the man whose hat didn't at
the Market street station.
Down to Sea Grit to see the SOL
diers,'' said the other.
Remember me to Governor Fielder
when you get there"
II don't know the Governor. Do
you?"
mo. l don't, but he knows my
brother. He appointed him to office
this year"
ooh, that's all right, then. BY the
way. what office does your brother
hold ?''
Hes a notary public"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Rescued from Temptation

There's one thing that we can con-
graduate ourselves on" said Mrs.
Corntossel, land that is the fact that
our boy Josh doesn't nurse any OF
these fool notions about running away
and being a pirate"
NO" replied her husband Josh
hasn't any such thought in his mind
He has been readin' up on pirates
lately an has got some idea of how
hard pirate has to work in order
to hold his job. ''-Washington Star.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
BY MARY MARSHALL
JULY rs
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium
Copyrighted 1914.

| this prejudice of the Belgian people
against monarchy, and so far they
have been wonderfully successful in
the task.
The new king and queen had to re-
gain the confidence of the people and
had to persuade them that kings and
queens could lead as good and law
abiding lives as their subjects. Leo
pold had detested family life and had
led a life of open immortality. but
the new king and queen are devoted
to their children and lead as simple
a home life as the majority of their
subjects.
Besides being celebrated for her
learning and her tact, Elizabeth has
the reputation of considerable beau
ty. It is her greatest pleasure to
save her Woodworking husband
whenever she can and she often
takes his place at charita BILE and So
cial functions where the presence of
one of the monarchs is requested.
Queen Elizabeth has four children
They are Leopold, the crown prince,
the Duke of Brabant, who is thir-
teen; Charles, Count of Flanders,
who is eleven. and Maria Jose, a
daughter, who is nine years old.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
THE RETURNED GUARDsMEN.

The return of the First infantry from Sea Girt to-
day ends the first summer maneuvers the regiment
has undergone Unfortunately, the event of the en-
campment married by the death of one guardsman
by lightning and minor injuries to few Others
Apart from these occurrences the experience of the
guardsmen has been highly instructive as we'll as
physically beneficial. They return better soldiers
than when they left Newark week ago.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Dynamite's Discovery.

Dybhmltelb discovery.
From the Rochester Post Express.
Forty-six years ago the first official
test of dynamite in England was
made. The hills around Merstham
shook beneath the mighty vibrations
of a new explosive born to civiliza-
ton. 1t had been discovered by AL
fred Nobel, of Sweden, and its exper-
mental tests made in the preceding
years. Nobel created it to take the
place of the untamed nitro glycerin,
, which had appalled, the world for
| several years with its grim tragedies
| The inventor had lost his father and
brother when his nitro-glycerin fac
| tory had blown up few years before
his discovery. It's death toll was such
| that England, Belgium and Sweden
| forbade its manufacture. The world
! was aroused when as a climax to its
record a ship loaded with nitro-glyc-
erin blew up in mid-ocean while on
it's way from Europe to Chile, and
the governments were on the point
| of prohibiting its use.
1t was then that Nobel began his
experiments toward tanning nitro
glycerin-and created dynamite, or
giant powder" as it was first called
| in the United States.
| Today dynamite is being manufac-
tured in the United States at the rate
of $50, 100000 pounds a year. Filling
F., 5000 freight cars. il is constantly be-
| ing transported over the railroads of
| the country. Though 1t is the third
most powerful explosive in general
use, it has been tanned so that rail-
road companies receive it for trans
portation almost as readily as they
do coal Nitro glycerin, however, is
still under the transportation ban in
both the United States and Europe
| Dynamite Is today one Of the most
important factors in the progress OF
civilization.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Had Money in Bank

A young couple who married in
haste and repented of it just as
hastily, agreed to separate and went
into court to settle upon an amount
the young man should pay toward the
support of his wife.
The wife's lawyer thought she
should have 81 a week, but the other
side thought SIS enough, pleading that
the young man made only a small
salary. The wife volunteered the in
formation that the young man had
money in the bank.
Eyes, I know he has" replied the
husbands lawyer. That's why I'm
here"
Anxious for Peace
There is one Newarker to whom
the restoration of peace in Mexico will
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
WasherwOman Completes Her Fiftieth
Year of Activity for One Family.

