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^ Detected When They Return to
Woods for Hidden
Valuables.
P ESCAPE AFTER FUSILLADE;
PURSUED FOR HALF-MILE
I Nearly All of Silverware Stolen
Night Before in Short Hills
Recovered.
Hji After a running pistol fight In which
B fifteen shots were fired, the Short
I Hills police last night recovered all
f but four of the 116 pieces of silver
ware which were taken from the
' home of Abram J. Rose In the fash
ionable Brantwood section of the
town on Sunday night.
Patrolman William Tlghe, walking
along a roadway through tv i woods
a half mile from the Rose home, saw
two men slinking along. Tlghe’s sus
picions were aroused, and, keeping
in the shadows of the trees, he fol
lowed the men.
i The pair cautiously made their way
for a quarter mile or so, often stop
ping and peering through the trees.
Finally they reached the densest part
of the woods, and after hesitating
for a moment plunged In. One of the
men drew a pocket electric flash
lamp, and Tlghe, who had crept up
to the opening In which the men had
disappeared, traced their movements
by the dim glow of the light among
the trees.
Several times the men paused as if
puzzled, then as the flashlamp dis
closed some familiar land mark they
went on. At last they came to a
large rock. Picking up some tree
branches which had fallen to the
ground the men used them as levers
and turned the rock over. By the
light of their lamp Tlghe saw them
take a dress suit-case from beneath
i - the rock and cautiously make their
» way with it out of the woods.
Confronted by Bloecoot.
Tlghe stood behind a tree until the
men reached the roadway. Then he
stepped out and faced them.
"What have you got in that bag?"
he demanded.
For an Instant the men stood
startled. Then they ran. Tlghe fol
lowed, fumbling in his pocket for hls
revolver. Both men had seized hold
the suit-case, and carrying It between
them were gaining on the officer.
Tlghe drew hls revolver and fired
over the men’s heads. Immediately
the pair stopped. There was a flash
and a sharp report and a bullet
whistled uncomfortably close to
Tighe’s head. The policeman, how
ever. did not stop, but ran on, firing
his revolver as he did so.
Bollots Fly Foot,
Both the men he was chasing
this time had drawn their guns, and
the bullets were flyingX Both men
emptied their revolvers, then the
firing ceased, and Tlghe could hear
nothing but the patter of their feet
On the hard road. As the patrolman
ran he stumbled over the dress suit
case which the men had dropped
when they began shooting.
•y Further on he came on an over
coat and a revolver, which the men
evidently had dropped when the
chase became too hot. Seeing he
would be unable to catch the men,
who by this time were more than a
quarter mile ahead of him, Tlghe
gave up the chase, returned and
picked up the suit case and the other
things that were dropped and took
them to the police station.
When the suit case was opened It
. was found to contain practically all
the missing silverware. The police
*" recovered a small quantity of the
loot yesterday, and with what was In
the suit case, all but four pieces now
are accounted for.
I The overcoat which the thief
dropped In the chase contained a
pair of gloves and a muffler. None
of the articles, however, bore any
Identifying marks.
Chairman Rucker Prepares
Presidential Primary Bill
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WASHINGTON. Feb. lO.-Prepara
tions of a Presidential primary bill,
as advocated by President Wilson,
will begin at once. Announcement
to that effect was made today by
Chairman Rucker, of the House
committee on the election of Presi
dent, Vice-President and representa
tives, before which committee the pro
posed legislation will be considered.
Representative Rucker has an en
«' gagement with the President tomor
row to discuss the subject and It Is
expected that the actual writing of
the primary measure will almost Im
mediately be undertaken.
Mr. Rucker and members of the
committee have been conferring with
Secretary Bryan and Solicitor Folk,
of the state department, to ascertain
their views on the proposed legisla
tion. Both of them Indicated that
they favored the State primary law
plan.
s Special Election in Congress
DENVER, Colo., Feb. 10.—Commit
tee chairmen of all three leading
parties were confident of success in
today’s special congressional elec
tion in which the successor of the
late Representative 1." S. Pepper will
be named. The candidates are Henry
Vollmer. Democrat; Harry Hull, Re
publican. and C. P. Hanley. Progres
sive. A light vote was indicated.
“FOUR CORNERS” GET ‘GREEN’ SHOWER
AS BABY SCATTERS DOLLAR BILLS
Tr ___
It was raining dollar bills at the
Four Corners’* yesterday afternoon,
but nobody who was caught in the
shower will have to pay a larger in
come tax in consequence.
