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ESTABLISHED 1832. ONE CENT.NEWARK, N. J., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1911.—14 PAGES.__CLOUDY TONIGHT; THURSDAY FAIR.
WOMAN
VICTIM
UNKNOWN
ibe and Promoter Burn
ed Beyond Recogni
tion Under Auto.
BIG ROADSTER TURNED
TURTLE IN CHESTER, N. J.
Plainfielder Had Boasted He
Could Reach Pennsylvania
Line in Two Hours.
All efforts o identify the body of the
young woman who, with Ellsworth D.
Middlekauff, a well-known mining pro
moter, was' tuned under the wreckage
of a great ninety-horsepower Voadater
and burned to death, failed today. Af
ter Middlekauft's body, burne almost
beyond recognition, had bee Identified
by A. B. LeMassena. of this city, last
night, through the license number of
the machine, the eharred remains of
the two victims were sent to Young's
undertakt g establishment, in Dover.
Alth gh Middlekauff was known
throughout New Jersey and Pennsyl
vania.—his business territory—as a reck
less driver, an eye-witness f the fatal
accp'-nt declared the machine was run
ning at moderate speed when it oc
curred. Middlekaui had opped at
Wilson's garage, in German Valley, for
gasoline i.bout 9 o’clock last night.
Twenty minutes later, on entering
Chester, N. J., the big machine struck
a stone In the driveway leading to the
home of E. C. Searles. A tire burst
and the ponderous road racer skidded
across the street, ran on for 200 feet
and turned turtle.
Searles was standing on his front
veranda as the machine passed. He
saw the accident and ran at. once to
the scene. The long, heavy hood of
the roadster had been up, and the two
occupants were pinned beneath the car.
The wreckage was on fire when Searles
reached it. He believes the young
woman died before the flames reached
her. He summoned aid, but the com
bined strength of several men was un
equal to the task of righting the heavy
car.
Tenm of Horses Required.
Finally a team of horses was hitched
to the ear. and it was turned over, and
the charred bodies were removed from
beneath it. Searles telephoned tp New
ark and got A, B. LeMassem secre- 1
lary of the New Jersey Automobile and j
Motor Club, out of bed. Through the!
number of the wrecked car LeMassena !
was able to furnish the first clue to j
the identity of the man. It proved to |
he a correct one. j
Middlekauff was arrested in Newark i
October 14 last for speeding, and was
held in $1,000 ball for the action of the
grand jury. The case went no further.
According to John Snyder, the chauf-j
four employed by Middlehauff. he and j
his employer, who were on their way!
to Pennsylvania, quarreled last night
in Washington, N. J.. and Snyder re- ;
turned to Plainfield, Mlddlehauff’s j
home town. Snyder said Middlehauff
insisted on driving the car. He said
he refused to risk his life any more In
that manner. He said Middlehauff had
net met the young woman before he
left Washington. It is believed she
may live in that town.
Snyder, with Mrs. Middlekauff and
her daughter, left the Middlekauff
homo at 30 Rockvlew avenue today to
go to Dover and claim the promoter's
body and endeavor to identify that of
the young woman. It is believed she is
between 18 and 20 years of ago.
Middlekauff made frequent trips
through Njw Jersey and Pennsylvania
selling mining stock. He usually trav
eled In his 90-horsepower, roadster. It
was his boast that he could leave his
home in Plainfield and reach the Penn
sylvania line in two hours, a feat which
necessitated express train speed.
GAVE LIFE TO RESCUE
SLEEPERS IN BIG FIRE.
One Man Blown Through Sec
ond-Story Window.
DETROIT. May 17.—Police Officer
Henry Walpole early thiB morning
sacrificed his life to save the lives of
several persons sleeping In the third
story of a building at 137-139 Bates
street, which was shattered by an ex
plosion, believed to have been caused
by gasoline.
Walpole rushed from the police sta
tion nearby, fought his way through
the flames and succeeded in alarming
the sleopers. Then he succumbed to
an attack of heart disease. One. man,
Jesse Gore, sustained injuries. He was
blown through a second-story window
and landed In the street, out was not
badly hurt.
HELD ON MOTHER’S COMPLAINT.
Accused by his mother. Mrs. Chris
tina Di Phillip!, of 85 Webster street,
with having struck her In the face
and scratched her arms when she rep
rimanded him, 14-year-old Antonio Di
Phillip! was arraigned before Acting
Judge Oehrlng in the Second Precinct
Court today and sent to the House of
Detention to await the action of the
Upper Juvenile Court.
