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AND NEV ARK ADVERTISER _______ EDITION
ESTABLISHED 1832.NEWARK, N. J., MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1911.CLOUDY TUESDAY. 1 '.j
DEMANDS
AUTOISTS’
APOLOGY
Commissioner Smith Will
Not Answer Trade
Association.
SAYS RESOLUTION , ,
IS MISSTATEMENT
Denies That Jersey Has Con
ducted Warfare Upon For
eign Auto Owners.
[Special to the Newark Star !
TRENTON, Aug. 7.—When Commis
sioner of Motor Vehicles J. B. R. Smith
was asked if he had yet replied to the
communication of the secretary of the
New Jersey Automobile Trade Asso
ciation, containing resolutions condemn
ing his action in refusing short-term
licenses to residents of New York, he
replied that both the letter and the
resolutions had been received, but that
their spirit was so deliberately and un
necessarily offensive that he must de
cline to either answer or have further
intercourse with their authors until
suitable apologies had been made.
He said that in the first place the
resolutions did not come from the trade
association at all, and the rank and file
of that organization ought not and
would not be held responsible therefor.
They did not even cor e as the unani
mous vote of the executive committee
and the secretary's statement to that
effect is a deliberate misstatement.
There was a • trong protest from lead
log members, who refrained from vot
ing for the express purpose of pre
venting further dleeord, but ‘heir opin
ions were well known. The voting was
done by a few men who were affiliated
With the New Jersey branch of the
American Automobile Association, and
vfho are trying to use the local trade
association as a catspaW to pull the
rapidly burning chestnuts of the par
ent association out of the fire.
Not Resident, of Jersey.
This parent association is a national
body composed mainly ot m n-reBldente
of New Jersey, has been the leading
propagandist of the free privilege with
out registration policy throughout the
country, and as one of the means to
secure the adoption of that policy in
New Jersey has not scrupled to hold up
to ridicule and persecution New Jersey
motorists, including members of their
own association, while touring in other
States.
I do not hesitate to charge those in
official position in this association with
being the prime cause of the tourists’
troubles.
Because of this campaign of persecu
tion and misrepresentation, on the part
of this association, its former members
in this State has dwindled to a mere
handful, probably no"t more than 4 per
cent, of our motorists are even nom
inally members of any club affiliated
with that association.
The first statement, to the effect that
tew Jersey has compelled non-resl
:nts to submit to many indignities, is
not only deliberately and willfully un
true, but the exact opposite is the case.
While the indignities heaped upon New
Jersef motorists at the express request
of those in authority in the American
Automobile Association has not been
so great in New York as In Massa
chusetts and Pennsylvania, it has still
existed;' whereas, every resident of New
York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
has received iii New Jersey the highest;
degree of courtesy, as the framers of i
this resolution not only well know, but
as the majority of them in private con
versation freely admit.
Resentment Not In Thl. State.
The framers of this resolution know
very well that the feeling of resent
ment is not in New Jersey, but else
where. They know very well that ■
there is no feeling of resentment in
my act.
They know that it is not as they
state, "New Jersey who served notice
on the residents of other States;” that
New Jersey did not serve notice on
other State* that their motorists were i
not welcome in New Jersey, but that I
other Str ‘ s served notice on New Jer
sey motorists that they were not wel
come in thorp other States. To state!
the contrary by any association is to
state an untruth. This effort to misrep- |
resent, to make the poorer appear the
better cause, this effort to humiliate
and persecute their own brother mo
torists touring .' i other States I resent J
with all the energy I possess, and when
this effort comes from residents of our
Own State, even though they are few,
indeed, in number, I resent It even more
bitterly.
George H. Smith, manager of the
Peerless Motor Car Company and sec
retary of the New Jersey Automobile
Trade Association, read the statement
of J. B. B. Smith carefully and then
handed it back to the Evening STAR i
reporter with the statement, "Nothing ;
to sny. brother."
As he read the statement at times
his face wreathed in smiles, while at
other times his mouth took a scornful I
upward turn. Pressed for some state
ment Mr. Smith said:
"This appears to he a tirade against 1
the associated clubs and does not hit 1
us. Mr. Smith, of Trenton, cannot drag
us into any fight, political or other- ,
wise "
All other questions Mr. Smith re- )
fused to answer, stating that George i
Blakesley. of the Crescent Automobile j
Company, of Jersey City, president cf,
the trade association, rvas the man to |
do the talking.
ATTACK AND CHEW
CALLER AT HOUSE
Pounce Upon Insurance Collec
' tor as He Opens Door
to Enter.
