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NEWARK, N. J., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1916. -20 PAGES. WEATHER:
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OF DEFENSE PLAN
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President Tells Wisconsin Au
dience That High Principles of
Patriotism Only Considered.
SEVERAL SPEECHES MADE
FROM PLATFORM OF CAR
Chief Executive to Have Busy
Day and Night in Making
His Stand for Defense.
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President’s Program
Includes Five Speeches
10:50 i*. m.—5Vnttlt<*Knn. III., flic,
minute sprpcli.
11:10 n. m.— Kriiotltn. U Is., Ote
mlnute upeech.
11:25 a. m.— R»rlnr, Wis.. Otc
minute aprrrli.
Neon—Arrive MilnauJ***’; phcoH •
erl hr NI lit o troop* to Hotel l*flMor.
-:5© t>. m.—Sperrh in %u«lltnrhini.
I !». m.—Leave >liln nukrr.
0 p. in.—Arrive < liirnko
o l». m.—Sperrli Auditorium.
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MILWArKRR, Wis., Jan. 31.—pres- ]
Mont Wilson throw down tho gauntlet
today to opponents of natiogal pro i
paredncss who have declared (hat tho I
movement sprang from the desires of j
munitions and armament mamifac- 1
Hirers to make money. j
"There are some things that are)
being said that 1 hope you will not .
believe,” the president declared. "It j
Is being said among oilier things that
tills agitation for preparation for na
tional defense romes chiefly from
those who are Interested in supplying
the government with the munitions of
war and from those who are inter
ested in supplying it with armament.
"Gentlemen, do no! allow your
selves to be misled by statements of
that sort. Anything that the govern
ment does somebody is going to make
money out of; hut the impulse for
thi« Ihing does not come from those
quarters. The impulse comes from
men disinterested, men who know the
aetual eircumstanees of the country
and who know that these things are
immediately necessary.
"I, for my part, have all along
advocated auu always shall advocate
that the government as far as possible
shall manufacture these things for
Itself, in order that at any rat.' II
may control tlie prices at which these
articles will he sold to the govern- •
ment. if it is necessary to protect ;
ourselves against those who would I
make money out of the necessities of
the nation, there are adequate means
of defending ourselves and we will
use these means. But I don’t believe
the impulse conies from those quar
ters. I don’t believe that in those
quarters there Is patriotism lacking
nny more than there is patriotism
lacking in other quarters."
The president’s declaration was de
livered from the rear platform of his
private ear at Racine, Wis., half an
houf before he reached this city.
He came here to speak for national
preparedness at tlie Auditorium at
";30 p. m. today. Tonight he will ad
dress another meeting in Chicago.
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WAUKEGAN, 111.. Jan. 111.—A great
crowd, headed by 2,000 school children
waving flags, greeted President Wil
.nn when his train stopped here for
live minutes at II o’cloek. Residents
of Waukegan were joined hy citizens
if North Chicago, Lake Forest, Zion
City, Libertyville and oilier north
shore towns, and united in cheering
the executive and Mrs. Wilson.
"This looks like a holiday gather
(fontlnooj on ram- i. Column ::.i
f. F. MARTIN IS
Secretary of State, Former As
semblyman, Out for Dem
ocratic Choice.
f rom o Staff Corroopomtent.
TRENTON, Jan. 31.—Secretary df
State Thomas F. Martin today en-1
tered the race for the Democratic
nomination for governor. In giving
out the news to newspaper men
Mr. Martin issued n statement in
which he quoted to some extent from
the “minutes” of the harmony con
ference, held in Jersey City on Jan
uary 6.
Mr. Martin’s statement follows:
“I have decided to become a candi
date for the Democratic nomination
for governor. Many circumstances
have entered into the decision, one of
them being tlie recent harmony con
ference in our own county which
makes possible the entrance of a Hud
son county man under circumstances
that will not militate against party
success in other parts of tiie State.
Another element was the urging of
manv representative Democrats that
my work in the Legislature, during
four sessions, would furnish a record
for achievement that would provide
a ground work upon which to build a
substantial campaign, should my can
itdaev he successful at the primaries.
