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ESTABLISHED 1832. ONE CENT. NEWARK, N. J., TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1911.—14 PAGES. RAIN OR SNOW TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. = ■
MEXICAN FEDERAL
TROOPS COOPED IN
BY REBEL FORCES
All AvenueS for Food and Forage
. Are Closed and
Guarded.
ONE HUNDRED SLAIN AND
MANY WOUNDED IN BATTLE
Government Troops in a Bad
Way, Says Rebel
Leader.
—
PRESIDIO. Tex., Jan. SI.—Outgener
aled and defeated with more than 100
soldiers killed In battle, the federal
forces of Oeneral Luque are divided and
cooped up In the towns of Ojlnaga and
Cuehllllo Parrado.
General Luque, with lesB than 100
men, occupies Ojlnaga, and Colonel Do
rante, with about 200 cavalry. Is at
Cuohllllo Parrado. The Insurreotos oc
cupy every road leading into both
towns, and will not permit provisions
or forage to be carried In. Last night
the campfires of the insurrectos were
visible from Presidio, and the rebels
could be seen patrolling the roads with
in five miles of Ojlnaga across the river
from this place. Following the rebel
ambuscade, In which he was driven at
f Cuyama last week, where he lost over
100 killed. Colonel Dorante on Sunday
led hlB men from their place of refuge
with the evident Intention of avoiding
the mountain trails, where the chances
of another ambush by the Insurrectos
E were plentiful.
Rebels Frustrate Attempt.
The rebels under Jose de la Cruz San
► chez and T. Orega quickly divined Do
rante's purpose. The result wus that
the leader of the federal soldiers was
I flanked and when his file attempted to
pass through a canyon at Doqullllta, a
murderous fire of bullets .pelted down
upon then.. The command dashed from
the canyon, and a detachment of Insur
rectos charged them. A fierce fight en
sued. Slowly the federals were forced
back In the direction of Cuehllllo Par
rado. The insurrectos are hurrying re
inforcements to Sanchez, who now has
T'orantcs completely cooped up.
Yesterday a column of more than 30G
pronunciados passed through Mulato
to aid In the fight ugalnst the column
of Colonel Dot antes. Part of these
men are from Coahulla, and took part
in the battle opposite Comstock Jan
uary 11. Another detachment was or
ganized opposite Boqutllita, Texas, and
the two companies Joined a third or
ganization of about 100 men at Mulato
These different companies aro closing
In from different directions upon Do
rante's column. The Insurrectos de
clare that Dorante's forces will never
be permitted to return to town. They
will be cut to pieces in the foothills. A
correspondent interviewed Jose de la
Cruz Sanchez, the lnsurrecto leader, last
night.
“We could take Ojlnaga at any time,"
lie said. “We have delayed the attack
for several reasons. The wives and
families of many of our men are shut
up In the town. They would probably
be killed by the soldiers if we made
an attack. We have been able to use
, our forces to better advantage In the
field, and had no desire to tie up a
permanent garrison In the city. The
time Is near, however, when Ojlnaga
wiM be ours.”
A party if thirty rurales rode out
from Ojlnaga this morning, but sight
ing the lnsurrectOB about three miles
from town, they immediately returned
to the fortified camp.
ACTING MAYOR OF CANANEA,
MEX., IS ASSASSINATED.
CANANEA, Mex., Jan. 31, via El
Paso.—Francisco Portillo, first alder
man and acting mayor of this place,
wan assassinated yesterday. The as
sailant Is In Jail. The killing gave rise
to the report that rebels had taken
the town. There are no rebels here.
Sahuarlpa, Sonora, has been taken
by the Federal Torces again. Last
Wednesday the Federals surrounded
the town and lighting began at once.
On Friday the rebels surrendered. Col
onel Ojeda was In command of the
Federals, assisted by Jefe Politico
Chlapa, of Moctezuma, who had a
hundred volunteers In his force.