Severely bitten about the body as a
result of an attack upon him by two
large dogs, Abraham Sherman, an ln
| Durance collector, of 364 Lincoln ave
nue, Is In a serious condition at the
I City Hospital today.
He called at the home of Colvin
; Coates, of 157H Boyd street, and, upon
hearing what he thought was an Invi
tation to enter, opened the door and
Immediately the dogs attacked him.
For twenty minutes he fought the
beasts. They chewed his arms, legs,
abdomen and other parts of his body.
The wounds were cauterized at the
City Hospital.
BELNMCDTTKE
MR TO RESIGN
jNewarkers, Summering There,
Say Mr. Gibbs
Must Go.
[Special to th« Newark Star.]
BELMAR, Aug. 7.—It was announced
today that Mayor Coleman A. Qlbbs,
of this borougl^, was asked to resign
Saturday by the law committee of the
Taxpayers' Improvement Association.
He was given ten days In which to
hand in his resignation.
This action was taken by the tax
payers on the ground that the mayor
has not fulfilled the duties of his office
satisfactorily. Those on the committee
are Mr1o - .Cf' ’ ntz, of Newark;
Abra i . Newark, and I.
New us ieorge Hall and
Rlchi
Mo ed Newarkers who
own re said to desire
the S on.
May iutely refused to
resign 6...- uecmreu that he would run
again and was sure of election.
“We have the goods on the taxpay
ers." said Mayor Qlbbs to a STAR re
porter. As soon as we can find out
where they meet, Prosecutor John S.
Applegate, Jr., will cause their arrest.
I could have had the crowd raided
when they met In a hotel on the night
of this organization because the hotel
sells liquor without a license. 1 did
not raid the place, but let the men or
ganize and then arrested the proprietor
on two occasions, nls bail being fixed
at $3,600 each time."
A meeting of the taxpayers will be
held tonight.
POPE SUSTAINS
SLIGHT RELAPSE
ROME, Aug. 7.—Pope Plus experi
enced a slight relapse today. The at
tack came suddenly, aggravating the
cold with which he has suffered and
being accompanied with gouty pains.
Dr, Giuseppe Petacci, private physi
cian to his holiness, and Dr. Ettore
Marchiafava, consulting physician at
the Vatican, being notified of the unex- i
pected change in the pontiff's condition, |
visited him immediately and directed !
that he remain in his room.
This morning the doctors opposed the
participation of the Pope In the cele- \
bratlon of the eighth anniversary of
his coronation. The services were con
ducted by Cardinal Merry del Val, the
papal secretary of state.
AEROS ARRIVING FOR
INTERNATIONAL RACE.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.—The first aero
planes which will be used in the nine
day international aviation meet, be
ginning next Saturday, arrived today,
and by the end of the week it is esti- j
mated $750,000 worth of aeroplanes will
be housed in Grant Park. Many well- i
known aviators, both from this country
and Europe, will participate in the
meet.
GATES’S HEART ACTION
STILL CAUSES ANXIETY.
PARIS, Aug. 7. — Those attending
John W. Gates reported today that the
financier had had a good night and
that his general condition was un
changed. Yesterday the physicians
were more hopeful of recovery, as Mr.
Gates continued able to take nourish
ment, though his general condition was
weak. Ills heart action still causes
anxiety.
CONGRESS’S ADJOURNMENT.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Leaders of
both houses of Congress today figured
an adjournment of Congress between
August 15 and 19. Democratic House
leaders hold this view. Vice-President
Sherman predicted August 16.
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Mrs. Mary C. King and Cement Stoop She Herself
Built and Which Has Given Her a Canny Business Idea
GORQUER” HMICE
Mrs. King Does Her Own Repair
Work and Neighbors
Applaud.
"When a woman will, she will,
And you can depend on't;
But when she won't, she won’t,
And there's an end on't.”
Neighbors of Mrs. Mary C. King, of
137 Congress street, made up their
minds that this little scrap of verse
was just made to fit her case. To put
it In concrete ' rm (If the reader will
please excuse an attempt at a pun),
she makes her own concrete sidewalks
and stoops, does the plastering, puts up
ceilings a d hangs wallpaper, simply
because (he are improvements her
house needs, and because being a
widow, she can't pu., the "outrageous"
prices asked by contract >rs. But Mrs.
King (and the name suits her to u dot)
can tell her story better than any re
porter, so here goes:
"Seems to me yr reporters ure mak
ing an awful fuss about a little tiling
like laying a sidewalk and putting
down a stoop. Want my picture, do
you? Not much! You can take a pic
ture of the stoop, and tell people I
made It, for I'm proud of it, hut there's
nothing particularly interesting about
me.