"1 shall be very brief ni ihis time,
hut. with every intention of giving a
full account of my stewardship at a
later date, when the time comes for a
vitalizing of those tilings upon which
I must stand
Quote from Harmony Conference.
"While my candidacy cannot he
I termed a product or the harmony
conference held in Hudson county,
i here was so much good Democratic
loctrine expounded there that I can
not resist quoting from that occasion
to make my position known on some
(Continued on Page tr Colnmn 1.)
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GEORGE W. PORTER
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TO BE REFEREE
IN BANKRUPTCY
Newark Lawyer Will Succeed
Edwin G. Adams in
This City.
From a Stafl' < orrr*pomlenl.
TRENTON. Jail. 31.—After a confer
ence today Federal .fudges John Rell
stab and Thomas W. Haight an
nounced the selection of George W.
W. Porter, of Newark, as referee in
bankruptcy of the United States Dis
trict Court. He will sit in Newark
for the district of Essex. .Mr. Porter
will succeed Edwin G. Adams, of
Newark, who resigned.
The appointment of a referee in Es
sex county was tendered lo Mayor
Worrall F. Mountain, of East Or
ange, about a month ago, but lie de
clined in order to continue as mayor.
Douglas Glass Not Found, but
Clue Reveals Peculiar Sit
uation in Local Family.
The search for James Douglas
Glass, the five-year-old Jersey City
bpy. who disappeared from Greeley,
Pa., more than eight months ago, led
to this city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Glass, of 18 I.ineau place, Jer
sey City, the boy’s parents, cattle to
Newark and with Sergeant Sebold and
Detective Rotlenberg, of police head
quarters, they ran down a clue which
proved to be false.
It led, however, lo an investigation
by the detectives of a family living in
a house at South Orange avenue and
Camden street. There are three chil
dren living with an Italian couple in
an apartment there, and suspicions by
neighbors that they are not children
of the couple led to the investigation.
According to the police, the man and
woman speak nothing hut Italian,
while the three children speak Gng
lislt and are unable to understand
Italian. There is no resemblance be
tween the couple and the three chil
dren. the latter being light-haired and
light-complexioned. the police say.
Sebold and Rottenberg are Inves
tigating stories by the neighbors that
the children are permitted out only at
night, and then only in company with
one of the couple. They are also in
vestigating a story that the oldest, a
boy of four, lias several times said to
neighbors, •’She is not my mother;
my mother rides around in an auto
mobile."
Mrs. Glass received a Idler Satur
day from a man whose name the po
lice withhold. The letter told of the
children living in South Orange Or
ange avenue, and declared that the
oldest boy answered the description
of "Jimmy” Glass. Mrs. Glass went
to the house witli the detectives anti
immediately said that the hoy was not
her son.
Besides this boy. there is another
hov, Jolin. aged three years, and a
girl. Bresta. who is two years old. The
couple told the police that the three
are their children.
Today is "Jimmy" Glass’ fifth birt'i
da.v. Mrs- Glass told the detectives
yesterdav that she spends three .r
four hours daily answering letters
with supposed clues to the missing
hoy.
Boy Shoots Brother Dead;
Coroner’s Jury Frees Him
KEYPORT, .Ian. 3f.- Hiram Wall
ing. jr., eleven-year-old son of a
farmer living a mile outside of town,
was shot in *hc stomach and in
stantly killed yesterday hy his twelve
year-old brother Alfred.
Rain and Colder
Mon rain tonight, but probably not
much and a drop in temperature to
morrow', hut without a complete
clearing of the weather were the in
dicationk seen hy Ihe forecaster at
noon today. The temperature then
was 50, fifteen degrees above the low
mark for the night and a nine-mile
wind was blowing from the west. The
w-ind probably will increase in force.
The rainfall for Sunday and today
up to noon amounted to one-eighth of
an inch. ' .
See Harry Adler, 311 Kinney Bid*.
Aak him about Insurance and real estate—
Advertisement. __
son RAISES
VOICE AGAINST
WINSER RULES
Tells Schoolmen's Club Board
of Education Would Become
a Nullity Under Them.
NEW ASS'T. SUPT. FOR
“JANITORS AND FIREMEN " |
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President Johnson. Who Retires i
from Board, Speaks in De
fense of Changes.
