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PH TRIBUTE TO J0H1JJRTDEN Prudential Directors Adopt Res* olutions Upon Death of Pounder of Company. Resolutions passed by the board of directors of the Prudential Insurance Company, on the death of the presi dent. John F. Dryden, were given to the press today by Scrcetary Edward Grey. The meeting of the board was held last Monday. The committee on memorial consisted of Richard V. Lindabury, William T. Carter and Wilbur S. Johnson. The re port submitted by this committee is as follows; Text of Resolutions. “In the death of John F. Dryden. the founder of this company, and for thirty years its president, the company has sustained a loss which no man can measure and no words express. He not only founded the company but guided its policies and led its activi ties from the hour of its birth until the day of his death. There were other calls upon his time, but the Prudential was alweys his first consideration, and to it he gave the best there was in him. Whatever of success it has achieved or of good it has accomplished is dm primarily to his clear vision, sound judgment and untiring zeal. “In founding the Prudential Mr. Dry den's idea was to bring the benefit of life Insurance to the homes of the working people. He had been greatly moved by observing the distressing condition which frequently obtained in those homes when the working mem ber of the family was suddenly taken away by death. The plan had often been tried before, and in many differ ent ways, but had never succeeded in this country. It was left for him to work out a practical scheme and to find the men and the money to carry it out. This he did, and upon the founda tion he laid the whole fabric of indus trial Insurance in America rests to day. His earlier efforts were attended with many difficulties and much dis couragement. To a man less sure or himself and less resolute of purpose they would probably have been fatal. Capital was timid and friends luke warm, but serving without salary and operating in humble quarters his ex penses were Binail and in a few years the project became self-supporting. With Its growth grew also Mr. Dry don's conception of the possibilities which his scheme involved. He start ed the company as the “Widows and Orphans’ Friendly Society.” Then it became “The Prudential Friendly So ciety,” and finally “The Prudential In surance Company of America." Thus was evolved from small beginnings in the basement of a Broad street bank the magnificent institution which to day challenges the respect and ad miration of the world. That so much could be accomplished in a single life time and by a single individual Is truly marvelous and of itself stamps the au thor as one of the great men of his time. Record In Senalr. "In 1902 Mr. Dryden was chosen to represent the State of New Jersey in the Senate of the United States. In j the discharge of his duties In that j high office he displayed the same | breadth of view and the same keen- j ness of intellect which marked his. admlstration of this company’s affairs. ; In securing the enactment of leglsla- | tton requisite for the speedy construe- : tion of the Panama canal he left a permanent imprint upon the country's history. In his death the State and nation have lost a citizen and public servant of the first order. "In his personal intercourse Mr. Dryden was the personification of gen tlemanly courtesy. This he constantly exhibited toward the members of the board, and, in even a more marked degree, toward the employees of the! company. How the fatter responded to It is shown by the record of de voted service rarely equaled and prob ably never excelled. "In his private life and family re lations Mr. Dryden’s character shone with peculiar lustre. Kindness, gen tleness and consideration for others were observable in everything he said and everything he did. His conversa tion was pure. Ills Ideals high und his judgments Just. No one could asso ciate with him without being the better for It, and no one having that privi lege but feels a deep sense of per sonal loss. "Resolved. That the foregoing be spread upon the minutes of this board as a permanent testimonial to the mem ory of Mr. Dryden; that a copy of the same be given to the press and another copy, suitably engrossed, be sent to his family." INSANITY INCREASING IN N. J., SAYS REPORT. TRENTON, Dec. 18.