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INTERIOR VlEW*OF WRECKED CLINTON STREET BUILDING WHERE
SEVERAL WORKMEN WERE HURT; FIREMEN CARRYING OUT VICTIM
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Attorney-General Claims
Conspiracy to Keep
Prices High.
NEW YORK, May 19.—Sweeping
charges uf a gigantic conspiracy to
maintain high prices, to blacklist con
cerns not regarded as "proper’’ trade
and to violnte generally the Sherman
anti-trust law are made in a govern
ment suit died by Attorney-General
Wickersham in the United States Court
hero today against the so-called lum
ber trust.
Ten trade organizations and more,
than 150 individuals are named de
fendants in this suit, which may be
the first of several planned by the de
partment of justice against combina
tions of retailers in staple commodi
ties and the necessaries of life to pre
vent the ultimate consumer from buy
ing anywhere except from local retail
ers.
The government's suit irf replete with
sensational allegations and It is as
serted that builders and consumers of
lumber the country over are at the
mercy of the retailers’ organizations in
different sections of the United States.
The suit filed today is against the
Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers’
Association, which Is the central body
ef nine local organizations covering
live States, the District of Columbia
and the cities of Baltimore and Phila
delphia.
Attorney-General Wickersham and
bis special assistant, Clark McKer
dher, have devoted more than a year
to gatherlig the evidence on which to
day’s suit is based. ’This evidence in
cludes copies of the alleged agree
ments. blacklists and reports of the
* various organizations, branding whole
salers and retailers who have dared
to violate the rules of the associations
as “'poachers,” mavericks, “scalpers”
and "Illegitimate dealers,” to whom
“short shrift” must be applied.
This Is the government's first anti
trust suit conforming to the Supreme
Court's Standard Oil decision, in that
It alleges “undue” and “unreasonable"
restraint of the trade of the consumer
and the manufacturer. It is the evl
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AGED IRVINGTON MAN
KILLS HIMSELF BY GAS.
Despondent because he had been in
111 health for years and there was no
prospect of recovering. James Chal
mers, 68 years old, of 15 Lake street,
Irvington, committed suicide this af
ternoon by inhaling illuminating gas.
He had attached a rubber tube to
a gas jet in the bathroom and held
the other end in his teeth until as
phyxiated.
The suicide "'as found by his wife,
who returned from a shopping tour in
Newark.
Banker’s Wife Not Hurt as Bad
ly as TunneMkiilder in
Auto Wreck.
[Special to the Newark /Star.]
NEW BRUNSWICK. May. IS.—Will
iam (J. McAdoo, builder of the Hudson
tunnels, was examined by physicians
at St. Peter's Hospital today, to de
termine exactly the extent of the In
juries he received when the automobile
he was driving turned turtle and flung
him and his companion, Mrs. J. Borden
Hurrirnan, wife of the well-known New
York banker, to the roadside, where he
lay senseless for nearly an hour.
Ho was found to be suffering from a
serious fracture of the upper right arm
just at the point where it enters the
shoulder. Tills was the gravest of his
injuries, and one that is causing the
physicians much anxiety, because of
tile possibility of MeAdoo’s arm re
maining permanently stiff.
Broken Bills Kcqulrc 1'nusiinl Care.
Three ribs were, found fractured.
They were cracked In such a way that
the injuries demand particularly care
ful attention. Dr. Hownrd C. Yoor
hees, of the hospital staff, and Dr.
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DURING THIEVES
The home of William T. Carter, head
of the jewelry firm of Carter, Howe &
Co., at 1021 Broad street, was entered
by thieves early today and the first
floor ransacked. About 121 pieces of old
silver, which the family considers
priceless, because they have been in
the family more than 100 years, were
stolen, and a gold seal ring bearing the
i family crest, was also taken.
Entrance was gained by cutting a
glass panel adjoining a rear door. The
robbery was not discovered until the
maid was preparing breakfast. .
There have been several robberies in
this residential section of Broad street
recently, and the same means of break
ing in has been used in each case.
The palatial residence of William 13.
Kinney, at 1062 Broad street, was vis
ited recently, a glasH panel in the rear
of the house furnishing the means of
entrance in that instance, also.
Mrs. William T. Carter was very
much agitated today over the robbery .
at her home.
"It is time,” she declared, "that
something definite was done to give the 1
residents of this section of Broad street 1
better police protection. The numerous
robberies in this immediate vicinity <
should be reason enough for adding i
more police. The scarcity of lights on i
the street enables the thieves to work i
under the cover of darkness, also.” e
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LIFE WITH PISTOL
NEW YORK, May 19.—Colonel Harry
5. Seixas, a widely-known financier
ind director in many prominent indus
riat corporations, committed suicide in
Central Park this morning by shooting
limsolf. The body was found just east ,
if the West drive opposite Seventy-I
linth street, Colonel Seixas was about i,
0 years of age. (
GOES TO PRINCETON.