In Educational circles today there H
considerable dis Mission over Frank
H. Sommer's verbal attack on the re
viEed set of rules that arc* proposed t<»
govern the Board of Education and
the local school system. Mr. Sommer,*
who is vice-president of the educa-j
tlonal body, and Charles P. Taylor, a. j
member, voiced their objections at the
annual banquet of the Schoolmen's
Club, held at the Washington Satur
day night.
One of the recommendations set
forth in the n< v set of rules, compiled
by Miss Beatrice Winser. a member
of the board, and who is also assistant
librarian to John Ootton Dana at th°
Newark Frer> Public, library, is the
appointment of another assistant
superintendent. There are already
four assistant superintendents, al
though Dr. David B. Dorsou has the
classification of first assist an!.
The tenor of Mr. Sommer’s address,
and also the remarks of Mr. Taylor,
who was also a speaker, is considered
by many as the* opening of a cam
pign against the revised rules which
will bring about their ultimate defeat.
11 i •* Idea of School Hoard.
During lii.s discourse Mr. Sommer
advocated the formation of an ad
visory board, to be composed of busi
ness men. manufacturers and em
ployes. He contended that this board
might he called upon by the educa
tional authorities for suggestions and
advice concerning industrial and voca
tional studies. He also recommended
the formulation of another advisory
council, this to he composed of mem
bers of the teaching force, and the
principal purpose of this council would
be to offer suggestions and advice for
various programs of study and the
best methods for carrying them into
effect. Mr. .Sommer also contended
that the teaching force should be re
lieved of some of its duties, instead <>f
increasing' their present burdens.
“Of. course, it is essential that the
i dditional assistant superintendent
a la> it Id hold a State certificate, and it
inessential that he be paid $4,500. But
the only work 1 can see that he will
per orm is to be superintendent of the
work of the janitors and firemen in j
the schools,’’ said Mr. Sommer, in .
voicing his objection to the appoint -1
inenl of another assistant superinten
dent. “That is to prepare him. 1 pre
sume. for membership of the board of
examiners, and this is proposed to be
done under the rules in the name of
economy and efficiency."
rue agtonisniug tiling is inai. wnur
gome of tlic members of the board
have been working for a year
formulating rules,” continued Mr.
Sommer, "the president seeks to
resign when they are coming
into vogue. Perhaps he thinks it is a
good thing for us to try out. Under
the proposed rules, the Board of Edu
cation becomes a nullity. Under these
rul°s the superintendent acts not only
in reference to education, but has
charge of buildings, supervision of the
architects, and even the janitors are
imposed upon him. 1 say that rules
that impose such a system cannot suc
ceed.
"I am delighted to meet the school
men of Newark tonight, for I don't
know when 1 am to meet you again,
as there are to be new rules in New
ark. It is planned to isolate the Board
of Education from the teachers,
whether to protect the board mem
bers from the teachers, or lho teach
ers from the board members, I don't
know.
"I do know that the proposed new
rules forbid a. teacher to communicate
orally or in writing with the board. It
iwill be a heinous offense for a prin
cipal to hold communication with the
Board of Education, and it must be a
much more heinous offense for the
Board of Education to hold a com
munication with you.
Fundamentally New Ideas.
“I would not discuss this mailer
were it not that you were to bo con
fronted in educational affairs by
fundamentally new ideas. You have
put before you the policy for which
I stand. The'planning of policies and
(he carrying of them into effect is
sufficient for any one man if tlie edu
cational force of the city is to accom
plish what It designs to accomplish.
"To carry out our purpose as it was
designed to carry it out it cannot have
imposed upon its head or subordinates
(Continued oil Faye S, Column 8.)
MISHAP 10 HER
IN SEVEN YEARS
Hilton Woman Non-Suited in
Court—Blames Motorman Who
Flirted With Niece.
Airs. Alary Frankton. of Hilton,
doesn't get along very well with the
trolley cars of the Public Service
Hailway Company. In the trial of her
suit against the company for $5,000,
damages, she testified that Hie acci
dent upon which the present trial
was based was Ihe fourth one that
lias happened to her in tlie Iasi seven
years.