HARBOR PLANS
New York’s Problem Presented
to Convention by Commis
sioner Tomkins.
MANY FLAWS FOUND
IN CITY DWELLINGS
Problems of Housekeeping Dis
cussed by National Housing
Association Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA, May 17—Wharves
and docks were considered by the city
planning convention at the session in
the Bellevue-Straford Hotel. George E.
Hocker, secretary of the Chicago City
Club presided. It was given under the
direction of the committee on traction
lines, railroads and docks. None of the
addresses, however, dealt with trac
tion lines, all taking tp the question
of docks and railroad facilities ad
jacent to them.
The principal speakers were Joseph
Hasskarl. director of department ,.f
wharves, docks and ferries, of this city,
and Calvin Tomkins, dock commis
sioner of New York city.
-Mr. Hasskarl spoke of the dredging
plant the city had Installed. He ex
plained that it was necessary for this
city and the State to keep its channel
at a certain depth. In other ports, he
contended, it vas looked after by the
Federal government.
"According to the most recent plan3
for Philadelphia's harbor Improve
ments." he continued, "it is the inten
tion to establish large steamship ter
minals, with the necessary- railroad,
wharf and docking facilities, In the
lower part of the city, between Mifflin
street and the Back Channel at League
Island."
New York Harbor.
Mr. Tomkins spoke of the vast im
provements being undertaken by New
York for eliminating the freight con
gestion along the yarlous docks; the
need of longer piers and the conditions
Imposed upon the city by the Federal
authorities with the view to safeguard
ing the encroachment upon the harbor
waters; the necessity for providing a
terminal for the $100,000,000 tmrge canal
across the State, of New York, which is
now rapidly nearing completion; the
need for supplying better terminals for
local river, harbor and sound com
merce, and the necessity of terminating
the New York Central's surface track
nuisance in Manhattan.
He advocated the municipal owner
ship of all docks and piers and elevated
belt lines at the termini of the various
freight stations.
Meyer Lisner. chairman of the Public
Utilities Commission of t.os Angeles,
made a brief address. The other speak
ers were Edward H. Bennett, of Port
land, Ore., and George c. Sikes, of Chi
cago. After the speeches there was a
general discussion of the plans sug
gested.
Lawrence Veiller. secretary of the
National Housing Association, yester
day read a paper entitled "Buildings
in Relation to Street and Site,” In
which he advocated a number of revo
lutionary changps in tenement and
small house building Me declared
there was a popular belief that ciyt
planning would solve the ills of
the housing problem, which, he said,
was entirely an error, due to the fact
that the question of housing wag large
ly a sanitary problem.
In discussing this phase, he said;
"It Is chiefly the problem of good
municipal housekeeping, the prompt re
moval of gerbage, rubbish and other
waste materials from the homes of the
poor, the cleanliness of streets and al
leys, the provision of adequate water
supply In convenient ocatlons, of
proper sanitary conveniences in the
place of antiquated expedients.”
ADMIRAL LLOYD, R. N„
RETIRED, DIES SUDDENLY.
LONDON, May 17.—Admiral Rodney
MacLaine Lloyd, R. N.. retired, died
suddenly at the Royal Naval Club at
Portsmouth today from .angina pec
toris. He was born in 1841 and after
serving in the Baltic, China and
Egyptian Sudan was made an admiral
In 1904. As a rear admiral he com
manded the Mediterranean fleet tn the
summer of 1899.
JERSEY VETERANS VISIT
IN HISTORIC VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND, Va., May 17.—The Vet
erans' Association of the Fifteenth
Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, ar
rived here last evening and today
will visit Richmond's places of historic
Interest. They will go from Richmond
to Old Point and Norfolk, returning
northward Friday night.
SHOOTS AT BURGLARS;
FATALLY WOUNDS GIRL.
NEW YORK, May 17.—Awakened be
fore dawn by shouts in the court out
side, Joseph Rudan sprang to his win
dow and saw two men descending the
fire-escape in the rear of a house on
Clinton street. He fired two shots into
,he darkness.
One of the bullets struck Annie Duke,
16 years old, in the mouth as she was
fitting up in bed in a house opposite.
The burglars escaped, but the girl
probably will die. Rudan collapsed
when he learned the effects of his shots.
Snapshots by Star Photographer at Exempts’ Convention
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NURSE BY DURYEA
ANGERS SPRIGG
Brother-in-law Says:“He Never
Earned Dollar of Money For
tune Was Based On.”