The Federals lost one man killed and
a number wounded. All the rebels
have been arrested and their arms cap
tured. acrordlng to the report sent by
messenger to Moctezuma and tele
graphed from there to the governor at
Hermoslllo and to the district commis
sioner here.
Severiano Talamantes, former Fed
eral colonel, commanded the rebels and
Is a prisoner. The report last week
that Vargas, Jefe Politico, of Mocte
zuma, was killed In battle Is denied.
COURT SETS ASIDE DEED
BY WOMAN TO NEPHEW.
That there was fraud In the convey
ance of the property of the late Mrs.
Jane Allen was the ground on which
Vice-Chancellor Stevens decided today i
against John Morecraft, one of her
nephews, against whom his brother
James had brought suit.
The grievance of JameB was that
John had shown "more craft” than al-,
lowed by law, in that he had managed
to secure the conveyance of the prop- i
erty involved to himself. It la on j
Forty-sixth street, near Avenue A, |
Bayonne.
James’s story at the time was that
John got possession of the property In j
order that a Judgment for $630.62, se
cured by James against the aunt, could
not be collected He also claimed that
f he had made an agreement with his
aunt to care for her until her death. In
return for which he, James, should get
the house and lot.
l*rs Allen died December I last at
WILSON-RECORD
SHARP SEIBAGK
Republican Senators, in Secret
! Conference, Decide Upon Leg
1 islative Plan of Their Own.
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LEADER PRINCE INTRODUCES
A HOME RULE MEASURE
Adjournment Taken Until Mon=
day Out of Respect to
Former President.
[From a Staff Correspondent.]
TRENTON, Jan. 31.—The first slap
at the proposed Wilson-Record line of
legislation came today. It leaked out
In the Senate that the Republican ma
jority held a caucus hist night and
decided to taboo the Osborne public
utilities bill, which was drafted ac- !
cording to the Ideas suggested by !
Oeorge L. Record, the Progressive Re
publican leader, the Governor's politi
cal adviser.
| Plan of Campaign Decided Upon.
Not only the Republican majority de
cided to vote against the Osborne bill,
but the senators mapped out a program
of their own. At today’s session the
most Important bill Introduced was one
bf Senator Prince, majority leader,
which If enacted Into law will bestow
home rule on all municipalities. The
j measure met with the unanimous ap
proval of the senators in caucus. It
was also determined to not only pass an
adequate rate-meeting public utilities
bill, but to oppose any measure that
seeks to recognise the present utilities
commission.
Home Rnlr la F.sfrnded.
The Prince home rule bill In BUb
stance extends the powers of munici
palities by authorizing them to enact
all ordinances necessary for the pro- I
tection of life, health and property, to •
declare and prevent and abate
nuisances, to preserve good govern
ment, general welfare and security,
and to exercise all power of municipal
government not prohibited by State
laws or the Constitution and to 1m
poso reasonable lines or Imprisonment.
It applies to all cities, towns or other ,
municipal corporations.
After clearing Its calendar of all the ’
bills ready for final passage tho Sen
ate adjourned for the week out of re
spect to the memory of former Sen
ator and President of the Senate Rob
ert Adrain, whose death the Senate
learned officially today.
Three bills were passed in the Senate.
(CoDtlnncd on Srrund l’ngc.)
WILSON OBJECTS ~
lO NOMINATING QF
i _ _ _ _^
Measure Introduced May Prove
Bar to Road to the
White House.
[From a Start Correspondent.)
TRENTON, Jan. 31.—There was in
troduced In the House last night by
Assemblyman Walsh, of Mercer county, |
a bill providing for the direct nomina- j
tlon of candidates for governor. It Is |
asserted that the act has displeased I
Governor Wilson.
It Is no secret here that plans, deep ;
and well laid, have been devised to
please some people by having the
direct primary extended to the choice
of candidates for governor and con
gressmen and to exalt one person by
making It apply to the selection of
delegates to national conventions.
Looking Toward 1012.
