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V VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 37.
THURSDAY EVEN! NO, FEBRUARY 2, 1911.
FUND STARTS UNDER BIG AUSPICES.
THF! hand of earnest workers enlisted in the effort to raise a
fund of $250,000 for a home for working girls can be con
gratulated upon the good auspices under which their cam
paign of fourteen da.VH was started at their conference last night.
We believe that, it is unprecedented for such a large sum as $47,000
to be donated in a single evening in this city, or in any other city
in New Jersey, for anry objeci whatsoever. Nearly oiie-lifth of the
desired amount was raised in one evening. The balance of four
fifths should be forthcoming before the expiration of the period
fixed for the campaign. The women and men enlisted iii this
splendid work are fully representative of the best social life of
our city and are of a character to reach and appeal to all who
have the ability to give financial aid. But the object sought gives
eloquence to appeal. It is essentially, also, a public object. The
welfare of friendless working girls closely relates to the welfare of
the whole community. Our city can boast of institutions main
tained by private philanthropy that are doing a blessed work, but
the philanthropic spirit has overlooked one of the most deserving
classes and failed to extend a helping hand. The completion of
the fund will mean the fulfilment of a long neglected duty. And it
will mean so much to the working girl who now has no home or
home life and who compares her forlorn lot with that of the more
fortunate others who have home and family ties and home asso
eiations.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK AROUND NEW YORK BAY.
HFl communities lying around New York bay were treated to
J_[ the experiences and sensations of a veritable earthquake
yesterday, when the large store of dynamite that was being
loaded into boats at Oommnnipaw exploded, causing instant de
struction In the vicinity and sending a mighty shock over a wide
area that made solid buildings on Manhattan Island quiver and
w'recked many thousands of windows and show windows. The
disaster, with its lamentable loss of life u.nd injury to many peo
ple, was had enough, but it might have been greater by reason of
panic. A multitude of people were penned up in tall buildings,
and if a general panic had occurred there is no telling what would
have followed. The force of the explosion was severely felt, not
only in Jersey City and the surrounding towns and on Manhattan
Island, but also on Long island, showing the tremendous power
of such a mass of explosives. But the shaking up w'ill insure a
better system of transporting and handling high explosives. Dyna
mite is indispensable in nearly all large engineering enterprises
and must, therefore, be transported and handled, but the law
cannot be too strict in its regulation of the use of this explosive.
Now that a great disaster has happened there will he better regu
lation by the law.
THE PLANK ROAD BUILDING SCANDAl.
THE public has not taken much interest in the matter of the
construction of the new Plank road at a cost of a million
dollars, because they have not realized the fact that if a
committee of one freeholder board could uot be trusted to make
an honest job of building construction at Overbrook a joint com
mittee of two count,! boards of freeholders to build a million-dollar
highway must necessarily be us bad. or worse. The inevilat.l *
scandal has appeared. There are charges in the committee of ex
fravagant overcharges in the purchase of supplies, and apparently
the joint committee has been organized with a view to a con tin ua
lion of this alleged graft. The committee majority, comprising the i
Hudson county members and one Essex freeholder, permits the
bridge superintendent to purchase supplies on bis own authority
and without any requisition upon the committee, an arrangement
open to the grossest abuse. The work of building the Plank road
should have been given to it joint commission of the two counties.
As it is. the public is threatened with a poorly built highway at
itn extravagant cost.
GOVERNOR I ORT VISITED INSTITUTIONS.
DT is due to former Governor Fort to say thut he took enough
interest in the affairs of the State institutions to visit them
personally during his term and make inquiries into their
affairs. His recommendation for the establishment of a State
board to purchase the supplies for all the State institutions was
a result of his investigations. Ii has been stated by institutional
managers that nut in many years had a governor visited their in
stitutions to acquaint himself with their affairs. There could he
no reflection upon the character of institutional managements by
a criticism of executive neglect to keep well posted in regard t.o
these affairs. Noi did the recommendations of Governor Fort for
«it State hoard reflect upon them in any way. The governor pointed
out the fact that supplies could be purchased much cheaper by
large contracts for all the institutions than by small contracts for
each. A central board could also bring about other economics
not so readily effected by the managers of institutions.
MR. I ATT AND THE NATION'S POWER SUES.
