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last i Newark E^N _ ' W" ESTABLISHED 1832. ONE CENT. NEWARK, N. J., FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1911.-20 PAGES. SHOWERS TONIGHT; SATURDAY UNSETTLED. I VIEW OF BURNED GRAND STANDS AT POLO GROUNDS. HOME OF NEW YORK NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM —Pholo oy livening Star Photographer._ $250,000 BLAZE AT BALLPARK Grand Stands of New York Nationals Fire Swept INTERBOROUGH CAR SHOPS ALSO BURN — . Game With Philadelphia, Sched* j uled for Today, Called Off j by Secretary Gray. I NSW YORK, April M.—The damage to the Polo Grounds In my opinion will easily amount to $280,000,” said John J. McGraw, manager of the New York ■ Giants, early this morning, while he was looking over the scene of the Are that destroyed the grand stand at the home of New York National League Club on the eve of t e third baseball game of the season. Starting a half hour after midnight this morning, the flames within fifteen minutes were greedily devouring the big grand stand and hope of saving it was given up. Only the work of the firemen in separating into two parts the vast oval of seats by' means of water curtains, one on the north and one on the south, saved the club-house of the Giants on Eighth avenue and the bleachers' at the easterly end of the grounds. Car Shops Also Burn. The fire, after eating Its way from the south end of the grand stand to the north end, 3et fire to the repair shops on the elevated terminus of the Interborough Railway Company, which abuts against the fence surrounding the grand stand. Although employees of the railway company who were in the repair shop when the fire gained headway, fought the blaze with appara tus stored in their rooms, seven trailer cars valued at $5,000 each were de stroyed. as well as four electric motors stored in the repair shops, valued at $25,000. Shortly after 2 o’clock this morning all that remained of the grand stand was a mass of twisted girders and a heap of smouldering embers. The Bre men played the lines of hose upon the smoking ruins until daylight. FI rr Discovered Yesterday., Catcher Hartley, of the GiautB, yes terday afternoon discovered lire under neath the rrand stand near where this morning s Are started. Manager McGraw said this morning that the lire was brought to his atten tion and that he and a number of his team chopped away a portion of the grand stand and threw water on the blaze. He thought It probable that the fir* which destroyed the grand stand had ita origin in sparks left from yesterday’s blaze. Three firemen playing hose on the north side of the grand stand stood on a platform, which collapsed under them. They were thrown into a mass of smouldering embers. They and three other Aremen, who pulled them out of danger, were painfully burned about the face and body. Secretary W. M. Gray, of the New York National League club, announced ahortly before 9 o’clook thjs morning that It had been decided to all today’s game off. "There will be no baseball game .at the Polo Grounds today.” said Secre tary Gray. "No definite plans have yet been made for the future. When we get together later in the day some thing will be decided upon, end then a statement will be made." Low water pressure, due to repair work in progress on the water mains, enabled the Are to do more damage than would ordinarily have been pos sible. A new water tank standing to the north of the grounds and con structed for just suoh an emergency would have been ready for service to morrow. The destruction of the stand* and (Contlauc* en Sooond Page.) ». . ' TORNADO BLOWS CADET. MISSOURI Frightful Wind Wrought Also Death and Destruction in St. Louis. DE SOTO, Mo., April 14—Cadet, a town of 500 population, twelve miles south of here. Is today virtually no longer In existence, the tornado yester day having swept It away. Only ten houses In the southeastern part were left standing. Great damage was done In the north part of town. The path of the tornado through Cadet was three quarters of a mile wide. ST. LOUIS, April 14.