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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
THE LAND PROBLEM IN NIExICo.

II our government is going to settle the land ques-
ton in Mexico and there be peace in Mexico
until it is settled basis of justice, the real
problem has as yet hardly been approached. Nothing
in the shape of an equitable proposition can be ex-
pected from the mediators at Niagara, for they
are all representatives of the n-Amercan land
owning arstocracy.
1t is recorded that under the government OF Diaz
land was coniscated by millions of acres to make
haciendas for the dictators personal friends.
Peasants were expelled or shot down by the
rurales-n one valley it is estimated that population
of nearly 10000 wiped out to make a baronial
estate for single family In other instances public
lands we're sold from three to cents per acre
Many of the large landowners have no real title to
their huge estates Injustice and robbery in the past
must be atoned for and estates broken up to make
peasant freeholds
Carranza is doing work OF this kind already in
Northern Mexico and if left carry out his plans
will make a redistribution Of lands throughout the
whole of Mexico. Whatever part our government
may take in this regeneration of the country must be
in cooperation with Carranza and surely not with any
reactonary regime that Huera and the interests he
represents want to set up to protect the medieval
system which now prevails in Mexico.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
$4,000, 900 for street Cleaning.

from the New York Evening Sun.
The statement from Street Clean
ing Commissioner Fetherston that
the city of New York needs TO spend
s15000,000 on new equipment in order
to be sure of having it's highways
clean and passable at all seasons OF
the year is likely to stagger the ultl-
mate taxpayer. who wonders where
on earth he even gets the money,
anyway, to keep the municipality
running.
But. let's see, it was upward of
81, 100000 that the city had TO pay
out this winter alone for snow re
moval purposes, and then its streets
could hardly have been described as
passable. If the new equipment last
ed that long 1t might pay for itself
at that rate at the end Of SIX years
or SO, particularly if its operation
should prove less costly than that OF
the horse-drawn carts now IN use, as
Mr.. Fetherston claims it would.
IT isn't the commissioner idea 10
spend all the money at once. lie
suggests that the Board of Estimate
allow him $253,000 TO equip q model
district bounded by Twelfth and
Fortieth streets, Fifth avenue and
The East river. He estimates that the
elimination of horses in that district
will save s54,342 a year in operation:
IF the Fetherston plan is approved
traction engines will soon be draw
ing trains of covered garbage and
ash cars through the streets and the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13

The flag of nation is its emblem. In paying
honor to its folds we do reverence to the nation
From time immemorial the flag has stood for ma
tionality and its has inspired heroic deeds
All history is filed with this sentiment. which has
made and destroyed empires and has led the nations
of the earth on the steady march higher cviliza
ton.
Our national flag born in the great travail OF
a revolution and it has been changed with growth
The original thirteen States have increased to forty
eight and each State has added a 1t is the
only flag the world that undergoes changes as the
nation progresses but the glorious of flag
remains 1t is always the Stars and Stripes, the
emblem of a nation of free
We are not demonsratve people and are in
elfned to be little ashamed of strong sentiment.
Superficial foreign observers of the American people
say they have little or 10 sentiment They said that
prior to the great Civil War. which brought a
popular sentiment which survived four years of the
greatest civil war in history
And let Us remember what Gag during
that tremendous struggle. what it was to the thou
sands of brave men who fought and died under its
folds and what it meant finally when our victorious
armies deded before Lincoln in the great review at
Washington.
There indeed glorious traditions OF our flag
for the nation cherish 1t has been upheld with
distinguished houor by navy since the first naval
vessel was launched; it has been borne with credit
by American arms in different and in different
climes; it was in Cuba. in China, in the Philip
pines as well in Mexico And always it has been
stainless. Ne American needs TO blush for that em-
blem and none should hide on Flag Day.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13