“I realized when my husband died
and I started to rent rooms here that
there would l a a lot of repairing and
fixing, and •' it It would be either my
living or the contractors’. I decided It
would be mine, and laid in a stock of
cement, lime and sand, borrowed a
trowel and started in.
"First thing I knew part of the cell
ing caved In and I spent half a day
putting tt up again. Next thing I de
cided we needed a stoop, so I filled in
the space with ashes, stone and wood,
In fact everything there was lying
around loose, and then cemented It
over. There It ! 3, and a better stoop
isn't on the block."
And now Mrs. King is thinking of
going into the contracting business,
there seems to be so much money in it,
and everybody on the block wishes her
success.
BISHOP JOHN SCARBOROUGH
DEDICATES ASBURY CHURCH
ASBURY PARK. August 7.—A spe
cial and elaborate service marked the
dedication of the new ‘Trinity Church,
Grand and Asbury avenues, yesterday.
The Right Rev. Dr. John Scarbor
ough, bishop of the diocese, was the
celebrant and made an address. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. Wil
liam Bailey, the pastor.
BRITISH YEOMAN NABBED
AS SPY ON GERMAN FORTS.
BREMEN. Aug. 7.—An Englishman,
said 'to be an officer of the British
Yeomanry, was arrested here today
accused of spying on the German
fortifications on the North Sea coast,
rhe prisoner, whose name has not been
learned, was subsequently admitted to
oatl. No details of the alleged spying
ire made known, but the deed charged
s described as of the most daring
:haracter.
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CONFESSES EIRE
PLOT IN BLOW-UP
Cashier in Jersey City Says He Hired Walsh to
Crack Safe and Destroy Books to Conceal
Shortage-Sensational Disclosure.
Following the fire at the Dong Dock
Milling Company’s plant in Jersey City,
in whicli Frank Walsh, of East New
ark, an alleged safe-blower, * as fatal
ly burned, Patrick Benedict Timmons,
48 years old, of 399 Clinton avenue, was j
arrested after being implicated in a i
confession made by Samuel Brown, the j
cashier of the firm, to Police Captain ]
j Nugent, of the Second precinct, Jersey 1
City.
The complaint was made by Captain
Joseph Richards, of Jersey City, who
charged murder, arson and conspiracy.
Timmons, who Is an expert account
ant, worked on the books of the com
pany only Saturday and Sunday, but
he had been a friend of the cashier !
for many years. He returned early to- !
day from Jersey City. His wife says |
she noticed that he was worried ain't
OWEN WISTERS MONKEY
BEATS KEEPER; ESCAPES.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 7.—Owen
Wister, author of "The Virginian,"
who has a country place at Olney ave
nue and York road, owns, among other
things, a pet monkey named Billy.
Billy created a furor on York road
and the Wister estate after escaping
from his quarters. Incidentally, the
monkey sent his Keeper ta the Jewish
Hospital for repairs.
NEWARK ER’S AUTO CUTS
CAPERS AT ASBURY PARK.
[Special to the Newark Star.]
ASBURY PAHK, Aug. 7.—A self- j
willed, self-steering automobile belong
ing to Theodore S. Miller, of Newark,
yesterday began, all by itself, to move
up and down the Miller lawn on Nor
wood avenue.
The car, left alone, backed Into the
hedge, started frontward for the
garage, damaged that, went through a
fence and returned to the hedge and
finally crashed Into a telegraph pole.
TWO MEN FINED FOR
AUTOMOBILE SPEEDING.
For exceeding the speed limit in their i
automobiles, John J. Arehambeuu, of j
West Nutley, and Henry Bender, of 130 i
Ferry street, were fined $10 each by i
Acting Judge Oehring in the Second '
Precinct Court today. Motor-cycle I
Policeman Jewell appeared as com
plainant.
SHOT IN MISTAKE FOR COUGAR.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 7.—Dr. Bert
rand Muscott, a physician and sports
man, was shot and killed today by
John Rogstead, a logger, who mistook
him for a cougar.
nervous, but she did not ask him why.
At 11 o'clock Timmons was arrested.
Cashier Brown confessed to the po
lice that he was short $3,500. Tim
mons, the bookkeeper, he said, knew
of this shortage. Together they
planned, according to the story Brown
told the police, to have the books de
stroyed.
The man employed to do this, accord
ing to Brown’s confession, was Frank
Walsh, of East Newark. The time set
for the "Job” was last night.
Walsh broke into t lie office, the po
lice believe, and in blowing open the
safe, f* t fire to the Imllding. Fire
men carried Walsh out after his cloth
ing had been burned off and he had
fallen unconscious. He died at St.
Francis’s Hospital. Jersey City, and
the body was removed to Hughes’s
morgue.