It Is said of the Governor that he
Is ambitious; that he 1b looking long
ingly toward 1912, and that his Is the
brain and his patronage the means by
which this purpose Is to be accom- ;
plished. ,
The Governor angrily rejects this
Imputation. His friends resent it. j
They insist that the Governor Is In- I
spired only by the lofty desire to gov- 1
em his people as he thinks they ought
to be governed. The thought of other
honors Is distasteful to him. He is
not concerned In the choice of national
delegates. He would not stoop to such
low practises. Hence his unger at the
act of the Mercer assemblyman, which ,
i has revived those unkind rumors.
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SNOWLESS BLIZZARD
SWEEPS OVER NEWARK.!
A very live brand of old-fashioned 1
! downright winter struck Newark last
| night and today. It had In It the sting
I of the cold snap and the whip of the
! wintry gale, and it lacked only heaps
! of snow to make It a regular bllxsard.
I The temperature went as far down as
17 degrees at 3 o’clock this morning,
and It was mighty shivery around
20 at 7 o'clock. The sun came
out and the wind stopped swirling dur
ing the later hours of the day, but the
cold snap was still snappy and the 1
meroury never could climb above 29
degrees, which It reached Just after 12 i
o’clock.
More of the same kind of weather Is
piomlaed for tonight and tomorrow—
fair and still cold, with variable winds.
A
IMPROVES AFTER
A RESTFUL NIGHT
Condition of Prelate Is Still
Critical, as His Heart
Is Weak.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 31.—A cable
gram expressing concern at his Illness
was received by Archbishop Kyan to
day from Pope Plus X. The Pope sent
the stricken archbishop his apostolic
i blessing and wired that he had mailed
him a letter. The archbishop, who Is
very ill, expressed gratification after
reading tho cablegram.
While the condition of Archbishop
Ryan Is grave, he shows Improvement
today and talks with those In the sick 1
room. He realizes, however, that a
fatal heart attack may come at any
! minute, and Is resigned.
Hundreds of telegrams from all sec
tions of the country expressing sym
pathy are being received. Discussing
the sympathy shown by the Frotes
lants of Philadelphia. Archbishop Ryan
remarked that two of his most valued
friends are Protestant clergymen In St.
Louis. The archbishop was bishop of
St. Louis before coming to Philadel
phia.
The improvement shown this morn
ing In the condition of the archbishop
brought relief to his devoted house
hold, who hav anticipated the worst
for the last three days.
Dr. Ernest le Place, one of the at
tending physicians, in discussing the
Improvement today, said that the
archbishop is suffering from heart
trouble, "and he may drop off at any
minute."
BIG SB BROAD SI.
REALTY BEAL IS
Predict Year’s Transactions in
New Centre Will Aggregate
$15,000,000.
A big South Broad street real estate
transaction was consummated in the
real estate office of Louis Schlesinger
i yesterday.
A new building, probably four stories
high, will be erected at 867 Bruad
street by Joseph Oschwald, the owner,
and the basement, ground floor und
first story have been leased for a period
of ten years to the SpieB -pgar Com- j
pany, who will conduct a ladies’ and 1
misses' cloak, suit and outer garment ;
store.
The property, which has a frontage j
of sixteen feet on tAouth Broad street!
and a depth of one hundred and sev- j
enty-flve feet running parallel with1
Willlum street, through to Treat place,
is one of the choicest pieces of prop
erty in that section, 'as dll real estate i
men agree who have faith in the future I
development of Newark.
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The owner has refused many big of
fers for this piece of central realty,
"We are to see a great change in
Newark within the next two years, ho
pronounced that even the old Newark
ers will hardly kno\y their city," said I
a well-known real estate man today, In.
discussing the big operations in central I
real estate within the last two months.
"There Is no question In my mind,”
he added, "but that the South Broad
street and North Broad street and ;
Market street boom is just commencing
and that within a year we will find
that Improvements to old buildings and :
building of new ones and the ex
change of real estate will amount to
an aggregate of at least fifteen mil- j
lions."