Surprise and disappointment, mainly
the latter, was the attitude assumed
by Colonel J. ('. Sprlgg. of Essex
Fells, when questioned today about the
will of Ills brother-in-law, Walter E.
Duryea, which, tiled in Mineola, L. I.,
ycslerdaj, left practically the built of
his estate to Miss Eleanor Peregrine,
who for twelve years hail been his
nurse, companion and housekeeper.
To Miss Peregrine Is lert $50,000 out
right and a life estate In $50,000, and
she is made the residuary legatee. The I
estate Is estimated to be ,worth well
over a million dollars, and less than
$250,000 of it is disposed in specific be
quests, leaving Miss Peregrine some
thing like $800,000 all told.
Colonel Sprigg was reluctant to dis
cuss the filing of the will or the docu
ment Itself today. He said:
"Neither I nor my 'wife, who was Mr.
Duryea's sister, have seen the will, nor
have we any Idea why It was filed In
Mineola. We supposed, of course, it
would be filed in New Jersey, where
Mr. Duryea had made his home since
the accident twelve years ago."
“Was It a surprise to you?"
"Well, 1 should say it was.”
"Why was it filed In Mineola?”
He Xever Knrned Dollar of It.
"We are at a loss to know what led j
to Its being filed In Mineola, when it j
was generally supposed that the legal
residence of the maker was In Essex!
county. It seems remarkable that Mr. |
Duryea should have willed so much to j
Miss Peregrine, for he never earned a
dollar of the money on which his for- ;
tune was based. The money came from
one of his own family, and one would j
naturally expect him to see that it
would revert to his own. However, it
was not inconsistent with Mr. Duryea's
attitude toward his sisters.”
"Will there be a contest, colonel”
"I haven't seen the will and will not
discuss that point."
Mrs. Grace Duryea Spriggs was like
wise reticent, but in an interview last
night said:
“It seems remarkable that sisters
and family should have so little con
sideration in the will, and that nurse
who came to him a stranger should
get so much. I have not seen the will
yet. If it is as stated It seems ex
traordinary My brother never knew
Miss Peregrine until she came to his
home from Roosevelt Hospital, where
he was taken after the accident.
“It’s said your brother asked her to
marry him," Mrs. Spriggs was told.
(Continued on Seventh Page.l
O’BRIEN, OF JOY
HIDE FIE, PAYS. I
FINE FOR ASSAULT j
Ex'Judge’s Nephew in Argument
About Number of Horses
in Team.
Paul O'Brien, a nephew of former
Supreme Court Judge .Morgan J.O'Brien,
of New York city, who last week got out
of jail after being charged with steal
ing his father's automobile and going
on a joy ride that Covered the greater
part of New Jersey, including this
city and Atlantic City, was ’arrested
In Newark early today.
With Robert E. Fivey, of If,4 Clinton
street, he was arraigned before Police
Judge Simon Hahn this morning on a
charge of assault and battery, pre
ferred by V. Charles Knecht, of 28
Orant street. East Orange. Both men
were released after paying n $10 fine.
Knecht charged the two men with
assaulting him on the corner of Broad
and Mechanic streets about midnight.
The facts as given in the court
were that O'Brien and Fivey were
standing at the corner watching the
Mingling Brothers’ circus wagons pass
down Broad street on the way to the
circus train. ■
When one wagon passed an argu
ment arose between O'Brien and Fivey
as to whether eight or nine horses
were drawing It. It was agrees! to
leave It to the llrst jierson who passed.
Knecht, who was accompanied by a
young woman, was the man.
Knerht replied that he /fid not and
started to pass O'Brien and Fivey.
Then there was a mixup. In which fists
flew, mostly those of O’Brien and Fivey,
and when it ended Knecht was on the
ground with a cut lip and n sprained
wrist. ' 'hile his nose glasses had been
broken *to pieces.
ASK INVESTIGATION OF
COTTON SPECULATORS.
WASHINGTON, May 17—Investiga
tion by the secretary of commerce and
labor Into "the combination of cotton
speculators in the United States organ
ised to control prices," with a view to
criminal prosecution," is urged In a
resolution introduced In the House to
day by Representative Edwards, of
Georgia.
Mr. Edwards also introduced a reso
lution urging morning sessions of both
branches of Congress in an effort to
hasten tho end of the special session.
TESTS LOVE BY
—
Burton Beach Finds Wife's Af
fection True, but Goes
to Jail.