—The most de structive storm here since the great cyclone of May 81, 1896, struck St. Louis at 4:50 o’clock yesterday after noon. Three persons were instantly killed by the storm and probably $1,500, 000 worth of property was destroyed. Fait of Elevator Hurled Into River. Eight of the upper stories of the Bur lington railroad elevator, in North St. Louis, were blown Into the Mississippi river and 1,000,000 bushels of grain stored therein Is lost. The eleyator loss is reported To' be $700,000. ‘ The wind and hail at the American League base ball park created terror emong the spectators, telegraphers, scribes and players. The reporters and operators escaped serious Injury from huge hail stones by lying face downward In the grandstand, while the wind blew the big steel flagpole down on the bleach ers, partly wrecking the stands. Oklahoma and Kansas were also vis ited by the storm, seventy-one persons in all being known to have perished. OtSICMST IS AMBASSADOR TO GERMAN CAPITAL David J. Hill Quits Post at Ber* lin After Serving Over Three Years. WASHINGTON. April 14—David Jayne Hill, of Rochester, N. Y., am bassador of the United States to Ger many, has resigned his post. The resig nation has been accepted by President Taft. Neither in Mr. Hill’s letter of resig nation nor in the President’s letter of acceptance is any reason given for the ambassador’s action. The President thanks Mr. Hill for his services at Berlin and says that he Is glad to know that he will remain there until July 1, when the resignation goes into effect. The retiring ambassador has been connected with the State department for more thaii twelve years, entering the service as assistant secretary of state October 25, 1898. He was appoint ed minister to Switzerland in 1903 and two years later transferred to the Netherlands. Since April 2, 1908, he has been ambassador to Germany. While Ambassador Hill’s resignation was a great surprise to official Wash ington and to the diplomatic corps here, it was argued today that the fact that he is to remain at his post until July 1 Indicates that there was noth ing urgent In the ambassador’s action. The belief is general that Ambassador Hill’s retirement is In accord with the custom of past administrations to ap point new ambassadors to all of the Important posts. Changes have been made heretofore by President Taft at all such places except Great Britain and Germany. In the case of Great Britain President Taft offered the mission to Dr. C. W. Eliot, of Harvard University, who de clined. BILL IN HOUSE TO REPEAL FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT. WASHINGTON, April 14.—A bill was introduced in the House today by Rep resentative Hardwick, of Georgia, pro viding for the repeal of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution. Pslucetou Triangle Club tickets en ■ale at Newark Theatre.—Adv. V SENATE PASSES Amended Election Bill Goes Back to House for Concurrence. FINAL ACTION EXPECTED EARLY IN THE WEEK Much Talk Over the Vicious Amendment Which Destroys Ballot Secrecy. [From a Staff Correspondent.] TRENTON, April 14.—The Wilson | Racord-Geran bill, to revolutionize the electoral system of New Jersey, passed the Senate last night. It was patched by the upper Houae to such an extent that when it gets back to the House for concurrence on Mon day there may be another howl. Up wards of 200 changes froqj the original bill have been made. The printed copies of the committee substitute were received late in the afternoon and rather unexpectedly Sen ator Bradley, chairman of the election committee, moved for its final passage under suspension of the rules. There was a short debate on the measure and It passed, all present voting for it. The absentees were Senators Hand, John son and Nichols. Hallot Secrecy Destroyed. The most important change In the bill and one of its worst features Is tha. which permits the Illiterate voter to be assisted In the preparation of his ballot by two election officers, a system that has worked with so much evil in Penn sylvania politics, as pointed out In the Evening STAR yesterday. | Here Is the section as it now stands: “63. At any primary or general elec tion any person who declares nnder oath and establishes to the satisfaction of a majority of all the members of the board of registry and election that he Is onable to read the English lan guage, or that by reason of blindness or other physical disability be Is un able to mark his ballot without assist ance, may hare the assistance of one or more members of snch board, to be aaslgned by the board, In preparing his ballot. Such member or members of such board shall retire with snch voter to the booth aad assist him In the preparation of his ballot and folding the same. The clerk of the hoard of registry and election shall make n memorandum on the poll book of every Instance when an oath was adminis tered to a voter as herein provided, stating briefly what facts were sworn to and the, name of the member or members of fhe board who aided such voter. All members of the board of registry and election shall have the right to witness the preparation of the ballot of any snch voter, but no other person shall be allowed to assist snch voter In marking his hallot or to wit ness the marking of the same. No member of such board shall reveal the uame of any