Battle of Hastings; lauds the romau-
tic inspiration of Gonzalo de Bercco;
praises the press OF Juan Manuel;
pays a glowing tribute to eLope de
NUga; goes into ccstasies over the in-
iniitable Cervantes; paints with
pencil dipped in molten gold the gio-
ries Of the past of Spain, once mistress
Of the seven seas, and frankly con
fesses, to the delight of his hearers
that with the hold it has on South
American nations the language of the
mother country will supplant French
and possibly English also as a world
tongue. He gives dates and incidents
largely unknown to his Spanish lis
teners, about the history of their own
land And in the roseate mist-let US
not mention the cuttlefsh in this con
nection-San Juan Hill and Manila
Bay and Santiago are absolutely lost
to sight; and the Castilians have had
an enchanted and enchanting expert
ence.
Since the late julius Caesar
charmed the pirates on the vessel
where he was a prisoner; joked with
them: told them stories, promised to
come back and hang them all, iocu-
larly, and later did 1t with dead seri-
BUSINESS, the magnetism of a genius
was never subjected to a more strik-
ing test. As for the king of Spain,
Roosevelt has lunched at La Granja
with Alfonso, and nobody has flung
a sugar bowl at his head. Spain will
not forget the colonel. He adds al
ways to the gaiety of nations.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
BY MARY MARSHALL.
JUNE 13
Madame d'ArbIay
Copyrighted 1914.


When Madame d'Arblay-then
Frances Burney-heard of the pho
nomenal success of her first book she
rushed out of the house into the gar
den and danced round and round the
mulberry bushes in delight. No Won
der the young authoress-she was
twenty-six at the time-was de-
lighted. The story, "Evelina, or a
Young Lady's Entrance Into the
World" had been growing in her
mind since her childhood. She began
to scribble stories at ten, but on her
fifteenth birthday in a spirit of self
discipline she had burned all the
manuscripts. Evelina, however, one
of her childhood heroineS, she could
not drive from her mind and there
she dwelt and thriyed for years.
The result was the ananomous pub
lication i'm 177S of the book. 1t met
with unqualified success. Sir Joshua
Reynolds, it is said, took il up at
table and was SO engrossed in it that
a member of his family had to feed
him the rest of his meal He and Ed
mund Burke, the celebrated states
man, sat up over night to finish it,
After reading it, Sheridan, the
dramatist, said he would accept any
thing of hers unseen. DR.. johnson
was so delighted with ii that he al
most learned it by heart and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
A CHANGED BRIDGE PROPOSITION.

The Hudson bridge commissioners have seen some
light How they to entertain the idea of assess
ing the cost of bridge and terminal according to
raables of the five counties passes comprehension. A
more inequtable plan could not have been conceived
The commissioners realize the impossibiity Of
financing the enterprise in that way and have re-
turned the original plan of having the State
assume the assessment for the bridge
AT the same time it would be practicable for the
counties to unite for the construction of terminal
TO about eleven million dollars but not by the
plan of assessment according to ratables. The
counties should pay the basis of benefits and not
on their ability to pay Hudson and Bergen counties
win get the lions share of the benefits, and their
assessments should be in the same proportion.
How to get the State to assume New Jersey s
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
ANOTHER PETITION.

If the promoters of the commission government
petitions which are under serious scrutiny should
decide to withdraw them TO avoid any more such
revelations as have been made and get up a new
petition they will adopt different policy.
For the petitions in possession of the City
Clerk hundreds of signatures given in careless
good nature by men who have since had reason to
regret their act and would like to recall it. The
petition eauyassers fairly combed the city to get
signatures even resorting to the hire of needy men
TO do the work. with the natural result of wholesale
fraud
They made the mistake OF believing that the
petitions would not be questioned. They know
now that any future petition Of the kind must be
above suspicion. Care must be taken in getting
signatures THE work will be harder for that
while the field to work in will be much smaller.
Many hundreds of the sgners of the present petitions
will be unapproachabe. After all it is not easy
TO turn a city government upside down.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13