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KILLED US TRAIN
UTICA, N. Y., Aug 7.—A north
bound Adirondack train from Utica,
struck a two-spated wagon containing
several persons on a crossing seven
miles from this city today and in
stantly killed four persons, Injuring
two others.
MRS. LEONARD, CHIEF OF
“QUEER” DETECTORS, QUITS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Mrs. Wllla
A. Leonard, after forty-seven years in
the service of the treasury as chief of
the counterfeit detection division, has
resigned, on account of her health She
is 71 years of age. Mrs. Leonard Is the
mother of Major Henry Leonard,
United States Marine Corps, who com
mands the naval prison at Portsmouth,
N. H.
NEWARK CAVALRY WITH
4TH REGIMENT AT SEA GIRT
SKA GIRT, Aug. 7.—The First Troop
of Cavalry, of Newark, Colonel Wil
liam A. Bryant commanding, Is
thoroughly settled In camp here today,
as Is also the Fourth Regiment, N. G.
N. X, Colonel Henry H. Brlnckerhoff
commanding. Officers and men of both
the troop and infantry are in fine con- !
dttion and the forty-two horses of the ,
troop, brought from Newark on Satur- i
day, arrived without a scratch on their J
glossy hides.
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NUGENT REPLIES
TO COMMITTEE IN
WILSON EPISODE
Democratic Chairman Announces Re Will Call
Meeting of Colleagues and Be Ready
to Answer for Any Action.
JAMES R. NUGENT, chairman of the Democratic State Committee, ha#
sent a reply to each of the members of the committee who, headed by
General Dennis F. Collins, requested Mr. Nugent to resign from the
chairmanship if it were true, as reported, that he had recently insulted Gov
ernor Wilson.
Mr. Nugent informs those members that anything he had to say at a pri
vate social gathering did not seem to come within the purview of the State
committee, but added that he had been considering the calling of a meeting
of the State committee to take up general party matters, and that such a meet
ing would be called in the near future, due notice of which would be given to
all the members.
Tells Liller He Did Not Know
Jersey City Man Was
Disaffected.
[From a Staff Correspondent.]
SEA GIRT, Aug. 7.—When the state
ment made by William S. I.lller, of
Indianapolis, published In this morn
ing's papers, was shown him, Governor
Wilson said that he was very much
surprised at the position taken by
Judge Robert S. Hudspeth, of Jersey
City, and that he had learned of it
only on Saturday lust, when Mr. Liller
had sent him a copy of Judge Hud
speth's letter. He said that he could
not better comment on it than by pub
! lishing the letter which he had aent
; Mr. Liller in reply. That letter la as
1 follows:
Tea Girt, N. .1., Aug. 6, 1911.
My Dear Colonel Liller:
Thank yen for your letters of July
31 and August 2 with their Interest
ing enclosures.
The lett r from Judge Hudspeth
really distressed me. I had no Idea
that he felt as he does and wish
Very rr” -h that he understood bet
ter than he appears to understand
my real feeling, which has always
been one of genuine cordiality and
friendship.
I. of course, know of and deeply
appreciated the great service he
rendered in the campaign last Au
tumn, but I distinctly remember
getting the Impression. I would have
said from conversations with Judge
Hudspeth himself, that he had had
enough of active participation In
politics after such long service us
chairman of the State committee,
which he rendered at a great sacri
fice of personal profit and conve
nience.
When the question of the election
of a senator arose. Judge Hud
speth, who was perfectly frank,
and I honored the position he took
very much, frankly said that he
would like to be left out of the
matter entirely because of his life
long friendship with ex-Senator
Smith, although his personal Judg
ment was that Mr. Martlne ought
to be returned to the Senate. I In
terpreted this to mean that he
would rather not appear, at any
date during that season, as a sup
porter of my administration. Cer
tainly he was never by any act I
was conscious of "dropped” or
slighted. It distresses me that he
should have received that impres
sion. With kind regards, sincerely
yours,
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON.
DEMOCRAT-INDEPENDENT
UNION LIKELY IN ATLANTIC
ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 7.- First
move on the political checkerboard
here to defeat the Kuehnle “ring”
made when the County Democratic
Committee, composed of the leaders of
the party of the city and county, fa
vorably met overtures of the Independ
ents for a combination to oppose the
regulars' candidates at the fall elec
tion
Chairman Repetto was empowered
to appoint a committee of nine, four
from the city and five from the coun
ty, to formulate plans for a joint rally
to be held at May’s Landing early In
September.
KRUPP YACHT DEFEATS
KAISER’S AT COWES, ENG.