person for whom snch votor has voted, or anything that took plaee while such voter was being as sisted.” Frequent comment is irtade here to day to the effect that It seemed a pity that senatorial ingenuity could not de vise a better plan than the vicious one borrowed from Pennsylvania. Mayhap the next most Important change was the provision providing for the ap pointment, Instead of the election, of the chairmen of the county commit tees. Clerical Errors Corrected, Bradley said that the bill, after it had been for weeks In the House, oame to the Senate full of Inaccuracies. Since the Senate committee had re ceived the bill It bad worked Indus triously to correct the clerical errors, and the Camden senator then ex plained the amendments that had been made. Ueavltt maintained that he thought It waa inadvisable to hasten the bill at the present rate. He knew that the bill was wanted, and greatly wanted, by the Incumbent of the executive chamber, but he still thought that, (Camtinned os Beeenfl Fags.) SUPPORTS DR. INGLIS’ POSITION Dr. Chapman Says Elec tion of Rev. Dawson Is “Irregular.” HOPES THAT SYNOD WILL CLEAR MATTER Wants Famous English Clergy* man to Retain; His Pulpit in This City. I DR. CHAPMAN’S STATEMENT * * ON PASTOR'S APPOINTMENT. 4 Statement by Dr. W. Y. Chap- 4 T man, .of the Roseville Presby- 4 f terian Church: 4 "I was chairman of the com- 4 4 mlttee which reported favorably T 4 the appolntm;nt of Dr. William 4. + J. Dawson to the pastorate of t the First Presbyterian Church. J 4, I admit that his appolntmgnt as 4. 4 ‘stated supply1 pastor for a year 4 4 was not In accordance with the 4 4 technicality of the presbytery 4. 4 law and that his pastorate will 4 j X constitute an irregularity. I be- 4. 4< lieve that the case will be re- 4 4 ferred to the synod and that the 4 J action of the presbytery will be 4. + referred back for final adjudl- 41 4 cation.” 4 J 4 Statement by Raymond Pearce, 4 j + lay member of the presbytery: 4 ! T “I think Dr Inglis is perfectly 4 right in questioning the legality 4. ! 4 of Dr. Dawson’s election to the + | 4 Presbyterian Church pastorate. 4 4 It Is out of all law. If I had 4 4 been present I would have voted 4 4 against the confirmation, and I 4. ! 4. know that an appeal will be 4 ■ 4 made to the synod when it meets 4 : 4 next fall.” + 1 c+++++‘H-+ With the Rov. Dr. W. Y. Chapman's admission today that the appointment ' of Dr. William J. Dawson to the ’’stated supply” pastorate of the Old First Presbyterian Church Is "irregular,” the controversy between the orthodox and the more liberal members of the van- j ous churches of the Newark Presbytery I is reopened. Yesterday, in an exclusive Interview j with the Evening STAR, Dr. Robert i Scott Inglis declared the selection of the Congregatlonallst preacher to be Illegal, under the Presbytery’s rules. Today Dr. Chapman goes even fqrther ! than the man who opposed him, In de claring that the synod (the conclave of appeal) will almost surely refer back Dr. Dawson’s appointment to the Newark j Presbytery fcr further action. He says i he hopes that the “irregularity” In the j selection will be corrected at that time, 1 and that Dr. Dawson will still be per mitted to keep his pulpit. In the meantime many members in the ranks throughout the Newark Presbytery have added to the schism by dividing over the point as to whether Dr. Dawson should be allowed to continue as pastor pro tem. of the First Presbyterian Church, In spite of : j ihe admitted Illegality of his election. All admit, however, that he should not be ousted before October, when the synod meets. There isn’t a question that the First ' Presbyterian Church wanted Dr. Daw- | son, and there is no question that it I was on that account that he was chosen, but up to date Dr. Dawson has refused to exchange his ministership In the Congregational Church. He has not become a Presbyterian. For the first time in the history of the Newark Presbytery a minister has been chosen to a permanent pulpit In that faith without renouncing his former creed. Dr. Dawson shows no intention of be coming a Presbyterian yet. That Is why the more orthodox mem bers of the church are declaring that his appointment, If allowed to go Its course, will make an entering wedge go that the foremost Presbytery In (OstHsmi ea geeaaC Fsgk) BE PRESENTED TO SENATE MONDAY; j Revision Committee Decides, Against Referendum and Recall Provisions. TIE VOTE DEFEATS IMPORTANT FEATURES City Counsel Nugetjt, Who j Drafted Charter, Advises Against Undue Haste. The initiative, referendum and re call will not be included in the charter bill when it is sent to the Legislature next Monday. After a lomg discussion on the subject at the meeting