•Judge Dungan decided, after hear
ing the story of Airs. Frankton and
her witnesses, that she was guilty of
contributory negligence in the present
instance and granted the defendant a
non-suit. A score of witnesses sub
poenaed by the defendant were dis
missed without being called upon to
testify.
JOHN R. EMERY,
JURIST, IS DEAD
Former Vice-Chancellor Passes
Away as Result of Pneu
monia Attack.
SERVED 20 YEARS ON
EQUITY COURT BENCH
Retired Month Ago and the End i
Comes at Morristown
Residence.
•John It. Emery, one of the most dis
tinguished lawyers in the history of
New Jersey, who retired a month
ago an vice-chancellor, died Venter
day afternoon at 6 o'clock at bis real
dentr. 27 Elm street, Morristown The
news of his death created deep aor
row among Ids numerous friends and
acquaintances, and especially among
the members of the legal profession. |
His chargetei su«l disposition made,
him for rnanv years an ©xamplar of
the Stale Judi« iary and his erudition i
attracted attention from all lawyers I
and others with whopi he came ii.
contact doting his man' 'ears of !
service to the publ'c. Tie served fori
more than twenty years as vice chan |
cel lor. and his term of office would
have expired last Saturday if he hod j
remained on the bench.
Mr. Enier> hail hern in failing •
health for several years, and last .
September contracted pneumonia. >
which lef» him in a weakened condt- i
tion. He v.as seventy-four years old. j
The funeral will be held nt 2:8n j
o’clock Wednesday afternoon from j
the Church of the Redeemer in Mor- i
ristown. Rev. Barrett Tyler, the rec
tor. will officiate. Interment will bo
in Morristown Cemetery.
A meeting of the board of trustees
of tlm Essex County Bar Association
has been colled for Wednesday to
take action on the death of Mr. Em
ery. The meeting wilt be held in the
office of Frank Bergen, president of
the association, in the Public Servo-©
Corporation building.
Horn In Flemlngton.
Mr. Emery was born in Fleming ton.
Hunterdon County, July 6, 1842, and
was m ills seventy-fourth year. He
was graduated from Princeton Col
lege in 1861 and studied law under
Rennet Van Syckel, since a justice \
of the Supreme Court, and also under
the late Vice-Chancellor Van Fleet.
He was a commissioned officer in
the Fifteenth Regiment. New Jersey
Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War,
but, contracting fever while in the
service, was mustered out for physical
disability.
This regiment was known as the
“Mountain Regiment," having been
recruited from the hill sections of
Warren. Sussex and Hunterdon coun
ties.
In 1865 he was admitted to the bai
and formed a partnership with Mr.
Van Fleet, which continued for one
year. Then lie went to Trenton, where
he ftfrmed a partnership with the late
Augustus (\ Richey, which was con
(Contlnnol on Pago ?, Column J.)
Mayor in Quandary Over Nam
ing Successor to Pres
ident Johnson.
Rumor has connected the names of
several men to be tile successor of
Judge Frederic Johnson as a member
of the Board of Education. Efforts
to have Judge Johnson reconsider his
determination to leave th? ftoard were
unavailing, it is suid, and his connec
tions with the educational body will
cease tomorrow.
Mayor Raymond says he has not
mutle up his mind as to who is to get
the office and avers there is nothing
definite in the situation. The names
of Wylie E. Clark, of Ihe Essex Lum
ber Company; Jordan Green, an
architect, and Leo Stein, a lawyer,
have been mentioned as probable
successors. There also has been a
rumor to the effect that there is a
possibility that the mayor may re
cede from his determination not to
have Charles P. Taylor remain a
i member of'the board and appoint him
as successor of Judge Johnson.
Mr. Taylor's present term expires
tomorrow and his place has been filled
by Edwin Ball. This latest rumor
has it that there is a possibility of
Mr. Taylor being retained as a-mem
ber of the board and as successor to
Judge Johnson.
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' WASHINGTON, Ian. 31.—'The con
viction of David Lamar, Ihc "Wolf
of Wall Street," for impersonating a
member of Congress, was sustained
by the Supreme Court today when
his motion to dismiss the Indictment
was denied.