Philip Spies and Morris Apgar are
today being congratulated on their
business foresight in locating In the
heart of a new business centre.
METROPOLITAN BUILDING
FETCHES HALF A MILLION.
A real estate deal involving nearly
$500,000 was completed yesterday, when
contracts for the r • rchase of the Met
ropolitan Building, at Market and
Washington streets, were signed. The
purchaser Is Joseph Meyer, of the firm
of Gelsmer-Meyer Company, depart
ment store owners, of Washington
street, Hoboken. The deal was con- j
summated through the real estate firm '
of Charles F. Kraemer. Moses Mendel
represented Joseph Meyer, while the In- i
terests of Charles J. Basch were looked ;
after by A. D. Marx.
The Metropolitan building Is nine
stories high and has a large frontage
on Market street, extending along
Washington street to the Empire Thea
tre. It was erected In 1891 by the Credit j
System Company and subsequently sold
to Charles J. Basch, of the Basch &
Greenfield Co., woolen manufacturers,
from whom it was purchased yester
day.
It Is understood that Mr. Meyer pur
chased the building as an investment
and will make no changes In It for the |
present, but will continue the prop- %
as a business and office building
Considering the building acvNkw In
this section of the city the Investment
is considered a good one. On this block
will shortly be begun the erection of the
new Bamberger department store build
ing which will be const: ucted around
the Metropolitan building, fronting on
Market street and on Washington
street where the Empire Theatre is
now located.
Home Blankets, New Stock.
Macknet & Do: imua Co.. 7D8 Broad etreet.— Ad-*.
REVENUE OFFICERS
UNEARTH BOLD
CIGAR SWINDLE
Find “Smokes” Sold Without
Sign ol Usual Federal
Tax Stamp.
RAID FACTORY AND
ARREST MAN AND WIFE
Further Revelations Are Forth
coming at Subsequent Exam
ination in Collector’s Office.
For a long time the office of the
deputy collector of Internal revenue
here has been cherishing the suspicion
that the government was being
swindled by a coterie ol Italian clg^r
manufacturers who were combining the
two crimes of selling underweight
cigars without sulllcient slumps to
comply with the law or were Felling
cigars In old boxes w ithout any stamps
whatsoever.
A couple of duys ago they got a re
tail dealer down In Monroe street who
pleaded Innocence ut first, and whon,
well, threatened by the revenue
sleuths, confessed that he bought his
cigars from a man named Dltano at
151 Eighth avenue, who sold them to
, him cheaper because they didn't con
I tain the proper amount of tobacco nnd
1 were passed from the factory to his
store without stamps.
A clever little piece of detective work
on the part of the national sleuths
brought about the arrest of both Dl
tano, whose first name Is Luigi, and
his wife Amelia today. The detectives
took the Monroe street cigar dealer to
tlielr factory and etood around while
Amelia passed" out 300 flve-cent cigars
In a paper bag with no sign of a
revenue stamp upon them.
More Itevelaf Ions.
The arrest quickly followed. But
more revelations came thlB afternoon
when the Dltanns were brought before
Deputy Collector E. Allen Smith.
The testimony showed that Dltano
had bought stamps of the government
enough to cover the manufacture of
27,000 cigars, but he had not recorded
those stamps nor placed them all upon
his boxes', and he had manufactured
five times more cigars from the tobacco
he claimed to have than would suffice
for full weight. The man said that
he lost track of his stamps by turning
over his books to another man, whom
' the revenue people have under survell
j lance.
The Dltanos, charged with failure to
report their stamps and charged with
I selling cigars without stamps, were
sent before the United States commls
; sioner, who will hold them while the
j probe goes on.
iSFAR? OHSTORY
OF ARMSTRONG
■HER IS TOLU
Account Negro Gave County De
tective Is Admitted in
Evidence.