PRESIDENT TAFT has a new plan in regard to water-power
sites on government lands in the West. The principal sites
are located on these lands. He proposes term leases for
periods not exceeding fifty years, based on the amount of power
available, and given under certain conditions to prevent monopoly
and overcharging, the government having power to take posses
sion at any time for public purposes. But as long as Mr. Taft
retains Secretary Ballinger in his cabinet any suggestion as to
the national conservation policy must be coldly looked upon by
the American public. Secretary Ballinger is so Utterly discredited
ihat while he is retained in. office people will believe that recom
mendations front the White House are prompted by him and cover
ulterior designs.
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E’ditokial,
One attitude assumed by certalr
English statesmen toward the reci
procity agreement between the United
States and Canada should prove par
ticularly interesting over here. Sli
Gilbert Parker, well known to Amer
icans through his books, has mads
public in Engiund a statement on the
subject of the treaty, In which the
following paragraph occutb
"The agreement Is a desperately
serious thing, and will eventually mean
that the Canadians have lost their
grip on their own Independence. Can
i ada's fight for two generations against
America's commercial tyranny was the
source of her progress and wealth. It
gave her energy, resourcefulness and
determination, but under tills agree
ment the United States seeks a new
field of exploitation for American
finance, new opportunities for the over
flow of American energy and control
of the great Dominion.''
Granting that the author-states
man's fears are exaggerated, Ills state
ment should not have a tendency to
make enemies for the agreement in the
United States.
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In commuting the sentence of a
Kansas man, convicted of sending
| scurrilous and defamatory matter
, through the malls, from Imprisonment
j in a federal penitentiary and $1,600 fine
■ to merely a nominal fine of $100, Presri
! dent Taft In a brief says;
“1 would question the wisdom of
, making the defendant conspicuous and
feeding bis vanity by treating him se
riously. when hts violence, his exag
gerations, his wild accusations and his
mock heroics ought to be treated with
ridicule.”
To our mind there would seem to
have been a "Daniel come to Judgment"
In this particular case. The prisoner
has been deprived of such capital as
he might make of his “martyrdom,"
and doubtless will be disappointed
rather than pleased by the President’s
leniency.
Perhaps in time the London authori
ties will realize that Imprisonment is
the very worst tiling possible for mili
tant suffragettes and endeavor to de
vise a less spectacular punishment for
them
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Occasionally when a long-deferred
"consummation devoutly to be wished”
seems Imminent the announcement
forecasting It Is greeted by a chorus
which In effect runs, "It's too good to
be true."
This pleasantly expectant but doubt
ing attitude Is forced upon a large
segment of the thinking public by a
report from Washington to the effect j
that on or after March 4 Secretary
Ballinger will resign from the cabinet. !
The cheerful report In question goes j
delightfully into detail, naming Sec
retary Ballinger's successor and the :
men who are to seek with him a hard- j
earned rest—that 1s, to give the coun
try one.
Amateur statisticians estimate that)
Mr. Ballinger's retirement will remove
from the administration a dead weight j
of 1,000,000 tons Where It has crawled |
toward reform and slipped back It may. I
after the handicap Is removed, leap j
and dance freely reform-ward, If It
chooses, without showing the slightest I
signs of fatigue and embarrassment.
In criticising the athletic depart
ment of the University of Chicago, the
Dally Maroon, of the university, >s
naturally taking a whack at college
athletic* all over the country since
conditions are not unique Jn the Chi
cago school.
The college paper might have ac
complished more had It suggosted rem
edies for the abuses, since it has been
recognized for a long time that the
abuses exist. The most serious fea
ture of the accusations lies in the hint
that athletes are paid to come to col
lege and strengthen the various teams.
If professionalism exists In the West
ern school those wishing to eradicate I
it will find committees appointed front I
the athletic boards of rival schools
willing—nay, even eager—to aid them.
If It Is true that 99 per cent, of the
students of Chicago University do not
benefit through college athletics, It Is
high time a new system Insuring more
general participation In athletics was
devised.
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The small boys and the larger tioys
yes, and some of the grown-up boys— |
will linger long and lovingly over the
newspaper accounts of the latest hunt
ing trip which has been undertaken by
Paul J. Rainey.