CHICAGO. May 19 - Dr. Joseph II I
daycroft, associate professor of physi- !
:al culture at. the University of Chi- 1
:ago, will leave tho Chicago Unlver
dty next month to become director it 1
he department of physical culture and ’
thlctlcs at Princeton University. 1
STATE SENATOR DENIES
HE SOLICITED A TRIBE.
COLUMBUS, O., May 19.—Senator
Egar Crawford, of Carroll county, ac
cused of soliciting a bribe of $2oo from
W. If. Cook, of Springfield, secretary of
the Ohio Butchers and Grocers’ Asso
ciation, pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned in Criminal y'ourt before Judge
Kinkead today. He showed no emo
tion when ho made his plea.
MRS. MULLIGAN’S WILL
GIVES ALL TO CHILDREN.
The will of Mrs. Mary K. Mulligan,
vldow of Patrick F. Mulligan, w.i;
iled in the surrogate's office today
[’he entire estate Is equally divided be
ween the three children, James R
Mulligan, George Mulligan, May F ,
Mulligan, and the will apoints the
hrer children executors and executrix
t further directs that they give no
tond.
The witnesses were Herman L,.
Coenlg and. Harriet GUdersleeve. The
aluc of the estate hap pot been made
lublic,
APPLEGATE HEW
JESSE! G. A. B.
[{Special to tho Newark Star.)
TRENTON, May 19. Judge Advocate
Adrian S. Applegate, of this city, was
this afternoon elected department com
mander of the G. A. R., receiving 173
votes, against HO cast for Charles B.
Parson, of Red Bank.
Robert !>■ Brower, of Millbum, was
chosen Junior vice-commander.
Delegates to the national encamp
ment were chosen as follows: Charles
F. Hopkins and S. J, Reynolds, Post
88; James F. Gordon. Post 8; John P.
Fogan, Post 38; W. S. Bryson, Post 1,
Uriah Seely, Post 11; L.. C. Woscott,
Post 32; Assistant Adjutant-General
George B. Stinson, Post 28; William
W. Mcndell, Post 2D.
WALLS COLLAPSE,
BURY WORKMEN,
10 ESCAPE DEATH
Three Badly Injured While Tearing Down Build
ing on Site el New Home ol Newark Fire
Insurance Company, on Clinton Street.
CONTRACTOR BLAMES YOUNG FOREMAN
| WHO DISAPPEARED AFTER ACCIDENT
Building Inspector States That City Had Not
Been irJorraed ol Intention to
i Tear Down Structure.
TEN workmen engaged in demolishing a doublet three-story?brick build
ing at 39-41 CJinton street today escaped, death as, 'by a miracle
when the seoondf-story ceiling and sideways.of-the old structure eot
lapsed, burying them belneath the ruins.
Three men were injured and are being treated at the City Hospital. All
of them will probably Ibe able to leave the^instUution today.
They are: g:;
Anthony < onnelan of Eighth avenue. * /
Janies Crecone, lt2 Cortland street. j. , y
Thomas O’Rourioe, ( 64 MaSrket street.
Each sustained a large number of bruisjtsv scalp wounds and contusions.
William Pelletier,„20 years old, foreman.-erf the work, who is held respon
sible for the collapse by his employer, F... M. Waldron, the contractor, fled
without coat or-hat when the-crash came. ‘He had not been seen un to early
afternoon by those who were- anxious to hear his story.
According to Superintendent William, P. O'Rourke, of the building de
1 partment, that department was not notified, as required by section 3 of the
building code, of the proposed demolition. The penalty for violation of this
section of the building codie is $50 fine* or ten days in jail.
MOTHER OF FIRE '
Away at St. Michael’s
Hospital.
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Mrs, Catherine Cleary, 61 years old.. J
whose only daughter ose was ktllod
In the High street factory are horro' ■
November 26. died last night in Stc
.Michael's Hospital erf a broken heart.
Mrs. Cleary never rallied from the 1
shock of her daughter's death. Her
health had failed steadily since that
time. Such physical ills as beset heri
would not, In the opinion of the sisters
who attended her at the hospital, haw
caused her death for years.
"She died of grief—of a broken
heart,” said one of the sisters today
Until the High street fire Mrs. Cleary
and her daughter Rose, aged 28 years,
kept house together at 293 New street.
The aged woman's two aons were mar
ried and had homes of their own. Her
daughter was her support ancU solace.
As Rose started to work Saturday
morning on the Ill-fated 29th of No
vember she said, "I'll be a. little late
today, mother; don't expect me until 1 '
o'clock."
Mrs. Cleary prepared dinner and i
waited one, two hours. At 3 o'clock J i
her brother came to the house. He ;
asked:
"Where Is Rose working now?"
Mrs. Cleary told him.
"There was a Are there this morn- j
lng," the man faltered, and his mother v
read the story of the tragedy In his ! 1
face.
"Rose Is dead I know It. Don't ’
tv.1 me!" she cried, and fell fainting 1
to the floor. She remained semi-eon- p
sclous until after the funeral.