[Special to the Newark Star]
TRENTON, Jan. 31.—Sears’s own
t story of how ho murdered the Rev. Dr.
and Mrs. Armstrong was told on the
stand in Mercer Court today by County
Detective James S. Kirkham, and It
was admitted as evidence by Supreme
Court Justice Reed. IJetective Kirk
ham told in full the details of the half
breed's story of how he committed the
crime without any provocation what
ever. The story of Kirkham was to the
effect that Sears committed the act in
cold blood. Important testimony was
also offered by Rudolph Nordhaus, of
New Brunswick, who was a boon com
panion of Sears
Nordhaus said Sears wanted him to
go into the chicken farming business
with him and claimed to be worth $100,
000. Nordhaus was to move to the
Armstrong home on the day after
Thanksgiving.
Sears told Nordhaus that he owned
the farm and Mr. Armstrong was the
manager.
The case will go to the Jury tomorrow.
Mother n Witness.
Sears managed to keep up,under It
all until his mother, aged and decrepit,
tottered rather than walked into the
courtroom. To her he seemed to look
for help, as she, agitated to the
point where her testimony was given
haltingly and waverlngly, was unable
to bear up. broke down and wept In
the witnct box. The breakdown of his
mother, coupled with her testimony,
broke the will of the prisoner and he
hid his face from the gazo of his mother
and the crowds in the court.
The most importantevldence yester
day was testimony of Rachel Sears, the
mother of the prisoner. She testified
that she heard two shots shortly after
the evening meal the night of the mur
ders. Thanksgiving eve. She said she
was upstairs when she h< ard the sound
of the tiring of a gun downstairs. Her
son, she said, was In the shed when she
.went upstnlrs and shortly after he left
the premises to go to New Brunswick.
Site lid not see him again until he
called to her from the stairway and
told her that burgla s were In the
house. Witnesses told of Hears gong to
New Brunswick, fixing the time which
intervened btiwu-i early ovei,;i,q ,>iul
midnight. Other witnesses told of
Sears coming to their homes and In
forming them that burglars were In
the Armstrong house and of the subse
quent finding of the dead bodies of the
pastor and his wife. A large number
of witnesses have been summoned.
HUGH MARRIED
WOMAN IS SUED
FOR A DIVORCE
Vice-Chancellor Howell Hears
Tales of Weddings and
Old Separations.
DEFENDANT UNABLE TO BE
PRESENT, OWING TO ILLNESS
Husband’s Attorney Claims That
First Matrimonial Tie Was
Never Severed.
Five marriages, several divorces and
a suit (or bigamy are credited to Mrs.
Hattie Slpp, from whom her husband,
John Milton Slpp, of 25 William street.
Is seoklng a divorce on the ground of
desertion.
Part of the story of Mrs. Sipp's
inucli-marrled life was told before
Vice-Chancellor Howell ,n chancery
chambers today. The rest may be told
March 24, when Mrs. Slpp, who was
unable to be present, may have an op
portunity to defend herself. She Is
supposed to be In Rochester, and as a
deposition was road In court from a
physician of that city, showing that
■ she was too 111 to be In Newark and
j stand the ordeal of a divorce suit, her
| side Is undisclosed.
Stories of Marriages Told.
The story of the many marriages was
rehearsed on the witness-stand by Miss
! Julia F. Hoch. who Is employed in the
; office of John F. Cahill, counsel for
\ the husband. Miss Hoch went to Roch
1 ester recently, and In working on the
| case, learned, so she swore, of four
I marriages following that to Mr. Slpp.
I With this Information, together with a
report In the Rochester newspapers
showing that she stood trial for bigamy
In February, 1807, Miss Hoch fired her
ammunition at the wonia?i In the case
i Tor the benefit of the complaining hus
I band.
It was charged that the defendant
j was married to the man from whom
I she has not yet been divorced July 2,
1888, by the Rev. George Schambaeh,
at that time the pastor of the German
I Lutheran Church In Mulberry street.