ATCHISON, Kan, July 25.-Atchi-
son believes it has the worlds cham
pion washerwoman in Mrs. #. H.
Bailey, who has just taken down the
family washing from the clothesline
in the home of G. B. Buck, thus COM
pleting her fiftieth consecutive year
as the Buck family washerwoman.
A better record for faithfulness is
unrecorded in the annals of washer
women, according to best statistics
available here.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Early Croziers

The earliest mention of the use of a
crozier is of one carried by Ataldus.
archbishop of Reims, who died A. d.
9S3 An ancient Saxon or Norman
font in Winchester Cathedral has a
very old representation of a bishop
with crozier. probably the earliest
example to be found in England. A
crozier of rude shape is cut on the
tomb of Bartholomew, bishop of Elk
eter, from 1851 to 11S4.-London Ora
phic..
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Sacred Eootbindings

Strange how fondly sentiment clings
to any existing custom, especially in
regard to woman. A few years ago
the Manchu throne in China issued
an edict forbidding any further bind
ing of the Chinese girls feet. 1t
evoked a storm of protest that threat
ened to shake the throne, and China
proved that she could furnish the
most able bodied ants of both sexes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Hello Girls Serve Notice to Strike Unless
Mice Are Ousted.

BOSTON. July 25.-The feminine
fear of mice may result in strike
of telephone operators. The young
women of the Dorchester exchange,
after vote taken by their union last
night, served notice on the New Eng
land Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany that they would leave their
switchboards unless the building in
which the exchange Is located were
rid of rodents. At the meeting some
of the girls told of rats and mice
scampering about their skirts.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES

Cheesequake, which carried 44,130
tons of fertilizer, sand, brick, clay and
farm produce to the wide spreading
waters of Raritan bay in 1912 Per
haps Representative Thomas j. Soul
ly, of the Third district, could assist
Senator MARITIME in putting Stump
Creek on the map and getting it
dredged to width of fifty feet and a
depth Of three. At any rate. the bal
ance OF sS,035 ought to be doing some
thing for the district. Mr. Burton
says that there are other pork bar
rel projects "a great deal worse"
than Cheesequake and Stump ever
were. Will he please furnish the par
ticulars New York Sun.
Foolish Republican Senators.
From the Chicago News.
There is danger for the Republican
party in the contest growing out Of
the Presidents effort to secure con-
hrmation by the National Senate OF
the appointment of Messrs. Jones and
Warburg as members of the Federal
Reserve Board. This is indicated by
the course Of the Republican mem
| bers of the Senate committee on
| banking. The vote in that committee
against the confirmation of Mr.. Jones
was TO 4. The votes in favor of his
confirmation were all cast by Demo-
Gratis. OF the vote against confirma-
ton, two were cast by Democratic
| senators Reed, of Missouri, and
Hitchcock, of Nebraska. The other
| five opponents of confirmation were
Republicans. Nearly all the Repub-
| lican Senators are said to oppose the
confirmation of Mr.. Jones as a meth
cd of embarrassing the Wilson ad-
| ministration.
This is a dangerous policy. Mr.
Jones is a man of integrity and abil-
ity. He is well qualified for the po-
sition to which he has been named
| by President Wilson. For RepubIi-
| can senators in any great number tc
| allow themselves to be arrayed
against the confirmation of such a
man, simply for political reasons
would be to invite the distrust of the
business world.
The Republican party has Away,
prided itself upon being the business
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Heap Big Chief of Miami Indians Begs
Cops Forgiveness.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, July U.s.
Falling to his knees and lifting up
his hands in supplication, George
Godfrey last chief of the Miami In
dams, once all-powerful in this sec
ton of the United States, surprised
persons in the city court yesterday
by pleading abjectly for pardon. He
was charged with insulting police
man. The chief was sentenced to
eleven days in jail for intoxication.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25

sewing that they school before 1t is open and
it is hard to get them away in the afternoon. The
people of the pine belt not wild beasts they
human beings who have not had chance.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Who Plants a Cree

What does he who plants tree?
He plants the friend of sun and sky;
He plants the flag of breezes free;
The shaft of beauty towering high;
He plants home to heaven a-high,
For song and mother Groom of bird
In hushed and happy twilight heard
The treble of heavens harmony
These things he plants who plants tree.
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants in sap and leaf and wood
In love of home and loyalty,
And forecast thought of civic good
His blessings on the neghborhood,
Who in the hollow of His hand,
Holds all the growth of all our land;
A nations growth from sea TO sea
Stirs in his heart who plants tree
Henry c., Bunne
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mans party. 1t will lose rather
than gain from seeking a temporary
advantage by taking sides with the
demagogues In the Democratic party
who, for reasons based upon cheap
political claptrap. are fighting two of
the most competent men appointed
by the President to the important
Federal Reserve Board.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
Sacred Economy

Two years ago, after Years of agi-
tation by Florence Kelly. Jane Adams