Romance, Adventure and the Heart’s
Desire are bundled up In the stories
concerting what this famous big-game
hunter expects to do In Darkest Africa,
In Borneo of Wild Man Fame, on
India’s Coral Strand and throughout
oft-revolutionized South America.
The fact that ^r. Rainey may be
forced to spend $250,000 before be re
turns will be passed lightly over as
of no consequence, while the prophecy
that the excursions after game will
continue for three long, glorious years
will be dwelt upon and dreamed about.
"G<e. some guys who can go huntin
for free years at a time has It pretty
soft." will just about summarize young
America’s halr'-admiring. half-envious
attitude.
NO OOSSIP.
"Our new neighbor must be a very
suspicious character."
"Why so?”
"She employs a maid who is deaf and
dumb, the mean thing!"—Baltimore
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GIRLS SKETCHED ABOUT TOWN
I The People s Rostrum f
The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public ana
Invites signed communications or
not more than one hundred words
treating of topics of the hour.
Catastrophe Due to Cheap Eahor.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Eleven lives lost im the Pas*iic river ,
accident, eleven cheap laborers who j
were working for less money than the
work should bring; and the result, woe ■
and sorrow brought into the homes of j
these workmen. Caisson workers, if |
they know their business, receive more i
than S3 a day for this dangerous work. |
These victims were paid this sum, ao- i
cording to the statement of one of the:
workers This effoTt on the part of the ■
contractor to get rheap work is in- j
directly the cause of the catastrophe,
that occurred in (he Passaic river the]
other night
When will the time come when the
contractors realize that the cheapest J
labor In the end is the competent work-,
man that commands a few dollars more
a day?
I wonder if the paltry few dollar*
saved by the contractors was a balm
for their conscience as they think of
the lives lost through the cheapness of
their wagfcs. Cheap labor Is always the
most expensive in the end, as this acci
dent proves. WORKMAN.
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1,1 kes New Patrol Wagon.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
The Board of Police Commissioners
have taken a step In the right direction
In furnishing un automobile patrol and
ambulance wagon for the Second pre
cinct. The sooner the other precincts
are provided with similar vehicles the
better for the efficiency of the force
The police precincts in this city cover
such a vast extent that quick methods
of getting officers to places where they
are needed Is most urgent, and Inci
dentally the expense of the upkeep of
a large number of horses is done away
with. J. M GRAHjAM.
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Don’t I.Ike Cigar Butt*.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
I desire to protest against the habit
that many men have of appearing in
public places, such as street cars and
theatres, carrying unllghted partially
consumed cigars and cigarettes.
’Hip rank odor of the tobacco is very
annoying to women. At a local theatre
last evening I was compelled to sit all
evening next to a man who held a stub
of a cigar lq Ills hand.
SUFFRAGETTE.
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HraNun and Sentiment Differ,
To the Editor of the Evening Htar:
For the sake of humanity. ■ for the
sake of the peace of mind of a number
of kind-hearted men and women, some
publlc-epiritod, intelligent citizen ought
to give a course of lectures on the
difference between sentiment and rea
son. This would not only do away
..with » iat at oUsttcy. butt «lag» b* Uw
cause of intelligent effort towards the
realization of an ideal form of gov
ernment.
At the present time there are a num
ber of men suffering keenly because
the ignorant negro'of the South Is de
prived of the ballot. These men say
that the negro should vote even though
he does not know what he Is voting
for, even though he does not know how
to read or write, and Is obliged to guess
at which ballot he will cast. These
misguided men think they are reason
ing by talking the way they do. where
as It 1b only sentiment.
If they knew that there is a differ-'
ence between the two things they might
stop talking about the disfranchisement
of the Ignorant black and make an
effort to educate the future generation
so that it could vote, and vote Intelli
gently HORACE PENNINGTON.
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Dynamite la Siewnrk.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
The accident that happened in Jersey
City yesterday calls attention to the
fact that a similar aocident Is liable to
occur In Newark at any time, due to
the hauling of explosives through the
city streets in unmarked wagons.
It Is true that all wagons carrying
explosives are supposed to be so
marked, but It Is said that In many
cases boxes of powder and dynamite
are delivered 1n unmarked wagons.