A woman was pushing a baby car
riage across Broad street from Bran
ford place. The carriage was headed
directly for the front door of the
National State Bank building, and
when it came to the curbstone its
front wheels were raised to permit it
being run up on the sidewalk.
Just then baby became uncomfort
able. There was a large lump under
its pillow. This was pressing on the
back of its head, so baby decided to
remove it and did by drawing it out
and throwing it to the street.
The lump was nothing more valu
able than a roll of dollar bills which
the mother had placed under the
SHtbyCs pillow for safe keeping. When
the roll of bills struck the pavement
a gust of wind caught It and scat
tered the bank notes.
As the green shower proceeded
toward Market Btreet everyone who
was near the Four Corners forgot his
or her particular pursuit to give
chase. In a short time all the miss
ing bills were returned to the owner.
Just when all seemed serene, how
ever, the plot thickened. R. O. Van
Horn, of 166 Renner avenue, was com
ing out of a hardware store with a
dollar bill in his hand, it was his
dollar, but nobody but he knew It.
Three or four young men made for
him, thinking apparently he was try
ing to make off with one of the bills
from the baby’s carriage. Van Horn
protested, but he was taken to baby’s
mother, who counted her bills and
found none missing. Van Horn re
ceived the apologies of his accusers
and trolley trafiic was resumed.
v
Birdmen in Mid-Air Crash;
One Is Killed\ Two May Die
JOHANNIBTHAL Germ; y, Feb.
10.—A mid-air collision between a bi
plane and a monoplane over the aero
drome here today caused the death
of one German aviator and serious
injuries to two others.
Gerhard Bedlmayer, an experienced
airman, was flying his biplane, carry
ing as his passenger Lieutenant
Leonhard!, of th^ German army.
They were circling Ihe aerodrome at I
a height of about 100 feet, when their
machine was crashed into by a mono
plane in which Degner, a pupil at the
flying school, was making his first
independent flight.
Both machines fell, and when the
men were extricated from the wreck
age, it was found that Degner was
dear! and the other two gravely hurt.
CENTRE MARKET
FIGHT RENEWED
BY COURT WRIT
Armitage Now Attacks Building
Contract, Claiming That
Award Is Not Legal.
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Claiming that the contract ror
erecting the new city market could
have been awarded by
of as a whole, Franklin W. Fort,
last nlgnt applied for and received
a rule to show cause why a writ of
certiorkri should not be issued to
review the award of the contract to
the Essex Construction Company.
The rule was granted by Chief Jus
tice Gummere.
Mr. Fort represents John L. Armi
tage and others. His clients claim
that the cost would be lower, if the
work was awarded by items.
Following the hearing of testimony,
argument on the writ will be heard
at the Supreme Court in Trenton,
next Tuesday. The mayor and Com- 1
mon Council of Newark, and the Es
sex Construction Company are made
defendants.
Chief Justice Gummere last Sat
urday denied Mr. Fort a writ of cer
tiorari to review the sale of $700,
000 worth of market bonds to Adams
& Co., of Boston.
One of the affidavits upon, which
Mr. Fort obtained the rule was made
by Alderman William D. Bleick, who
swore that the bids for the market
contract were never submitted to the
finance committee of the Common
Council. The only bid which was
brought to the notice of the council,
he said, was the one of the Essex
Construction Company.
It is thought that the recent offer
of Edward M. Waldron, the local
builder, to Mayor Haussllng. to carry
out a contract for the building of the
market for $50,000 less than the
amount required by the Essex Con
struction Company, will also be
brought before the court.
!
Returns Unsigned Resolution
Providing for Execution of
Contract.
Mayor Haussllng returned unsigned
to the Board of Works today, It Is un
derstood, the resolution providing for
the execution of the contract to pave
Broad street with wood block. The
resolution was passed by the Works
Board at its meeting last week. The
vote on the resolution then was unani
mous.
In vetoing the matter Mayor Hauss
llng, it is said, declared that his view
on the matter was too well known to
need further explanation. It is re
garded as certain beyond a doubt that
the Board of Works commissioners to
morrow will pass the resolution over
the mayor’s veto. Commissioner
Ryan has withdrawn his open oppo
sition to the wood block paving, de
claring that the cause of granite is
hopeless as far as the Works Board
is concerned. He did not vote on the
resolution last week.
Opposition to the wood block pav
ing on Broad street, however, is de
veloping rapidly from another source.
Property holders along northern
Broad street in the vicinity of the
Lackawanna railroad station are
now agitating a movement to have
the action of the works board re
viewed. The residents and business
men in that neighborhood are In
favor of having the thoroughfare
paved with granite blocks.