She was then 23 years old and her first
husband Is about the some age. They
lived together until July, 1895, when
she deserted him, returned to the fold
afterward, and, so It was alleged, re
peated the operation twice, finally go
ing to Rochester.
Marries In nochealer.
They had no children. Soon after
; she got to Rochester, so Miss Hoch’s
j record showed, she married a man of
! the name of Derby. A few months
i later he divorced her. Then, It Is said,
! one Lorschelder came down the matri
monial pike and Mrs. Slop became
Mrs. Slpp-Derby-Lorschelder.
After a short honeymoon It Is charged
that Dr. Decker, a dentist, became en
tangled In a like matrimonial mesh,
and she beeame Mrs. Slpp-Derby-Lor
scheldor-Decker. Dr. Decker foljowed
suit In the divorce courts and Mrs. Slpp,
It Is alleged, sought consolation In one
Brayton, of Avon, N. Y., thus evolving
Into Mrs. Slpp-Derby-Idtrschelder-Deck
er-Brayton. She Is still supposed to be
linked with the Brayton fortunes, nnd
It was as long ago as April 7. 1909. that
she married him.
Ciguple Go to Europe.
It was during her life with Dr.
Decker, according to Miss Hoch, that
the couple went to Europe and almost
Immediately after their return the den
I tlst got busy on his action for divorce.
It was the only one that she failed to
defend and he was freed from her by
’ default.
Other witnesses heard today were
Michael Clark and John Davidson,
friends of Slpp, who testified to some
of her desertions nnd to his good char
acter.
Slpp, whose much-married other half
was represented In court by John A.
Bernhard, Is a worker in celluloid
!
OFFICE-SEEKERS ARE
AGAIN DISAPPOINTED.
[From a Staff Correspondent.]
| TRENTON, Jan. 31.—Governor Wilson
again today dlaappolnted the horde of
! olllee-seckers. Instead of sending his
appointments to the Senate for con
firmation, the executive, after spending
| a few moments at the State House, de
| parted for Washington, D. C.
The Governor is to be the guest of
Colonel Nelson Page at the national
capital tonight at the banquet of the
National Press Association.
Although the term of Colonel Fred
erick Gllkyson, the Republican State
road commissioner, expired on Satur
day, the Governor does not seem to
be In a hurry to fill the vacancy.
There are many candidates for the
tr.,000 a year Job. but It Is understood
that the Governor has decided to give
the place to Joseph Hoff, a Princeton
provision merchant. Mr. Hoff Is one
of the most popular business men In
Mercer county. He has for many
years been prominently Identified with
Democratic politics In the county, and
his selection would meet with the ap
proval of all factions.
IN FEW WORDS FRANK HOLT
WILLS BIG ESTATE TO WIFE.
hy his will filed tor probate today,
Frank Holt, the Jeweler, who died on
January 20, legves his entire estate
to his widow, Mrs. Susie Heape Holt,
and appoints her executrix. The will
, disposes of what Is believed to be a
i vast estate in a very few words. It
Is date January 8, 1S92.
FINDS STOLEN RINQS PAWNED.
CAMDEN, Jan. 81.—Two valuable
diamond rings stolen from the home of
Peter Verga, 122 Pearl street, were re
covered by City Detective Schregler In
• Philadelphia pawnshop.
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MISS ALICE DURYEE, NEWARK
WOMAN, THOUGHT TO BE
MISSIONARY DROWNED AT SEA.
! THE COMMAND OF
CAPTAINJABBOLL
Head of Detective Bureau Tells
Subordinates That Burglar
Must Be Taken.
Captain William A. Carroll, of the de
tective bureau, gave Instructions to
every man In his department this morn
ing that the "key man," the burglar
who has been working In all parts of
the city, must be caught. These In
structions were given following the
near capture of the man yesterday
nfternocm by Mrs. Katherine Werner,
60 years of age. who discovered the
man In the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. C. E. CalllF, on the third floor of
the Colonial apartment house, at 18
West Kinney street, and only permitted
him to escape when the man by su
perior strength broke away from her
while she was seeking assistance from
the Janitor and other tenants In the
building.