—That insanity is increasing in New Jersey with startling rapidity is the burden of the annual re port of Dr. Britton Evans, medical di rector of the State asylum, who was one of the chief experts in the Thaw trial. Dr. Evans discusses at length some of the latest forms of treatment of the insane, saying that little or no re straint is now practised. The mind is diverted with farming, amusements and forms of light exercise. This new method is operating successfully and the proportion of oases cured is larger than ever before. Prfy On* “BROMO QUININE," that h Laxative ftromo Quinine Cnraa a Cold in On* Day, Cripin 3 Day* VITZ?”,m . _ . IS THIS YOUR PICTURE? I_ _ » ♦ 9-9 9 9 9 9 9- V-V *r v v v If If Is Bring It to the Evening STAR Editorial Rooms and Bet a Dollar Rill. jTf. ”,9,7 DIED HU: - I Funeral Services of Prominent Newarker, Pneumonia Victim, Will Be Held Wednesday. (Continued from First I’nge.) son. They art' Mrs William Pela hanty, Mrs. John Phelan, of New York; Miss Catherine T. Shanley, Mias Jane M. Shanley und J. Frank Shanley, Jr. Funeral on Wednesday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9:30, thence to St. Patrick's Cathedral, where a solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated for the repose of his soul. Interment will be made in the family vault in the Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre. Monsignor Isaac P. Whelun will be the celebrant of the mass. Rev. James A. Reynolds, of Red Bank, will be the deacon and Rev. William E. Brennan the sub-deacon. The Right Rev. Bishop John J. O'Connor, of the Newark dio cese, will give the absolution, and the Rt. Rev. Bishop James A. McFuul, of Trenton, will deliver the eulogy. Mr. shunlcy’s CurJrr. John F. Shanley was born in New ark j June 1, 1855. He was a son of the j late Michael and Margaret Shan- I ley. His elementary education was j obtained in the Kearney School and from there he went to Fordham College and later to Seton Hall College, from which Institution he was graduated in 1873. Mr. Shanley’s business life was spent In the contract ing business, from which ho retired about five years ago, and only In very important matters was he consulted by his son, J. F. Shanley. Jr., the active head of the J. F. Shanley Co. He was married to Miss Catherine T. Smith | February 21, 1878. Mr. Shanley was one of Newark's most prominent citizens and well known the country over. His versatil ity was marked In that he was fond | of all outdoor sports, of art and litera ! ture, by his keen interest In current events, his wonderful business acumen and his analytical political mind. As a philanthropist he was little known, I but his benefactions were great and in | telligently given. Lenders Sought Ills Advice. Although a lifelong Republican Mr. I Shanley was never active In politics, j but because of his wide Interests, his wonderful mentality and Ills acquaint-' ' ance with the financial and political heads of the country his advice was | sought by party leaders on all lm | portant political questions. His Re publican affiliations did not prevent I him, however, from forming lifelong I friendships with Democrats. His asso | elation with Mayor Haussling was as j long us It was Intimate. Mr. Shanley was not only a big man mentally, but also physically His large stature was Impressive and dig nified. He liked "all outdoors," and as a golfer wns most enthusiastic. Ho was an active member of the Deal Oolf and Country Club at Deal, and could be seen on the course almost daily dur ing the summer season. Witli his personal friend, John D. i Rockefeller. Mr. Shanley spent many I an hour playing the game down at Rockefeller's private links, at Lake wood. In the winter Mr. Shanley would take his family South, or some times to Lakewood, but always he would play golf. He was a member of the Baltusrol, Essex County Country. Lakewood, Deal, Forest Hill, Plnchurat and other clubs. His college days were never forgot ten and his fondness for football and baseball Increased as he grew older, j He attended as many of the world j series baseball games as he could, as well as attending all the big college baseball and football championships. Mr. Shanley was also a lover of horses. All who knew him knew thut Mr. Shanley could tell a good story and was willing to do so at all times. His wit made him the friend of many of the big men In the country. Gave Liberally, ISot Londly. Despite the fact that Mr. Shanley was | one of the most charitable of tnen his donations to public institutions or pri vate persons never became known. It had been his habit for many years to send checks every