Objection to the wood block from
this source has been agitated for a
long time, but not until latej^ has the
movement taken tangible-shape. A
petition is now being circulated
among the property holders, It Is said,
whose holdings are between Fulton
street and Belleville avenue. The ob
ject of the petition Is to arouse oppo
sition to woodi block as a paving and
to secure enough signers to support
a legal action to review the award
ing of the contract.
A number of the residents declare
that wood block Is unsuitable and too
expensive. They also point out that
wood block Is a patented process
within the meaning of the law. The
law requires that the approval of 50
per cent, of the property holders be
secured before a street Is paved with
a patented process. The property
owners declare that this clause has
not been complied with by the works
board.
The returning of the resolution
without his signature is probably the
end of the mayor’s fight against the
wood block paving.
ASK STATE-WIDE
SENATE PROBE OF
SUNDAYSELLING
Read Would Have Committee
Report Next Year and Pos*
sibly Legalize It.
TRENTON, Feb. 10.—Prompted by
a statement from a recent Hudson
county grand Jury that the sentiment
in that county was against the strict
enforcement of the anti-Sunday sell
ing feature of the Bishop’s law, Will
iam T. Read, the Republican floor
leader of the Senate, today offered a
resolution for the appointment of a
joint legislative committee to Investi
gate excise conditions throughout the
State and report to next year’s Legis
lature. The resolution went to the
Senate committee on judiciary.
A bill introduced by Senator Read
amends the public utility act by
providing that at least one of the
members of the board shall be a per
son of practical railroad experience.
Senator Read’s idea In introducing
the bill at this time is because of the
vacancy soon to exist in the board.
Senator Read believes that the work
of Mr. Lane on the Interstate Com
merce Commission has been so com
mendable and has had so much to do
with bringing capital and labor to
gether that this should be encouraged.
Loan Shark Bill Up.
The Senate today passed, on sec
ond reading. Senator McGinnis’s loan
shark bill, after defeating Senator
Rathbun’s amendment to give police
Justices power to hear cases and im
pose penalties. The bill now stands
a9 originally introduced and makes
it a misdemeanor for persons or cor
porations to charge more than 3 per
cent, per month for loans below $300
In amount. The bill was drawn at
the instance of the Russell Sage
Foundation.
RRST BILL PASSES
It Is Branegan's Measure Qual
ifying Deputy Registers to
Acknowledge Conveyances.
[Special to the Newark Star.]
TRENTON, Feb. 10— Following a
long session last night the Assembly
convened this morning with prospects
of another busy day. Extra seats
ranged in front of the members desks
drew attention to the fact that a Joint
session <^f Senate and Assembly is
due today. The Legislature this
afternoon is to make the annual ap
pointments of commissioners of deeds
for every county in the State.
The first bill to pass third reading
and be adopted by the House today
was Majority Leader Joseph M.
Branegan's bill, which authorizes the
deputy register of deeds to take
acknowledgments of conveyances,
deeds, etc.
Mr. Branegan explained that the
bill is intended to permit the deputy
register, who really transacts most of
the business of county register’s of
fice, and all of it when the register is
absent, should have authority to at
tend to ali of the business of the de
partment. The bill passed without a
dissenting vote, forty-eight voting af
firmatively. Anotner bill unanimously
passed was Assembly No. 28, intro
duced by Assemblyman Joseph B.
Bloom, of Essex.
Lawyers' Protective Bill Poaaea.
“This Is an example of vicious leg
islation and I urge all members to
vote against It.” Assemblyman Ben
nett H. Fishier, of Montclair, de
clared of Assembly bill No. 54, but
the bill passed by a vote of 41 to 12.
The bill is designed to save the at
torney's fee and expenses when his
client settles a suit for physical in
jury out of court and without his
knowledge.
Assemblyman Agnew, of Bergen,
supported the bill, but his colleague,
Assemblyman John J. Johnson, of
Bergen, opposed it. Assemblyman
Walter L. McDermott, a lawyer, of
Hudson county, opposed It., and Jo
seph P. Mulligan, a labor member
from Hudson, supported it. Assem
blyman William J. Barbour, Repub
lican, of Passaic county, supported
the bill, saying that lawyers of small
means who could not afford to gam
ble with fees and expenditures for
stakes, need protection. He recounted
a case In which ho advanced consid
erable money, worked hard and long
and was left unpaid when his client
settled out of court.
Assemblyman Joseph P. Mulligan’s
bill, No. 32, was passed today by a
vote of 42 to 32. It prohibits the em
ployment of females as coremakers or
molders in foundries and factorise.