"Key Man" Described.
The “key man" is described by Mrs.
Werner as a man of about 82 years
of age, of Hebrew cast of countenance,
about five feet five Inches In height
and* weighing about 166 pounds. Ho
was dressed yesterday In dark clothes
and had on a short black overcoat and
black derby hat.
The hat he left behind when he made
I his hurried escape from the Call Is
home was a low-crowned derby and
bears the mark of a New York cloth
ing house. It is now at headquarters,
hut has nothing In It to help the police
In their search for tho burglar.
Within five minutes after the escape
of the burglar from the Colonial apart
ments yesterday Detective Sergeants
Harris and McConnell were on the
spot. Harris went at once to the South
street station looking for the burglar,
; thinking he would take a train for New
I York city. Later Detective Sergeants
i Ebert and Templeton were also assigned
! to the case, but, after a very careful
i search of the neighborhood stores and
j cafes, > ould find no trace of a man who
! had entered hatless.
Woman Tells of Finding nnrglnr.
i In describing her experiences Mrs.
! Werner says she was not in the least
bit frightened at any time, and that
If she could have obtained any assist
ance would have captured the man.
| "He was too big and heavy for me
| to handle, otherwise he would never
have got out from under that bed
! alive,” said Mrs. Werner in telling her
j experience. "As soon as ho discovered
that I knew ho was In the house he
dove under a bed In my room. He
stayed there while I went to tho neigh
bors for help, and also while I tried to
\ get the Janitor. I could not get any
j help Immediately, and before I could
he came out and rufhed by me and
I down the stairs and away.”
SUCCEEDS DR. KIPP AS
MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
Charitable Eye and Ear Hospi*
tal Fills Vacancy.
Dr. Wells P. Eagleton, of 15 Lom
i hardy street, was elected medical
j director of the Newark Charitable Eye
| and Ear Hospital last night to suc
ceed the late Dr. Charles H. Kipp.
The meeting also reelected these
officers: J William Clark, president;
Charles Bradley, vice- president; Fred
erick Frellnghuysen. treasurer. The
matron continues as do all the other
officials.
THREE DEAD, TEN MISSING
IN UTAH SNOWSLIDE.
j BALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 31.—Three
! men are reported to have been killed
and ten others are missing as the re
sult of a snowslide at the Utah
Coalition mine In Big Cottonwood
canyon near Alta.
Rescue partle; have gone out from
this city and Park City.
REBELS RENEW ATTACK.
PRESIDIO, Tex., Jan. 31.—Federal
; troops V ider Colonel Dorante. which
sustained heavy losses In fighting be
I tween Ojlnaga and Coyame, recently,
was attacked at Boqullllta yesterday
morning by Insurgpntos. Fighting con
tinued all night, and rival forces are
still at It. It Is believed the Federals
have lost many men and horses.
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Relatives of Miss Alice Duryea
Begin Investigation of
“Darijee” Report.
CABLEGRAM TELLS OF
SUICIDE ON STEAMER
Miss Duryee Had Been in China
Seven Years—Home
Last Year.
Cable dispatches received from Toklo
toiluy Indicate the death of Miss Alice
Duryee, member of a family well known
In Newark and particularly the North
Reformed Church, from which Mls»
Duryee went to China as a missionary
seven years ago. The dispatches state
that "Miss Alice Darijee, of Newark,
N. J., committed suicide by leaping Into
the sea from the Pacific Mall steam
ship Manchuria Friday last, while the
vessel wan steaming between Shanghai
and Nagasaki.