Christmas to various parishes and to the hospitals in New | ark, Jersey City and other cities. Some I years ago he relieved the Young Men’s J. Catholic Institute of a 1 eavy ortgage. | None of his contributions was made in I an ostentatious manner or on occasions | when the gifts would become known In I newspapers. He helped many poor | families and was constantly seeking to ! better the conditions of his fellow man. [ Mr. Shanley attended St. Patrick's Ca thedral, and was a trustee of Seton I Hall. Mr. Shanley took especial inter est In his alma mater and the Cathe j dral of the Sacred Heart, now build I ing. To the latter he made one gift of $5,000, and others subsequently. In recognition of his endeavors in Catho lic circles he was awarded a medal by the Knights of Columbus. The business career of Mr. Shanley was one of remarkable success. He had been identified with the largest under takings in the East. As a contractor he built many of the railroads now running through New Jersey and up to a few years ago more than $2,000,000 worth of stone roads throughout the State. For about thirty years prior to 1895 Mr. Shanley was connected In business with his brother, the late B. M. Shanley, In the firm known as B. M. &• J. F. Shanley. In 1S95 a company was formed In which the sons of B. M. Shanley were taken in and the name of the corporation became the B. M. & J- F Shanley Company. This con tinued until 1906. when the firm dis solved and the J. F. Shanley Com pany formed. This occurred after the death of B. M. Shanley. Some of the big contracts held by this company began as far back as 1882. when work on the "Bergen cut" was started. The Shanley company did the excavating work and made it pos sible for the Pennsylvania railroad to go through a tunnel instead of around the hill. The elevation of the Pennsylvania railroad through Jersey City, through Newark, in Elizabeth. Philadelphia, and the building of the Waverly and Pas saic railroad were among the big things done by Mr. Shanley's firm. More recently the firm did a lot of w-ork in building the road on the Penn sylvania Manhattan Transfer Job, also excavating at Snake Hill. Mr. Shanley’s company built every inch of road from Harrison to Say brook place on the new McAdoo short line. It is now engaged in work on the Hudson and Manhattan railroad in Jersey City at the Summit avenue sta tion. also the Pennsylvania freight sta tions at Waverly and Greenville. The Shanley company has for years been as large as any contracting firm in the entire East. It has paved thou sands of miles of streets In New Jer sey and most of the State roads were built by this company The improve ments in the trolley service the State over are among the things accom plished by the firm. After the Consolidated Traction Com pany took over the interests of the other companies the Shanley firm was called on to rebuild the old roads and to build new ones. In that way the Plank road, Turnpike, Springfield line and other lines were built by them. The West Jersey and Seashore road from Philadelphia to Atlantic City and other work in the two cities was done by the firm. Mr. Shanley, besides being interested in the firm that bears his name, was interested in the Delaware River Quar ry and Construction Company, in the Essex and Hudson Land and Improve ment Company, and was a director in the Public Service Corporation. He was sole executor of the large estate of his brother, B. M. Shanley, and it was a well known fact that under his personal direction the estate steadily increased. I £++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*+++++-M-+,M "l +++'M’J I Hozv to Join the Star’s | ! Empty Stocking Club I | £ -;- * J T T AVE you joined the Evening STAR’S Empty Stocking Club? T 4 I I The purpose of the club is to fill the stockings of those little jfr j X “ “ boys and girls who otherwise would have nothing to remind them 4 j of Yuletlde on Christmas morning. J | 4 From various reliable sources, the Evening STAR will obtain a list of 4 + poor and deserving children. T T Names will be assigned to members of the Empty Stocking Club T 4 from their own neighborhood, as far as possible. All you have to do X ,4* Is to fill out the blank printed In the Evening STAR and send it to us. 4 (X It will cost you little to fill some poor child's stocking. Jjj 4 To make others happy and to be merry yourself—that is the spirit 4 1 4* of Christmas. What better way oan you find to express and enjoy this j J spirit of the Yuletlde than by joining the Evening STAR’S Empty T ! 