of the charter revision commission last night the motion to include the “I. R. R.” in the bill was defeated by a tie vote. The strong plea made by Judge Mar tin in behalf of the three measures were of no avail. Supporting the Judge were Commissioners Fiedler and Bacheller, but Commissioners Hardin, Ryan and Corlsh opposed the measure. Senator Harry V. Osborne will be asked to introduce the bill. Several minor suggestions were adopted by (he commissioners last night, the suggestions having been made at the two public hearings Tues day and Wednesday evenings. No new thoughts on the subject were advanced last ni^ht, but today the STAR offers several changes for consideration. The STAR’S views will be found in another part of the paper. Public Shows Little Interest. No pronounced public interest was displayed at the two public hearings. Criticism was evenly divided and no general defect in the proposed charter was dealt with. The absence of serious criticism is proof that the work of the commissioners was well done, and the STAR takes this opportunity of com mending the work of the commission ers. Because the commissioners do not hold that their work is perfect, and because they have from the beginning invited suggestions from the public the STAR has decided to suggest several changes. Another meeting will be held next Tuesday night in the City Hall. James M. Reilly, of the Board of Trade, ap peared before the commission last night and invite.d the members to meet with the board at a special session. Instead the commissioners extended an Invita tion to the board after comments had been made on the fact that with the exception of Curtis R. Burnett, presi den of the trade body, no other mem bers attended the public hearings. Judge Martin made a motion to In clude the Initiative, referendum and re call measures preparatory to combin ing the supplement with the bill. The motion after the tie vote was cast was declared lost by Chairman Hardin. The chairman explained his stand and said that in voting on the motion he did so as he would on election day. Mr. Hardin thought the features em bodied in the supplement would not work well in a city the size of New ark. He said that in a smaller com munity the measures may be advis able. The recall especially, he declared, would work an Injustice to any official that may he perfectly honest, but op posed to the views of a number of people. Foust) for Referendum. Judge Martin emphatically declared that although he respected the views of the chairman he saw no reason why the people should be deprived of a vote on the subject Just because the chair man was opposed to it. “With th(^ supplement,” said the Judge, "you pass your charter, without it you jeopardize the whole scheme seriously.” Mr. Fiedler agreed with the judge and said that the new charter too*- the veto power from the Mayor and pro vided none for the people. "I think,” he said, "that the people should have the right to exercise these measures under a commission that has been given such vast powers.'' The question of introducing the charter this year was then taken up apd decided (Continued on Third Page.) Prtaceton Triangle dob tloketa gala at Newark Theatre.—Adv, t ' GEORGE FORMAN. FORMER CITY AUDITOR, WHO DISAPPEARED FROM NEWARK A YEAR AGO. " ___ DEN. THOMPSON, 10 MADE "OLD One of Best Known Actors of Country Passes Away in New Hampshire. WEST SWANZEY, N. H . April 14 One of the oldest and best-known ac tors In America, Denman Thompson, the man who made "The Old Home stead" famous, died at his country es tate in West Swanzey early today. Mr. Thompson had been ill of heart trouble and uraemia since last month. Henry Denman Thompson was born in a log cabin in the hamlet of Beech wood, three miles Irom Girard, Pa., on October 15, 1833. Two years previous his father, Captain Rufus Thompson, had left West Swanzey, which in later years this boy of the wilderness was to make a household word as the setting for the “Old Homestead,” At 14, Denman returned to West Swanzey, and for three years worked with his father as a carpenter. When 17 he set out for Boston in search of employment, and soon after joined Tyson's circus as a property boy and actor. The following winter he made hts first stage appearance as a “supe" under Charlotte Cushman, who was playing in "Lady Macbeth" at the Howard Athenaeum. Two years later, in Low'ell, w had his first speaking part, and following this he went about the country playing Irish and negro sketches. While traveling Thompson was taken ill with rheumatism and as he lay In bed in Pittsburg he thought out the sketch called "Joshua Whitcomb," which later developed into the "Old Homestead." “Old Homestead" Played in 