Painstaking search falls to reveal
anyone of the name of Darijee ever
having lived In Newark, and Investiga
tion In New York proves that no one
of that name Is on the books of any
foreign mission board. Further In
vestigation brought forth strong Indi
cation that tho person referred to In
the cablegrams Is Miss Duryee, and so
strong Is the belief that the Newark
young woman of that name Is the one
who was drowned, her aunt, Miss Amy
Duryee, of 80 Washington place, went
to New York this morning to Institute
Inquiries through the Pacific Mall’s
local agent. It was plain that she was
hoping against hope that "MIbs Darl
Jee” would not prove a misspelling of
her niece’s name.
Aunt Goes to New York.
Before entering her automobile at
her homo today, preparatory to goltig
to New York, Miee Amy Duryee said
she could not believe that her niece
Is dead. The cablegram had been suf
1 iiclent, however, to lead her to Investi
gate tho report thoroughly. She flatly
refused to believe Miss Duryee had
committed suicide, asserting that If
the young woman Is dead her death
was purely accidental or due to Ill
ness.
Miss Duryee said she received letters
i regularly from her niece and that only^
last week one came from her In ChlfuE^^
Miss Duryee said there was nothing In
tho letter to Indicate that the young
missionary was In anything but the
best of health and spirits and that no
mention was made of her Intention to
return to America.
Is Daughter uf Minister.
MIbs Alloe Duryee was the daughter
of the Rev. Dr. William Rankin Dur
yee, professor of theology at Rutgers
j College, and who died In New Bruns
, wick several years ago. There are two
daughters besides Mlse Alice, Mrs. Dr.
Ahmed Fahmy, of Amoy, China, who
is also a missionary, and Miss Lillian
Duryee. The only son Is George Dur
yee, of Saranac, N. Y. The three aunts
of the supposedly drowned missionary
are the Misses Amy, Anna and Mary
| Duryee, who live In the Washington
place homestead, and there are two
uncles, the Rev. Joseph Duryee, of
New York, and Dr. John L. Duryee, of
orange. The young woman’s mother,
■ who has not yet been Informed of tho
! supposed tragedy, lives at 32 Washlng
’ ton street. East Orange, having re
moved to Essex county from New1
Brunswick last May.
According to her aunts, Miss Duryee
first became interested In missionary
I work when she was 18 years old. She
j was later graduated from Smith College
and soon seriously contemplated be
coming actively engaged in foreign
missionary work. She was possessed of
a comfortable fortune and offered to go
to China at her own expense as the
representative of the North Reformed
Church, this city, with which she and
her family had been prominently lden- i
tided.
Tells of Nervous Breakdown.
According to the cable dispatches
j the suicide’s act was brought about by
i a nervous breakdown, the result of
: overwork and overstudy. It was also
j stated that her death occurred when
j she was on her way back to America
on a leave of absence In the hope of
j regaining her health by a change of
I scene.
Miss Duryee has been active In the
work of tho Amoy School since she
went to China, but, according to the
Reformed Church Foreign Missionary
Board, of 25 East Twenty-second
street. New York, she was stationed at
Pong-An, In the south of China, re
! cently.
BURNED GIRL TOO SICK FOR
SKIN-GRAFTING OPERATION.
Many Little Boys Still Volunteer
Prolifers of Cuticle.
Eight-year-old Dora Tremley, the lit
tle girl whose schoolmates ottered to
give the skin from their bodies to graft
upon her burned and poisoned leg, is
In such a serious condition today that
Dr. George Voebol does not dare to
perform the operation.
Dora hus grown so weak that It Is
Impossible even to move her upon her
bed, and yet, unless she can be revived
sufficiently to be taken to the Cliy Hos
pital for the oi eratlon there will be no
chance of her reiovery.
Each day numerous boys and girls
of ihe Alexander Avenue School renew
their bravo proffer to Dr. Voebel. but
he has not decided yet whether to ac
cept the sacrifices or not.
AMBASSADOR LEI MAN HOME
ROME. Jan. 31.—American Ambassa
dor Letshman, who has had a holiday
In America, returned to his post her*
today.
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