NKW YORK. Jan. 31. United States
District Attorney If. Snowden Mar
shall. who conducted the prosecution
of David Lamar, said today that lie
did not know the whereabouts of the
so-called “Wolf of Wall Street," but
that he would take immediate steps
to locate him.
"Lamar has lost his last chance to
escape jail." said Mr. Marshall.
"Usually it takes thirty days for a
mandate to issue from the Supreme
Cofrt after an appeal of this nature
has been refused but I intend to try
and experire matters in this case. As
soon as the mandate is received La
| mar will be taken Into custody and
sent to Atlanta.”
■P, 't|
JOHN R. EMERY
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MOHR’S KIN RALLY
TO THE DEFENSE
OF ACCUSED WIDOW
Sister and Brother of Murdered
Man Say His Wife Showed
Real Affection.
POOL ROOMS QUOTING
EVEN MONEY THAT MOHR
JURY WILL DISAGREE
f'lttM lOKNt K. K I.. .Inn. 31.-—
tCai-iiig poolroom* bate taken lip
the Mohr trial a* a belling propor
tion anil regular i|notation* are he
iug murie in reanrta here.
The hooka teem to figure tlial
oven mone.v ia about the proper
figure to offer on the jury iil*iigiee
ink. while the oilil* are about IP to
? that Mr*. Mohr will he ai-i|ultteit
by the twelve men wlio# hate her
fate In their liaiirl*.
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PROVIDENCE. Jan. 31— A sister
and brother of Dr. C. Franklin Mohr
today rallied to the defense of Ins
widow, Mrs. Elisabeth F. Mohr, on
trial for instigating his murder. After
Eugene .1. -Sullivan, the woman’s
brother-in-law. had identified the let
ter offered on Saturday in which Dr.
Mohr admitted the validity of his
marriage, Mrs. Ella Hogan and Gils
tav D. Mohr, both of McEw ensville,
Pa., wore called.
Mr. Hogan, the doctor’s sister, said
that Mrs. Mohr expressed love und
affection for him. Mr. .Mohr, his
brother, testified that Mrs. Mohr
wrote to him last June asking his aid
in bringing about a reconciliation
with her husband about the same
time the witness declared the doctor
wrote him that Mrs. Mohr “was no
good” and that “the children she
claims are not my own."
Several other witnesses testified as
to matters heretofore brought out at
the trial. Little of this testimony re
lated, however, to Cecil V. Hrown and
Henry H. Spellman, who, according
to the Stale, killed the physician and
wounded his companion, Miss Emily
Burger.
Miss Elizabeth Barker testified that
she accompanied Mrs. Mohr to the
hospital, where Dr. Mohr- was taken
after being shot, and that she was
“grief-stricken ”
Winfield Thompson, a newspaper
man of Boston, testified that when lie
asked Heads how much money Mrs?
Mohr gave him or promised him he
replied, “Nothing."
Many other witnesses were wait
ing to be called when conn took a
recess.
Strike Ends at Public Service
Building and at New
Hotel.
Work was resumed toda> on the
construction of the new Public Ser
vice terminal building and the Robert
Treat Hotel. As told in a late edition
of the Evening Star on Saturday, a
settlement of the building trades
strike has been effected by President
William Roonc, of the International
Union of Masons and Bricklayers. All
of the men will he back at work to
morrow morning.
A large percentage of the men were
back on the job today and *11 griev
ances apparently have- been buried.
President Boom* ordered the plaster
era hack to work as the r< -nit of an
agreement reached on Saturday, when
it was arraigned that tip- nun em
ployed from New York would take
out cards in the locul unions. All of
the men of the various trades who
had struck in sympathy with the
plasterers were ordered back to work,
but the word did not reach many of
them in time to start this morulas.
jt
Was Too Enthusiastic Over
Duties at Cigar Factory.
Waist Shop to Move.