mimicked the characters with roars
of laughter.
Evelina was not Frances Burney's
only successful book, in fact almost
everything she wrote WIS enthusi-
astically received by Il friendly
public.
Frances Burney was born in 1l52.
Her father was a music teacher and
after the death of her mother remar-
ried. The second Mrs. Burney was a
kind stepmother, but she and her hus
band were so busy that they had lit
tie time to devote to the education Of
Frances. She WAS not sent to school
and practically educated herself. She
made many interesting and influential
friends, and in 1856 became second
keeper of the robes to Queen Char
lotte. Her duties at court were very
trying. Her hours were long and her
pay was small, and in 1871 much
against the queens wishes she re-
signed. She travelled to regain her
health and two years later, when she
was fortY-one years old. she was mar.
ried to General d'Arblay. a French
refugee and an old friend of La
fayette.
In spite of poverty the married life
of the d'Arblays was very happy.
Madam d 'Arblay was always received
with great friendliness at court and
she and her husband mingled with
all the most interesting men of
France and England of the time
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
THE ARMY's VALUE IN PEACE.

Addressing the graduating class of the United
States Military Academy which included the first full
Dlooded Filipino admitted to West Point Secre-
tary Garrison yesterday very happily referred to the
American army tho all-around handy man of
the government whose duties in peace include such
valuable services saving lives, maintaining order
and distributing food clothing and medicine in times
Of flood and tornado lighting forest fires and policing
strke-datraeted regions, in Colorado And the
war secretary APPLY summed up the reason for this
all-arouud hardness in one -character-for the
army officer starts off with education and spirit;
he learns to control others by learning self-contro
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
UPLIFT TALKS
BY oRISoN SWEET MAKDBN
Author of Pushing to the Front Etc
Copyright 1914.
THE PLAYED-oUT MAN

/ or thinking clearly, of planning ef-
feetively. 1t is impossible to focus
jaded mind. Brains that are exhaust
ed by abnormal living. by the lack of
recreation and sleep, cannot do good
work.
A man, in order to do big things,
must keep his mind fresh and respon-
sive When the faculties are keen and
sharp. and are spurred on by good
red blood in a vigorous constitution,
when there is Astounding vitality, he
will do more planning, clearer think
ing and more real effective work in
three or four hours d day than they
who depend upon the everlasting
grind will accomplish in twelve or
fourteen. Many a man has killed his
reputation and lost his power to pro-
duce by forcing his brain to work too
many hours each day.
We all need, and especially those
who are living an intense, strenuous
life, some balancing, cumpensating
hobby or fad, otherwise the brain will
tend continuously and strenuously in
one direction. and is in danger of be-
coming one-sided, obsessed with one
idea. This is the reason why people
who live strenuous lives require
great deal of recreation and amuse-
ment: they need lots of variety in
their lives in order to restore their
mental balance and prevent one
sidedness.
Most of us are at war with our
selves, are oud own worst enemies.
We expect a great deal of ourselves,
vet we do not put ourselves in a con-
dition to achieve great things.
Thousands of men would accom-
plish vastly more if they would get
out of their Offices factories or other
places of business earlier, work fewer
hours. and take more time to keep up
their physical and mental standard by
outdoor exercises and healthful recre-
alton. In other words, it is the great
est possible economy to keep oneself
up to standard.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
Motorboat PeriIs

a Well-known dentist and three of
his friends started for a trip down
Newark bay in the dentists motor
boat.
Wen just make the trip. down
and come right back" said the navi-
gator.
Dusk was beginning to set in when
they came within sight of the home
dock. Everything had been as fine
as could be expected. Good weather,
no motor troubles and four good din
ners awaiting them.
just then another launch bearing
the ensign of the United States GUS
toms department bore down upon the
dentists party.
"It will cost you fellows 500 for
navigating at this hour without a
light aft said the official in charge
of the customs boat.
Numerous explanations were made,
but the customs officer was firm.
You'll have to make your excuses
to the department at Washington -
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How It All Depended on What Uncle John Said