4 Stocking Club? 4 •b * Santa Sends Last Call for Xmas Mail Through STAR What are you doing for Christmas To make others happy and glad? How are you helping to cheer up Some little heart that is sad? WhOjt are you doing for Christmas To add to Its joy and Its cheer? Some empty stocking Is waiting For you to fill it this year. What are you doing for Christmas? It comes just a week from today. Santa loves kind little children Who'll help him givepresents away. | What are you doing for Christmas? How are you helping. I pray. To give all the children in Newark A happy and bright Christmas Day? G. W. W. When the Hells ring the hour of 12 o'clock tomorrow noon the children's l'rlend, Santa Claus, will begin his journey from the frozen North to the warmer Southlands to bring his won derful lot of presents to children of Newark, who have been good boys and girls. Santa can receive no more messages through the Evening STAR after to morrow noon. All the children who have any word to send to Santa Claus and all those who wain to join the Empty Stocking Club must have their communications reach the STAR office before that time. There will be many dlsapointed chil dren In Newark on Christmas Day, If Santa does not receive help from the boys and girls and grown folks, too, who are able to help fill the stockings of the poor on Christmas eve. Santa Claus sends his last appeal to day through the Evening STAR to those who want to join the Empty Stocking Club. Hundreds of letters have been re- I celved by Mr. Santa unid he wants all wjto ran help All the many empty stockings to join the club today. Remember, after tomorrow Santa’s office will be closed and he will put his big pack In the reindeer slei'gh and start on his long Journey to Newark. This Is your last chance to become a member of the Christmas 1911 Empty Stocking Club. "Dear Santa Claus: I am going to ask you for two things; one is a new dress and the other is a sled. My sis ter wants a pair of hoots. Your friend. ’’RUTH SCHOFIELD. "16 Avenue A.” “Dear Santa Claus: Will you please send me a dress? I have a little sister who would like a pair of shoes. Yours truly. "FRIEDA AND ELSIE RADTKE. ”95 Bemen street.” “Dear Santa Claus: I have no mother. 1 am a poor girl and in need of something. Ago 13. "CLARA GARTNER. ”346 Washington street." "Dear Santa Claus: I would like a pair of rubbers for myself and a pair of shoes for my brother so he can go hack tc school. Am 9 years old and ho Is 6 vests old, thanking you very , much. "HELEN 1’LDACH. "8t Spring street ' "Dear Santa Claus lama poor girl ; and would like to have a new pair of shoes and a dress Hoping you wont froget me. from HELEN GLYNN. ; "5 Lister avenue real." "Det-’ Santa Claus: Please sefld me ! a pair of shoes size 214 for 1 need them very much. Yours truly, "MARY CARROLL. ”346 Washington street." MEMBERS OF THE F.MPTY STOCKING CL.ITB. Fill lu thin blank will) the number you will take rare of and aend It TODAY—PI.KASEI r —"— a A Merry Christmas for EVERYBODY ihis Year! Empty Stocking Club, Care NEWARK EVENING STAR, Newark, N. J.: I want to be a Volunteer Santa Claus. I will give presents to . poor children, AND—OR I will give food, clothing and other necessities to . families. (Name) . (Address) . Answer in Steel Suit Put Off Till Jan. 15 TRENTON, Dec. 18. DISTRICT ATTORNEY VREELAND today received from the department of justice n. communication consenting to an extension to January 15 of the time within which answers may be filed by the clients of Kellogg & ; Emery, who are party defendants in the suit of the government against the I United States Steel Corporation. An order to this'effect was entered ! upon the court records today by Mr. Vreeland. The clients of Kellogg & ; Emery are mining and land concerns | located in Minnesota. The matter was to have been taken up today. President Taft, it was learned here, will reappoint this week United States Attorney John B. Vreeland. who is at torney of record in this district in the suit of the government to dissolve the United States Steel Corporation. His assistants are Walter H. Bacon, of Cumberland, and Harrison P. Llnda bury, of Morristown. Judge Vreeland, will reappoint Mr. Lindabury, but it: is likely Bacon will retire. Edward Thomas Moore, of Passaic city, will be selected in his place probably. FOLLOW THE CROWD. PUT A “WANT” AD IN THE STAR. SPLEN DID RESULTS. FORGED TO LIMP; SUES EJ JULIO Girl Alleged to Be Victim of Faulty Operation by Doctor. The suit for $10,000 damages brought by Sigmund Braunsteln on behalf of his 8-year-old daughter Katie, against Dr. Max Danzls, of 46 Mercer street, is being heard before Judge Frederick Adams in the Supreme Court. The suit arises out of an alleged faulty operation performed on the left leg of the little girl Just above the ankle on January 19, 1906. Dr. Danzls per formed the operation, which resulted, so It Is claimed, In a large lump form ing there that causes the child to limp. KUEHNLE’S TRIAL FOR CONTRACT AWARD BEGUN. Justice Kalisch Denies Motion to Dismiss Elisor Indictment. MAYS LANDING, Dec. 18.