1886. At the Boston Theatre in 1886 “The I Old Homestead" was first produced, i and It had a continual run since that time. Until a few years ago Mr. Thompson traveled constantly with the company. During the winter of 1910 he created a short sketch modelled from a portion of the original "Joshua Whitcomb." which he played in vaude | ville for two months. This year the old fascination of the footlights returned and early in the season he started out with his "Old Homestead" Company, playing in New I York, Philadelphia and Washington | und planning to close the season with the company In Boston, but failing I health forced him to abandon the idea. ■ ■ ■ - ■ — a ASSISTANT U. S. TREASURER GEORGE S. TERRY IS DEAD. i AIKEN, S. C.. April 14 — George S | Terry, assistant United States Treas | urer at New York, died at York Cot | tage here this morning. He had been I suffering for a week from an attack of diabater A son was the only member of his family who was present at the deathbed The body will be sent at 3:80 o’clock this afternoon to New York. Lillee and Roeee for Eaater at Philip* fro*.’. (33 Broad St. and 411 Orange ft hone oonueetlon—Adv, I FORMAN MYSTERY UNSOLVED Year Has Passed Since City Auditor’s Dis appearance. WORLD’S SEARCH HAS PROVEN FRUITLESS New System Installed Since Of ficial Left His Affairs in . Chaotic Condition. Rivaling the mystery that surrounds the disappearance of Dorothy Arnold is that connected with the flight of former Auditor George Forman, the first anniversary of whose depasture from Newark will be recorded on thfe police books Sunday. A year has elapsed since Forman left the city, and although the police in all parts of the country have been searching for him. armed with warrants for his arrest on charges of embezzlement, he has so successfully covered up his tracks as to escape detection. The disappearance of this man, his embezzlement of thousands of dollars from friends that trusted him and the leaving of his family in an almost des titute condition, is a chapter in crim inal history that is not often paralleled. His accounts in the City Hall, gone over by experts who made their report ten days ago, showed no sign of de falcation, but he nevertheless com mitted grand larceny to the amount of nearly *20,000. George Forman had been well known in Newark and held in the highest esteem by his fellow citizens, there fore, when on Xprll *20 of last year, after a four days' absence from the City Hall, two letters were found in his desk which proved positively that he did not intend to return, the entire community was shocked. The news of his embezzlement did not come to light until a few days later. l,ettrrw Found In Dealt. The letters in his desk were found by Andrew K. Brady, the chief of the office, and, strangely enough, referred to him. One was to the Common Coun cil appointing Mr. Brady auditor until such time as an auditor should be j chosen. The other was to Mayor I Haussllng and said that Brady wa« ] the best man In the world to choose for his successor. Both letters were dated April 16—the last time Forman was seen by any member of his office staff. The sixteenth of April last year wa* on a Saturday, \bout noon the audi tor left the office without ^giving any one an Inkling that he would never return. When he did not report for duty Monday and Tuesday Mr. Brady thought that his chief was ill. He called up the house on Wednesday and ! was told that Forman was not at home. He called up other places where the auditor was likely to have been without locating him. Then fne alarm was given. The desk was opened and the letters found. A week after his disappear nee war rants for his arrest, on charges of em bezzlement, were issued by Judge Hahn. He took with him the following sums: From David M. Wickham. *12, 500. which had been intrusted in his care; he had *1,000 in cash from Mrs. Wickham, Sherrerd Depue had intrust ed with him *3,876.32 and *1,900, the (Inal payment for a house being built ] in East Orange by the Miller Con | struction Company. Declared Fugitive from Justice. As soon as the warrant was Issued ' Chief of Police Michael Corbitt sent word that Forman was a fugitive from Justice to the police In the United ! States and Canada. The Fidelity and : Guarantee Company, of Baltimore, j Forman's bonding company, cent Pinkertons after hint, all of no avail. Forman has not been seen since. There were rumors about hie having gone away with a young woman and his having met with foul play, but, none of the rumors could be substan tiated. Forman's wife and two chil dren protested that the husband and fathsr was Innocent and refused t« believe a word against him. 1 Tbs Mr authorities feared that ha * • ;