twenty-five or thirty years ago,
when the Boston and Maine railroad
system was undertaking that great
work of expansion which subsequent
~ gave to it control of the railroad
situation north of Boston, in New
Hampshire. in Maine and in a part
of Vermont. | was associated with
some of those who were working out
important Details said Asa Potter,
formerly a banker of Boston, and now
a citizen of New York.
In view of the recent difficulties in
the New England railroad situation
i'm which the Boston and Maine rail-
road system was involved, have
often thought of some of those eXpe-
rieuces which | met with when the
work of consolidation was in prog
ress.
one incident comes with special
force to my mind, in view OF the pc
culiar prominence one of those who
were associated with the transaction
afterward gained. The late Frank
Jones. who at one time was very
prominent as a Democratic politician,
ana man of whom Grover CleVe-
land became very fond, was for some
years president of the Boston and
Maine. He was himself a quaint
character, who began ife as tin
peddlcr, and who became one of the
great leaders of affairs in the state of
New Hampshire. He also served for
Il time as member of Congress, gain
ing thereby a unique reputation as
having been the only Democrat who
had been sent by New Hampshire to
Congress for many years.
Mir. Jones had called meeting of
the directors of the Boston and Maine
for the purpose of considering Il plan
OF leasing a railroad or of buying its
control. I WAS present at that meet
ing. There was a very exciting dis
Cussion. Most of the directors were
Glcar-headcd and strong-minded men.
some of them favored the proposition
that stock control should be secured
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13

through purchase, while others
thought the better way was to lease
the road. One or two directors did
not favor the proposition from any
point of view
Mr.. Jones said nothing, but lis
tened intently to the discussion. He
knew that the directors would give
Kim practically unanimous support
in whatever decision he might reach
AT last he said We'll, now, every
body has had a chance to say what he
thinks about this proposition. |
haven't said anything yet because l
haven't made up my mind what is
best to do. l am going to send for
Uncle John. We will have a meeting
in the course of two or three days,
and I will have Uncle John here to
look over the proposition. Whatever
he says | shall agree TO-
Two or three days later another
meeting was held and Uncle John was
there. He was a plain, farmer-like
man, who constantly rubbed his
hands over his chin or over his
cheeks or through his hair. He wore
a fur cap made out of muskrat skins.
lie listened patiently for two or three
hours to all that was said saying
nothing himself. At last Mr.. Jones
said to him: We'll, Uncle John, what
do YOU think"
Uncle John ran his fingers through
his hair. strokcd his chin and then
said: We'll. | think tnuswise. And
he won't on to explain what he meant
by 'thuswise' When he had finished
Mr.. Jones said: I accept Uncle
Johns thusWise opinion In that way
the proposition was determined.
Years later, when | read a novel
by Winston Churchill, in which he
depicted the famous New Hampshire
boss I recognized under the assumed
name-and so did everybody else who
knew the mani Frank Jones's Uncle
john
Copyright, 1914, by L. J. Edwards
,-..lA
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13

One of the most pathetic sights in
this country today is the played-ouJ
man. We see him everywhere, bald,
gray and wrinkled, with many marks
of age before he has reached middle
life. There is something wrong when
the human machine, which is planned
and calculated TO run into it's second
century, becomes used up and is
headed for the scrap heap long before
1t has reached the fiftieth milestone.
1t is pitiable to see people starting
out in life with ambition to make a
place for themselves, and yet running
the possibilities of doing anything
great by sacrificing their health, the
very thing on which they are most de-
pendent for the attainment of their
object
Did you ever realize what splendid
capital for success there is in good
health, q strong, vigorous constitu-
ton, which is able to stand any
amount of hard work, hard knocks =?
Did you ever think that the very
physical ability to stand a long, per-
sistent strain, great physical reserve,
has carried many men through hard
times and discordant conditions, I'M
der which weaker men would have
gone down completely?
We can succeed without money cap
ital but we cannot succeed without
physical and mental vitality. No de-
fective machine can turn out good
work. Vigorous. robust health dou-
bles and quadruples the efficiency and
power of every faculty and function.
1t tones up the human economy; it
clears the cobwebs from the brain,
brushes off the brain ash improves
the judgment, sharpens every faculty
increases the energy, refreshenS the
cells in every tissue of the body.
It is a great art to learn to accumu-
late or conserve vitality, to store this
excess capital away for use in cases
of emergency. A muddled, exhausted
brain is incapable of doing good work,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
HUCK FINN'S ISLAND.