Burton Beach, 20 years old, found he |
had chosen a costly way to test his |
wife’s love, when Judge Hahn held him j
in $500 hail for the grand Jury on a
charge of attempting suicide, lie did
not deny that he had turned on the gas
in his furnished room, as he heard his
wife coming up the stairs.
Beach seemed to think it was a great
joke when he related to Judge Hahn
how it happened. “You see, Judge, 1
have been married a month, but have
only lived with my wife for a week.
We have a furnished room at the home
of Mrs Helen Blake, at 63 Warren
street, and yesterday while my wife
was out 1 was wondering if she really
loved me. and decided to put her to the
test by feigning death and just see how
she acted. You can understand that I
meant no harm, for. while I was wait
ing for her, I had cooked some french
fried potatoes, which I know she likes.
I watched through the blinds and when
I saw her coming down the street I
quickly turned on the gas I laid on
the floor, for l thought that the bed
would creak and she might hear me as
she was coming up the hull And,
Judge, when she opened the door, I |
could hardly help laughing."
Slio I.ovimI Him.
"Well, did she appear as though she
loved you’.’" asked Judge Hahn.
"I guess so, for she made a lot of
fuss about It and started to erv,” was j
the answer.
Mrs. Helen Blake who conducts the j
house, was In court and stnted that she [
overheard the young man tell his wife
that he was going to commit suicide,
as ho was tired of life. She also stated
that she had told the couple to leave
her apartment, as they were behinl
in their payments. Mrs; Blake had
traced the odor of gas to the room of
tile couple and suspecting that all was
not well telephoned the First Precinct
Police Station. Plalnclothesmen Mtf
Gutre and O’Gara were sent to the
house and found the couple In their
room, embracing one another.
40,000 HOMELESS FROM
$20,000,000 BLAZE.
HARBIN, Manchuria, May 17.—Forty
thousand persons at Kirin are home
less as a consequence of the recent
conflagration In that city. The money
Ices Is estimated at *20,000,000. Four
thousand shops, fifteen banks and 8,887
other buildings were dostroyed,
MEET HERE ELECT
YEAR’S OFFICERS
No Contest on Treasurer and
Registrar, Chief Officers
Voted For.
At the thirty-seventh annual cn
vention of the Newark Episcopal dio
cese, at Trinity Church, today, the
principal business was the balloting for
officers and committees. According to
tho rules of order, the committee re
ports were concluded at IX o'clock and
the election pr, -eded.
The most important oflheu to be filled
tor the ensuing year were those of
treasurer and registrar. The only nomi
nees for these two offices, however,
were Edwin A, Stevens, of Hoboken,
and the Rev. William T. Upton, who
could not fail to be elected.
Archdeacon MacCleary announced
the result of the lay vote for the stand
ing committee as follows: John R.
Emery, Hamilton Wright Mabie, G.
Wlsner Thorne and W. Head Howe.
Edward A. Stevens was elected treas
urer.
For auditing committee, Richard F.
Stevens and Thomas G. Conway.
The Rev. William T. Upton was
elected registrar and the Rev. P. F.
Sturges to the ecclesiastical court.
There was no vote announced on the
trustee of the General Theological
Seminary. There were 61 votes In all
cast for the five nominees. One vote
was found defective and neither of the
men got 26, the number necessary for
election.
Tile clerical vote was announced as
follows:
For Standing Committee—The Rev.
W. W. Holley, the Rev. W. R. Jenvey,
the Ttev. U S. Osborne, the Rev. D. F.
Hamilton.
For treasurer, auditing committee,
registrar and ecclesiastical court the
names announced were the same as
those in the lay vote. There was no
vote for member of General Theological
Seminary.
The following delegates to the Sun
day school convention were elected:
Rev. Elliot White, Grace, Newark; Rev.
F. C. Todd, St. George's, Maplewood;
Rev. R. J. Thomson, St. Agnes’s, Little
Falls; Rev. E. J. Cleveland. St. John's.
West Hoboken; Ft. M. Dixon, Grace,
Orange.
Because both the clerical and lay
members failed to elect a trustee of
the General Theological Seminary, a
second ballot was cast.
The first ballot distributed was as
follows:
For Standing Committee (vote four
names)—The Rev. Dr. W. W. Holley.
(Continued on Seventh Pose.)
KENNELL
HEAD OF
EXEMPTS
Defeats Elias K. Leslie
in Spirited
Contest.
FIREMEN ARE CHEERED ~
DURING THEIR MARCH
President Manning Condemns
Extravagance in Management
of State Organization.