—Before a motly array of politicians, office holders and curious citizens. Louis Kuehnle, erstwhile boss in Atlantio county political circles, was called to trial to answer to an Indictment found by the elisor-drawn Jury charging il legal participation In awarding a con tract as water commissioner to a com pany in which he was interested. Pale and worried-looking, showing little trace of hts former Jovial self, Kuehnle entered the court room, shaking hands with sympathling friends. George A. Bourgeois, counsel for Kuehnle. opened hostilities by moving to dismiss the indictment against Kuehnle on various grounds, of which the principal was that it was not found by a jury drawn by the sheriff. Justice Kalisch denied the motion. After sev eral challenges the jury box was filled and Assistant Attorney-General Gas kill opened for the State. JAMES K. HACKETT, WHO WEDS MISS BECKLEY, HIS FORMER LEADING LADY. J. K. HACKETT SECRETLY MARRIES LEADING WOMAN. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 18.—James K. Hackett, the actor, has been secretly married In Milwaukee. The bride was Beatrice Mary Berkley, who gave her address as London. Miss Beckley, however, is a former leading woman for Mr. Hackett, having been in his company four years. It was while she was playing In Milwaukee two years ago that the first report came of the prospective divorce by Mary Mannering, a report which was angrily denied at that time by Mr. Hackett, who said that Jealousy of Miss Berkley’s talent had started the report to make trouble for him. The divorce, however, was granted a short time later. WOMAN PLEDGES SI.ODO TO CHURCH Miss Cornelia U. Halsey’s Prom ise to Central Presbyterian Announced. "Young Men's Evening" at the Cen tral Presbyterian Church last night was “Rejoice, O, young man, In thy more than half of which was made up of young men. Members of the Baraca Bible Class served as a reception com mittee, ushers and a young men’s chorus choir. Dr. King’s sermon text was "Rejoice, oh, young man, In thy youth.” His special subject deduoted from the text was "Inspiration for Young Men." It was a sermon dealing with the great men of the world, the things that they did which made them great and~at what age they did those things. In this service Dr. King devoted two minutes to the completion of a $1,000 special Christmas fund to be applied on the church debt, and when that was raised he announced $1,000 had been pledged by Miss Cornelia TJ. Halsey, an honored member of the church Her gift is to bfe placed by the side of the more than $1,000 raised by the church The Central Church is this W'eek clear ing off $16,000 of its indebtedness. In addition to this the church has carried its running expenses, paying every bill as it has come due. Today it pays the Presbyterian Extension Committee $2,250, the full amount due on a note held by them. Dr. King is seeking to clear off the entire Indebtedness by the first of the year, and has some pledges upon condition that this Is done. This cannot be accomplished, he said, unless some of the great-hearted Presby terians of the city give him assistance. He has some letters and requests out, from which there will doubtless corn* favorable replies In a few days, no that these pledges will not be lost. I Edison, Victor and Columbia | | .’= I § Talking Machines 8 | SOLD OJV TIME 1 S $ 1 ^£2 1 1 JjL ' • p d m __ __ 150c Down / DOZEN RECORDS < H SOLD WITH EACH MACHINE. 25c a Week 1 ^ S'^siggs^raisrsiB&saaSsTCTP^rS^- g^jj EVERY MACHINE * GUARANTEED FOR S OAE YEAR. Victor Victrolas § $1.00 DOWN § 50c A WEEK 1 Victor Records So/d on Time 1 VICTROLAS $15 to $200 I Largest Stock in State to Select From n ■ ■ ■ ■ p | An Edison Phonograph I 1 With 1 Dozen Records I | $1 Down 50c a Week f | sou> <>:v time 1 1 ONE DOZEN I 1 50c Down 25c a Week 1 THE EDISONircO. J I 57 Halsey Street, Newark, N. J. | I OPEN EVENINGS. REAR HAHNE & CO, j§