About; forty of the striking tion
union women cl gar makers have re
turned to work In the Seldenberg A
Co. factory at Central avenue am
| Duryee atreat^Jeaving about 125 stil
lout, and about the same number havi
I returned to the I'nlon American Cigai
t Manufacturing Company's plant ai
Union and Market strcetp, where 20(
w ent on striker n .layr ago
Miss Annie Hottdieki. of .'120 Norfolk
street, one of tlie strikers at the
Heidenberg plant, was arrested this
morning Policeman Anderson, of
the Fifth precinct, and charged with
loitering. The woman was acting as
a picket, and in the opinion of Police
man Anderson was loo persistent in
tier efforts to stop some of the girls
Who were returning to work.
The policeman was about to place
her under arrest, hut upon the solic
itation of Henry F. Hitters, secretary
of the Essex Trades' Council, per
mitted the woman to go upon her
promise to leave the neighborhood.
She started away, but when passing
Urn Uniter factory nt Duryee street
and Sussex avenue met Jennie
(Jrande, of 94 Mt, Prospect avenue,
on her way to the factory.
M omrii III Mixtip.
The Boudicki woman ran across the
street, calling out “Jennie, Jennie
don't go hack to work." The Orande
woman for reply struck the ether
over the head with Iter umbrella am
n. clawing match resulted, which end
ed with tile Houdtckf woman being
placed under arrest.
At the factory today It was sail
that things were going on as usual
but Superintendent Max linger re
fused to say how many were at work
The pickets said that only a few hai
gone back, but one of those at wort
in the factory said that twentj
strippers, seventeen rollers ami tlvi
bunchers were at work.
I The si t ike in progress at the Trot:
villo Waist Company continued to
day with no change in the situation.
A mass meeting of girls employee
in the waist and white goods and cot
set factories in this city will la- belt
tonight, in the Collosseum on Spring
field avenue. The meeting will hi
addressed by officers und organizer:
of tile International (larmenl Work
ers.
At tlie headquarters of the Kssei
Trades’ Council today it was sau
that tltere was no change in tin
strikes at the Seidenberg A Co. am
Cnlon-American cigar factories.
Secretary Hllfers, of the Ksso
Trades Council, stated that there hai
been no break in the ranks of of th
; strikers, and that onl\ a. few em
ployes were working in the two fac
t lories.
AtXthe factory of Hie America.)
‘ 'Igar Company, -108 Market street
tliis morning It was said that the sit
nation was unchanged. Two police
men were detailed at the plant fo
duty, hut everything was quiet.
FUNDS MAY
BE MERGED INTO ONI
Relative to discussing propose
legislation, the legislate oemmitte
of* tlie State Federation of IMstrir
Boards of Education, which has hel
several sessions in this city recently
will meet at Trenton today
It is proposed to consolidate th
teachers’ retirement fund vsitli t li
teachers’ pension fund and amend th
teachers’ tenure of service act to prn
vide for a five-year probat ionar
period, instead of three years, befor
appointments are made permanen1
Cnder the present pension arrange
ment it is possible for a teacher wh
is a member of both funds to reeeiv
larger sum from the two pension
than she received in salary. The bill
probably will be Introduced this weel
Charles P. Taylor, a member of th
local Board of Education, is chairma
of the committee.
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FRENCH AIRCRAFT
ROUT ZEPPELIN
IN PARIS AnACK
Ten Incendiary Bombs Dropped
on City, but Cause No
Damage.
26 KILLED. 32 WOUNDED
IN SATURDAY NIGHT RAID
Paris Newspapers Call for At
tacks on German Cities
in Reprisal.
II* fhr I ntted Pr»«M.
PARTS, .Tan. 31.—In a new Zeppelin
mil] on Paris at 10 o’clock last night,
ten incendiary bombs were dropped.
The authorities announced today that
no damage w’as done, so far as Is
known.
Six of the bombs dropped in ihe
second raid within twenty-four hours
fell iii an open held in the suburban
section, bursting Into flame. The
others fell in the vicinity of a. factory,
exploding harmlessly.
French air patrols attacked the
raiding dreadnought, which fled north
ward. escaping In tlio mint. The Zep
pelin sped over Ihe illy at such a
great height that searchlights were
mm hie to pick It out of Ihe curtain of
fog. anil II was not shelled by anti
aircraft guns. Only the faint hum of
ihe dirigible's engine was heard.
French Iteinanii Reprisals.