J. D.-GASTON.
Commends Firemen nnfl Donrd.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
The action of the Board of Fire Com
missioners In deciding to speedily fol
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low out the recommendations of the
1hs1 grand jury In probing the High
street fire disaster of November 26. Is
to be commended. At the same time
investigation Is to be made of the work
of the department at the Knicker
bocker Storage Company tire and also
at the burning of the double dwelling
house at 80-82 Clinton avenue.
The writer was present at both the!
latter fires and firmly believes that the j
work of the department was all that.
could be desired, especially at the Clin- j
ton avenue blaze. T)CKITS
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Dynamite In Pnaaalc* l.lchlrr*.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
In view of the startling explosion of \
dynamite within a few miles of this
city I wonder how much danger there i
Is of a like occurrence here. There are
lots of lighters and barges of all sorts
that come up the Passaic river dally,
and no doubt there Is one occasionally
that has enough dynamite aboard to
blow up the lower section of the city.
One '’occasionally’' surely will he
enough to make trouble for a genera
tion under proper conditions.
Newark has a bureau of combustibles.
Is It wise enough to "get on” to the. !
possibility of a like dynamite disaster !
within its Jurisdiction? Are lighters
and barges ever subject to an*- sort of
Inspection when they tie up here?
L. B.
ANY KIND.
"What kind of a man would you like
for a husband?”
"Oh. either a bachelor or a widower.
I'm not particular which.'*—Universallst
Leader.
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THE REAL DOPE.
Sing a song of groundhogs, one
. conies out today;
If ho sees his shadow not, he’ll stay
out and play.
Judging by the outlook, as we go to
press,
There will be no shadow, or we mien
our guess.
9hed a tear for winter, gone, alas,
alack;
And the groundhog omen saj s It
can't come back.
If the weather prophets only would
forecast
The opposite, 'twould cinch this
thing very hard and fast.
E'en if for the groundhog you’re not
very strong;
Human seers, remember, are almost
always wrong.
HE SHOULD CELEBRATE.
And, speaking of groundhogs and
weather prophecies, one of our local
seers was considerably peeved re
cently becausd, so he put It, "almost
20 per cent, of xhe prophecies eman
ating from the weather bureau at
Washington during the past three
weeks were wrong."
Meaning, NO per cent, of the fore
casts were correct, eh? Wc ure very
Blmple-minded, perhaps, but hardly
to the extent where we take the
professor’s grief seriously.
SPLITTING A HAIR.
"But even if he saw his shadow,
could there be six weeks more of
winter?” *
"Why not?”
’’Well, there hasn't been any yet."
A CANARD.
The report that the editor of this
column was offered a comfortable
fortune to oppose the reciprocity
treaty with Canada is all bosh.
No one with any intelligence
would think for a minute that we
could be influenced that ’.'ay.
We want this thing understood
thoroughly: No offer of the kind
was made to us. It Is only neces- v
sary to notice that we are not
opposing the treaty.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY.
During the aviation meet to be
held at El Paso, Tex., naxt week
prizes will be offered for endur
ance. altitude and the other aerial
stunts which have come to be re
garded as conventional.
In our opinion a man with money
who really wanted to serve his fel
low men could do no better than
offer a handsome purse to the
aviator who secured the beet look
in to Mexico and brought back the
most definite report concerning the
revolution or no revolution which
Is raging or not raging In that be
Dlazed country.
An aviator should not be com
pelled to pleroe the azure perpen
dicularly for more than three or
four mllos to be enabled to look
over the boundary line between
these United States and Mexloo
and get an excellent bird’s-eye view
of whatever the landscape affords,
be It revolution or no. We believe
we have been harrowed sufficiently
by sanguinary reports of battles in
which the government troops lost
heavily and which were denied the
next day. That wtB the harrow
ing part—-the denial. So If an
aviator will kindly get a real line
on the situation he will be doing
us a splendid favor.
A is to insure his life for his family’s bene
fit. If the cost of living keeps his bank
Man’c account from growing or if he has no
* lYlcin b account at all, the need of life insurance
PI . is doubly urgent.
L'UI'J If you cannot carry a policy for a
large amount, start with a small one,
and increase the protection when you can
afford to do so. The main idea is to have
some real life insurance. The policy
which will meet all your requirements is }
issued by
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