COWEF, England, Aug. 7.—The yacht
Germania, owned by Lieutenant Von
Halbach und Krupp, of the big Krupp
works, in Germany, today won the in
ternational yachting cup, defeating
Emperor William’s Meteor, King Al
fonso's Hlspanla and a yacht entered
by King Georg".
THREE SHOT IN STRIKE RIOT.
CROCKETT, Cal., Aug. 7,-Three
men were shot and a half dozen others
hurt by flying bricks in a fight be
tween striking warehouse men and
strike-breakers brought here by the
California-Hawaiian Sugar Refining
Company.
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• it nas been tne usual custom to can
the Democratic State Committee to
consider party matters in September.
The following is Mr. Nugent’s letter:
"I am in receipt of a communication
dated July 27 and mailed at Asbury
Park July 31. signed by you and ».ma
other members of the Democratic F tate
Committee, containing a suggestion
that I call a meeting of the committee
to consider a matter that was incident
to a social event and wholly of a per
sonal nature.
"I am unable to Bee how such an In
cident, having no political or party
significance, can properly come within
the purview of the State committee.
Willing to Make Answer.
"As, however, you and otners believe
that official notice should be taken of
this purely personal Incident, 1 would
say that It may be brought before any
regularly-culled meeting of the State
committee. At all times 1 am glad to
answer for any political action of mine
to the committee which honored me
with the oiflce of State chairman.
’’For some time past I have been
considering the necessity of calling a
meeting of the State committee to lake
up matters of Importance to the Demo
cratic party with respect to party
policy and preparation for *he coming
campaign.
"This Is in accordance with the usual
custom of the committee, end It
therefore, my Intenton to call a meet
ing to be held at an eatlv date, formal
notice of which you will duly receive.'’
At least one member of the Demo
cratic State committee has absolutely
repudiated the letter asking Mr. Nu
gent to resign if tho statement attrib
uted to him were true and says that
his signature to that document was
unauthorized and of no effect. He is
William H. Davis, of Camden, from
whom Mr. Nugent received the follow
ing note today:
j "Enclosed you will find a statement
■ which was printed In the Philadelphia
Ledger today. I wish to inform you
that it is false In every particular so
far ns It relates to me. I was not at
the meeting and sent no one to repre
sent me. Very truly yours,
"WILLIAM H. DAVIS.’’
Mr. Davis enclosed a clipping which
said that he was one of the member# of
the State committee who had requested
Mr. Nugent to call a meeting of the
State committee to consider Mr. Nu
gent's alleged insult to the Governor.
Want Meeting Thursday*
There was a meeting at the Cole
man House, Asbury Park. Saturday of
eight members of the State committee,
the moving spirit being General Collins,
As a result of that meeting the follow
ing letter came to Mr. Nugent today:
"Hon. James R. Nugent,
"Chairman Democratic State Oom
inlttee.
“Dear Mr. Nugent—I have been direct
ed by Messrs. Oarrow, Platt, Davie (by
Mr. Kraft, proxy), Kearns, Grosscup,
(.’rater, Dungan and Collins, of the
State committee, to request you, as
chairman, to call a meeting of the Wew
Jersey Democratic State Comitteev ait
the Coleman House, Asbury Park, foe
Thursday, August 10, at noon, to con
sider the matter submitted to you in a
letter addressed to . ou by certain
members of the State committee, In In
formal session at Sea-Girt, on Thurs
day, J\ily 27. Very truly your*
"WILLIAM K. DKVHREK*"
Ths Mr. Kraft referred to by Mr.
Devereux Is William H. Kraft, of Cam
den. To the letter received today Mr.
Nugent said that he would reply to ths
effect that he considers his answer to
the former communication a reply also
to the latest one. The State chairman
said that he had nothing to add to what
was contained in the letter he made
public today.
FORTUNE AWAITS TWO
YOUNG WOMEN IN NEWARK
Somewhere in Newark there are two
young women, Marla Anna Becker and
Katherine Becker, who do not know
that a fortune awaits them, just left by
a relative In Germany. Weidling ft
Son, druggists of Tiffin, O., have Just
sent word to the police that such is the
case. They do not know the address,
nor whether the girls are married. The
letter does not state the amount of th*
bequest.
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN
KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK.
[Special to the Newark Star.l
PETERSBURG, Va.. Aug. 7.—Daniel
Hicks, engineer, and Robert Tately, a
negro fireman, both of Raleigh, N. C.,
were killed today In a collision on the
Seabcard Air Line south of this city.
New Through Train to the Shore.
Leavea Broad at station. Now Jersey
Central. 8:45 p. m. Parlor car attached.
Red Bank first stop. Arrtveo Anbury