The T’aris newspapers, in calling for
immediate air raids upon large Ger
man cliies as meanuren of reprisal for
the killing and wounding of more
than fifty persons in Paris, again
sounded warning today thnt a whole
squadron of Count Zeppelin's sky
monsters, accompanied by several of
1 lie Fokker "air uhlans.” may swoop
down ppnn Paris any night. The
raids of Saturday and Sunday night,
aeronautic experts wrote, undoubted
ly were for the purpose of testing out
Paris’ aerial defenses, preparatory to
greater raids.
The majority of the people of Paris
only learned through their newspa
pers today of the second raid on the
city Inst night. The "lights out”
warning sounded at 9:50 p. m. whilo
great crowds were in the boulevards,
the theaters and restaurants, but
when the lights were turned on again
an hour and a half later, il was
reported that the Zeppelin had been
driven off. Il was several hours later
that Ihe police were informed of the
pursuit of ihe Zeppelin over the
suburbs.
_.
•?. Killed, 32 U'oinidrd.
An official statement today said
that twenty-six persons were killed
and thirty-two injured in Saturday
night’s raid. The property damage
was less than $100,000.
Squads of laborers are digging in
the ruins of a live-story tenement
building split in half by one of the
000-pound bombs for bodies today.
Auguste Pettijean, a Souave, had ob
tained a leave of absence from Hie
front and had reached home Saturday
evening, eager to escape the war for
a few days with his family. While lie
sat at the table with his wife his two
little hoys and three other relatives
the war came to him. The bodies
of all seven were found in the ruins
of tin* wrecked tenement.
Another bomb exploded on a little
cottage*, blowing It to pieces. Still
another crashed through the roadway
above the subway, only an instant
after a train had flashed by. Traffic
on this section of the underground
railway was interrupted all day
yesterday.
Great crowds of Sunday sightseers
visited tin* sections where the Zeppe
lin raider wrought death and destruc
tion. A relief fund was started today j
for the Zeppelin victims.
The Zeppelin was next picked up by I
a. sub-lieutenant, as it flew over the j
suburbs westward. He went up to
within 50 to 100 yards of the airship
and stuck to his quarry with grim de
termination sometimes flying above,
sometimes below' and sometimes on a
level, in order to escape the fire from
the Zeppelin’s machine guns. For
fifty-three minutes the chase con
tinued, the machine guns being freely
used on both sides, until finally the
aeroplane' s engine broke clown and the
sub-lieutenant, was obliged to descend.
IKK ME
I
,
Fire Engines Responded to
Alarm, but Only Chemical
Apparatus Was Employed.
i Hundred* «>f people witnessed Hie
. burning of the lop of an automobile
. truck standing on Broad street in
front of the Central railroad station
i yesterday during the noon hour.
For several minutes th< lire was
■ slightly spectaeulai, as the top cover
■ ing was of a composition rubber cloth
■ and in addition to a brisk blaze, while
it lasted, furnished a thick column of
while smoke. The truck is tho prop
erty of Russell -1,00w 11 s & Froelich,
Inc., distillers, of 49-61 Mechanic
street, and wa* driven by John
Eberle.
Back-firing of tho motor caused
> the blaze and Eberle, having a small
hand grenade on the truck, attempted
to put the flames out with it, but they
■ seen got beyond his control and an
alarm was sent. in. Tilts alarm
brought out. all of the apparatus
| w hich answers the call to the "Four
1 Corners,” but the only apparatus
' used was the chemical.
' Onlookers pressed close around the
1 burning truck for a moment or two
• until I lie hemical started spraying
in different directions, and many of
' those who were in Ihe erowd will
’ have nice liltle white spots on their
3 clothing as a result of their curiosity.
Captain James A. MeReil, of the
• I rathe sound, happened to be in the
■ neighborhood at the lime of the fire
. and personally took charge of cloar
- ing the street and establishing the
> lines.
No estimate could be placed as to
* the damage as it was apparent tho
* motoi Imd been considerably harmed.
The oiitir< top of the truck was
3 burned away, the windshield was
i ruined by the heat and the hody ol
me truck was scorched.
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ITALY RUSHES
TO ALBANIA
Decides to Continue Fight
to Hold Southern
Section.