The relief committee for the Are suf- 1
ferers propesed .to send Mrc. Cleary. c
who had been suffering with a cancer «
on her arm, to the Home of Divine 1
Providence for Incurahli at Ridge- ’
wood. She refused to go, because it
would take her too far from the Ceme- !
tery of the Holy Sepulchre, where her s
daughter is buried.
Finally the committee decided to send
Mrs. Cleary to St. Michael's for treat- (
ment. Five hundred dollars was set ; f
nsirle from the relief fund for the pur
pose. She was taken to the hospital j *
April 23. , t
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DOROTHY CAMPBELL MINS ,h
ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP. ]
PORTRUSH, Ireland, May 19.—Miss i ,
Dorothy Campbell, champion of the ■ a
United States and Canada, won the ; r
w'omen’s golf championship or Great | c
Britain today by defeating Miss Vio- (
let Her.lct, the Irish champion, in the J t
final by 3 up and 2 to play. j r
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BOILER EXPLODES; SIX it
SCALDED. ONE WILL DIE. s
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CHICAGO, May 19.—By the explosion j
of the boiler of a hoisting engine being h
used in the construction of the new h
Otis building, La Salle and Madison ir
streets, today, six men were scalded
seriously. One of the victims, all of tl
whom were at work at the time digging w
a foundation, will die. °<
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The workmen employed bv Waldron
were tearing down the Clinton street
building to makeiway for the new homo
of the Newark Fire Insurance Com
pany, which is to be erected on tha
site. Plans for the' new building had
been approved, but the building depart
ment had not been notified that tha
ild building was being torn down. Tha
work w«h begun Monday-. The doubla
structnre had been razed to the second
floor -this morning, and material taken
troni the walls wraa “lied upon tha
seconfi-iBtorv floor.
Crash at n o’clock.
The crash e*me about 9 o’clock thla
morning. The flour Bugged in the cen
tre. pulling in the side walls No. .19
ilone was affected. Fortunately moat
of the workmen were near the outer
"’ails aiul the warning came in time
to enable them to escape the falling
mass. The three men who were In
jured were working directly under the
floor which collapsed.
O’Rourke managed to throw himself
out of a window and drop to an exten
sion. He escaped with bruises.
t onnela was removed from the rulm
lifter firemen and workmen h:.d bee i
mgaged in digging for half an hotir.
Fifteen minutes later the big squad if
rescuers came upon Crecone. He pro
estod vigorously against being taken
the hospital, and it was necessary
for the ambulance attendants forcibly
to pin him dow'n to the stretcher.
An enormous crowd collected about
lie scene of the disaster. Broad street
-Vfi s filled with people hurrying hg
■vork and they were attracted hy the
trash. Captain Ryan, of the First Pre
’Inct. was quickly on hand with hie
“serves. Including bicycle and mount
'd policemen and the crowd was Mid
nitsldo the Are lines. Acting Chief
hoan with a large squad of men aliM§
he workmen In searching the ruing,
flhe belief that several men had beet^i
tilled by falling walls heightened tbjy
‘xeitement. The search fbr bodies ;
nadr In record time. Jj3E|
fiefIdlna Known as “Sullivan flklhs ”
the collapsed building was oncg
mown as the "Sullivan Rnfhs " ft
'as the first Turkish bath In Newark,
he other half of the building. No. 41.
hlch was not affected, was the hams
f the late Dr. John B. Richmond.
A greatly^ exaggerated report of thg
eeldent spread with incredible rapid
ly and naturally augmented the <on
estlon In narrow Clinton street. Tho
tight Rev. Monslgnor Isaac P. Whelan
nd the Rev. John E. Kiernan. both
f St. Patrick's Cathedral, reached the
cene soon after the accident occurred,
repared to render such assistance og
hey could.
"The workmen had a most remark*
blp and a most fortunate escape,*•
aid Monsignor Whelan, after examin
ng the wreckage.
Snys Workmen Mere Careless
Superintendent O'Rourke ascribed
he collapse of the building to tho
ogllgonco and carelessness of Ignor
nt workmen.
"We had not been notified that th*
uilding was to he demolished," said
lr. O'Rourke. "Too much weight had
een piled on the s-cond floor Too
lany supports had been removed,
'hree sections of the building codg
ere violated."
It is said that four tons of brick
ere found on the top of the building
t 41. which did not collapse. The last
aragraph of section 3 of the building
ode reads as follows:
"The owner, architect, builder or con
tactor for any building, structure,
remises, wall, platform, staging or
oorlng to be demolished shall give
ot less than twenty-four hours' no
ce to the department of buildings of
ich demolition."
Penalty for violation of this section
J50 fine or ton days in jail.
E. M. Waldron, the contractor, who
id charge of the work of demolition,
amed his foreman for disobeying hii
structlons.
"This is the first time in the twenty
ree years that I have been doing
ork of this kind that an accident lias
curred to my men while a building
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