The Mississippi River region served
with hydroelectric energy from the
Keokuk water power plant Of the
Mississippi River Power Company
was long age made famous by the
writings of Mark Twain Samuel l..
Clemens) who lived at Hannibal, Mo,
and as boy took part in the juvenile
adventures afterWard recuuuted in
the familiar stores Of Tom Sawyer
and Huckleberry Finn. Huck cherry
Finn's island still remains in the
Mississippi River near Hannibal, but
is now the property Of the power
transmission company and supports
the mid-stream tower structure of the
high-tension crossing at this point
Elec trical World.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
WAITING FOR \ LINE ON DEFIANCE.

Now that Resolute has defeated Vanite in five
races out of and has made clean sweep of the
three thus far sailed the course, the superb
ority of the sloop built lay Herreshoh for the New
York Yacht Club syndicate Mr. Cochran's per
sonal venture appears to be fairly demonstrated.
Public interest now centres on the still unknown guam
tity Defiance which again yesterday remained out of
the running In ali probability the honor Of defend
ing the Americas Cup lies between Resolute and the
tr-eity syndicate creation, and the superstous arc
pointing to the tradition which assigns eight letters
To the name of the Yankee cup racer
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
FINANCING THE rARMER-MoronIsr.

II Wisconsin is a fair guide, the American farmer
as a motorist is element OF prosperity for the
money-lend as well for the automobile maker.
The average agriculturlst that State buys 900
machine, but borrows half the purchase price on
notes. and the banks find the financing of farmers
motorcars an important part of their business. One
town of SOC people reports applications for $4,000
this kind of loans But it is not likely that taking
the country large, farmers going more heavily
into debt than other people to crafty the motoring
passion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13

share of the bridge cost is conundrum for the COM
mssioners TO wrestle with. The counties of North
Jersey would willingly support the proposition, but
how get it before the people of the State for vote
on the issuance of State bonds when the Senate con-
troled by Middle and South Jersey, is opposed? How
reconcile the senators this section to State debt
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
A SNEEZE IN COURT.

a sneeze in court seems to have a
demoralizing effect upon staid and
dignified procedure. An illustration is
furnished by the Philadelphia Record.
"Sneezing of one of the spectators
so interrupted the proceedings in the
Camden Police Court that Recorder
Stackhouse was compelled to call a
halt to witness who had been called
TO testify. As one sneeze followed an
other the recorder halted for a min
ute and was about 10 proceed when
there was another snee2e louder than
ever impatient. the recorder. ad-
dressing Sergeant Reed, said:
Tell that man TO take his nose
outside for awhile
THE spectator left the room SO that
court could resume
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
"Cheep" Said the Chick

y friend of Rev. II. II. Hadley,
rector of st. Pauls Episcopal Church,
recently bought a secondhand auto
mobile. The purchaser took out the
car for trip through the country
back of Caldwell
Returning home the car ran into "A
brood of newly Matched chicks that
happened to be crossing the road.
One of the chicks was struck and
fatally hurt. THE driver of the car
stopped. He looked at the fowl which
was kicking it's last beneath the sec
ond-hand car.
Just before the chick died it emitted
protest. All it said was "cheep."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-13
RULE BY THE MINORITY.

Preferential voting means government by the
minority In all the commission government munich
palites that have lately elected commissioners the
successful candidates got only pluraltes In Jersey
city Byrne received only 9149 out of the 1923 votes
polled and only about one-fourth of the vote poed
in the last Governors election. In the Orange and
Tryngon elections the mnorities elected commission
ers. The Hennessy scheme of voting was devised
with the ostensibc purpose of nsuring majority rule,
when. in fact. it mahes for rule by The minority