BRITISH AND FRENCH All)
REQUESTED, SAYS REPORT
-r—
I Military and Political Necessity
to Retain Albanian Hold,
Rome Believes.
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RUSSIAN GUNS SHELLING
TURK FORTS AT ERZERUM
Fresh Victory Over Turkish
Forces in Caucasus Claimed
by Russians.
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I
II) Ihe Vdhopiatfd I'rr**.
BE HI.IN1. .Inn 31, lij wireless to
Sayville) Italy has decided to eon
llnuo. the campaign in Albania, ac
cording to Vienna advices given out
todaj by the Overseas News Agency,
and is said to have landed an addi
tional Infantry division and several
batteries of heavy artillery al Avlona.
"Italy will not give tis Albania," the
news agency said. 'She considers an
effective defense of the southern pari
of the country Is a military and po
litical necessity. Other reports state
1hal Italy, lacking sufficient troops of
her own, has asked for help from Eng
land and France."
By the t«nrlatril l‘rr„,.
PARIS. Jan. Ill (5:15 a. m.I.-News
has hoeii received In diplomatic cir
cles at Athens, the Balkan agency’s
correspondent there telegraphs, (hat.
the Russians have Inflicted a fresh
defeat on the Turks in Ihe Caucasus.
The correspondent reiterated the re
port that the Russians havo sur
rounded Erzerum. The Turkish au
thorities and the bankers with the
hank funds, he says, left tho city at
the last moment, barely escaping
capture by the Cossacks. Russian
artillery has begun to bombard fhe
forts of the city.
The correspondent adds that, the
Turks are hastily fortifying ths
towns of Angora and Sivas, capital*
of the vilayets of those names sit
uated respectively 215 and 425 miles
east of Constantinople
B.r the Associated I'rcss.
PARIS. Jail. 21 (2 a. m.) A dis
patch from Athens to the Hava*
Agency, dated Sunday, says that
French troops continue to land on
the island of Mytllene. according tn
advices just received. From there an
aeroplane flotilla makes dally recon
naisances toward the coast, of Asia
Minor.
Violence of Assaults Diminish
ing—Newly Won Positions
Held, Says Berlin.
PAItlH, Jan. HI.- Tin- new German
offensive has been checked by vig
orous French counter-attacks, the
war office indicated this afternoon
in a statement reporting Teuton on
slaughts diminishing in violence.
Having occupied some French
trenches wrecked by their heavy ar
tillery, the Germans have been unable
to make further progress and have
been driven out of some of the con
quered ground by hot fire from the
French positions.
"North of Arras, in the legion
sotliwcHt of Hill HO, two German
hand grenade attacks were repulsed,"
said this afternoon’s official state
ment.
"In (lie Champagne region, nortli
of Fresnes, our artillery caused ex
plosions at four points ip the Ger
man trendies, in mine fighting in the
Argonne we destroyed an enemy gal
lery near Haute Crevauchee.”
11, tins Asniirlulpil Pi-pmn.
BEHidN, Jail. HI, via T.oridon (3 HO
p. m.)—The French have been mak
ing repeated attempts to regain the
ground recently lost hy them near
Neuvllle. army headquarters an
nounced today, hat all their attacks
have been beaten olf, the Gi moans
still holding their newly-won
trenches.
FORESTERS WILL
Th« Independent Order of Forester?,
of Newark, will parade some night
during the, _,'0th anniversary celehro
tion period, a fathering of 1.0 rep re
sentatives of various courts of th«
order in tlie city decided at a meeting
at 20 Central uvcnii" yesterday after
noon. Secretary Matthias Stratton,
of the Com it tee of One Hundred, ad
dressed the Foresters, explaining the
pageant and other details of ihe cele
bration. It was decided to appoint a
committee to consult with the Com
mittee of One Hundred to arrange a
date for the Foresters* demonstration.
The Kady Auxiliary Foresters will
assist in the event, and already plans
are taking shape for a highly novel
and interesting parade.
A delegation from the Knights of
Columbus will meet with Mr. Strat
ton at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon*
to arrange for participation in the
i Newark pageant by members of that
order. ^
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