Cheer after cheer greeted-the mem
ber* of the State Exempt Firemen1*
Association and their guest* during
the parade thle afternoon the* fol
lowed the buelneeB session tide morn
ing. and the big crowd that lined the
sidewalks at the start, near Military
Park, to the finish at the Coloeaeum
In Springfield avenue, applauded the
natty appearance of the pexadere
Their martial step and manly bearing
appealed to the people on the atdewalk,
and the parade was really one long
triumphal march. Every feature of It
pleased those who had come to vi«w
the paraders and every division had
its particular favorites.
At tlte convention John Kennell, of
Passaic, was elected president to suc
ceed James J. Manning, of EUlcabeth.
Mr. Manning, who has been president
for two years, was not a candidate for
reelection. Ellas K. Leslie, of Tren
ton, was the only opponent of Mr.
Kennell for the office. The vote -was 88*
to 168.
Mr. Kennell was escorted to the plat
form by Mr. Leslie and es-Chhaf Bene
dict, of Newark, and thanked all hands
for the honor conferred on him. Then
Mr. Manning turned the gavel over to
his successor. By a rising vote of
thnnks Mr. Manning was thanked for
his past services. Kennell we* nomi
nated by E. H. .Smith, of Passaic, sec
onding speeches being made by William
E. McCarthy, of the town at Union;
James A. Reilman, of Jersey City; J.
L. Van Busldrk, of Hackensack- Les
j lie's name was put before the delegates
! by John J Gardner, of Elisabeth.
Edgar T. Humphrey, of Nutley, was
nominated ,o succeed himself as sec
retary and unanimously reelected. Ex
Chief David E. Benedict, of Newark,
a vice-president of the State associa
tion. nominated Nicholas Snyder, of
Trenton, for another term aa treas
urer. and he was unanimously re
elected. John J. O’Brien, of Hoboken,
was reelected statistician.
The following selections by the dele
gates from congressional districts for
vice-presidents and members of the ex
ecutive committee were confirmed:
Second District—Joseph Rose, Prince
ton, vice-president; George Klnkle,
member executive committee.
Third District—H. J. Francis, New
Brunswick, vice-president; John Dan
ner, Perih Amboy, executive committee.
Fourth District—J. A. Bowden, vice
president; H. G. Adams, executive com
mittee.
Fifth District—Charles K. Meehan,
Elizabeth, vice-president; P. W. Walsh,
Phllllpsburg, executive committee.
Sixth District—Frank Hoffman, Carl
stadt, vice-president; William F. Greer,
Paterson, executive committee.
Seventh District—Archie M. Heath.
Bloomfield, vlec-prasident; IT. H. Sto
ger, Nutley, executive committee.
Eighth District—M. A. Fitzsimmons,
South Orange, vice-president; Elijah
Doremus, East Orange, executive cogi
mlttee A
Ninth District—Charles Altemillar.
vlec-president; James E. McDonald, ex
ecutive commltttee.
Tenth District—F. Henry Icke. vice
president; James B. Fitzpatrick, execu
tive committee.
To the executive committee was left
the selection If the next meeting place.
In his address before the convention
President James J. Manning, of Eliza
beth. condemned the extravagance of
the State Firemen's Relief Association
and said that an appeal to the Legisla
ture had been contemplated last winter
to prevent ft. This step was not taken
bees use It wa* rather late in the session
when the subject was broached from
that standpoint. Mr. Ma.-ning called
attention to the fact that tha expendi
tures of the relief association exceeded
$20,000 a yet-r, and that ‘he annual
junket to Atlantic City is one of the
Items that consumes too much funds.
Balloting for the election of a pres
ident to succeed Mr. Manning began
shortly after noon. The contest is be
tween John Kennell. of Passaic, and
Ellas K. Leslie, of Trenton. Mr. Ken
nell was placed In nomination by E. H.
Smith, of Passaic, and Mr. Leslie was
put before the convention by John J.
Gardner, of Elizabeth.
Edgar T. Humphrey, of Nutley, will
probably he reelected secretary and
Nicholas Snyder, of Trenton, will like
ly be chosen treasurer for another
term. It ts expected that both will ba
reelected without a contest.
When the silver jubilee convention of
the exempts was called to order at
10:40 o'clock by Mr. Manning, the hall
was filled with the men who ran with
the i and engines years ago, who used
to tumble out of bed at night at the
warning sound of the village bell or the
roar of the '‘bull” whistle—men who in
the rlden da s fairly at' smoke and
(Continued on Seventh Pnge.)