Mr. Mulligan’s Assembly bill No. 34,
amending the tenure of office act, was
passed by a vote of 38 to 13. lit
amends the act of 1911 regulating the
tenure of office act by requiring ap
plicants to be citizens of the State or
municipality in which the applicant
applies for position for at least three
years.
Senator Hennessy's preferential
primary bill was reported In the Sen
ate with some minor amendments.
To Prospect in Brazil
PATERSON. Feb, 10.—William Bar
rett, of Passaic Junction. Is a mem
ber of a gold prospecting party which
started yesterday for the wilds of
Brazil. The party la equipped with
camp and field apparatus for a long
stay, and guides have been provided
for, as In one place it will be neces
sary to cut through the thick jungle.
Entrance Gates Broken Down
Before Police Subdue Crowd.
Scores Injured.
RIOTS ARE CAUSED BY
NAVAL GRAFT SCANDAL
Free Fight on Floor of Diet as
Government Policy Is
Supported.
TOKIO, Feb. 10.—A riotous mob at
tacked the Japanese House of Parlia
ment today. It was driven back by
the police only after the entrance
gates had been broken down and
scores of people injured.
The rioting followed a big mass
meeting at which resolutions were
passed to impeach the cabinet for its
attitude in connection with the graft
charges against Japanese naval offi
cers, several of whom are accused of
receiving commissions for influencing
the allotment of admiralty contracts
in favor of a German firm.
Numerous arrests were made and
frequent clashes between the police
and the mob followed in various parts
of the city. There was also a free
fight on the floor of the diet.
Fifteen persons were pushed into
the canal during a fight near the of
fices of a government newspaper, but
all of them were rescued.
The Diet rejected, 205 to 164, a reso
lution of want of confidence in the
government. This resolution was in
troduced by the opposition as a pro
test against the attitude of the cab
inet In connection with the graft
charges.
While the session was in prog
ress huge crowds packed the neigh
boring streets and several mass meet
ings were organized. The people,
after resolving to Impeach the Cab
inet, marched Urward the House of
Parliament, attacking several gov
ernment officials on their way. When
they reached the entrance, to the Diet
they came into collision with the po
lice. In the course of the struggle
the gate was broken down and many
people injured, while others were
taken into custody.
Fight on Floor of House.
The debate in the House was a dra
matic one. A fierce attack was made
on the premier, Count Gombei Yama
moto, who replied with gTeat calm
ness, demanding a suspension of
judgment until the inquiry into the
naval scandal had been concluded.
Saburo Shlmada, leader of the op
position, charged the cabinet with
having smothered the affair.
The speaker of the Diet ordered
the expulsion of a member of the
opposition who had interrupted the
debate, and a free fight on the floor
of the House ensued \*etw&eu the
guards and the friends of the deputy.
The victory of the government on
the resolution of want of confidence
was greeted with cheers from the
majority of the House and with jeers
from the crowd outside.
The crowd cheered the members of
the opposition as they left.
After vainly waiting for the exit
of the ministers, the mob marched to
the offices of the newspaper Chu O, a
government organ, where they stoned
the police, who, however, succeeded
in repulsing them.
Latest Reports Show Memphis
Banker Embezzled More
Than a Million.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 10.—C. Hun
ter Ralne, president of the Mercantile
Bank here, arrested yesterday on a
charge of embezzlement after discov
ery of alleged defalcations of more
than *1,000,000, today prepared to be
come accustomed to the routine of jail
life.
Attaches of the jail said the pris
oner slept well last night and friends
of the accused man have sent sup
plies to his cell to enable him to live
as comfortably as possible. Ralne
has refused all offers of his friends
to arrange ball for him, saying he Is
guilty and ready to take his punish
ment. He also refused to retain legal
counsel.
While first announcements placed
the amount of Rainc’s shortage at
about *500,000, figures given out to
day show that this already has been
Increased to nearly *1,100,000. It Is
stated by bank officials that the de
falcation may reach close to *1,500,000.
Definite figures will not be known
until the State bank examiners, work
ing under J. L. Hutton, superintend
ent of banks, have completed their
work.
AID RUSHING ID
Some Anxiety Felt for Crew of
Navy Tug Imprisoned in
Ice Floes.
CURLING. N. F., Feb. 10.—Short
of coal and caught in an ice pack,
the United States naval tug Potomac
has been sighted five miles west of
here in the Bay of Islands.
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It is believed that the Potomac, j
caught in the grip of the ice, had j
been carried out into the Gulf of St. !
Lawrence and was waiting for the
weather to clear and a lead to open
In the oes before making an attempt
to reach some harbor.
The Potomac made an unsuccessful
effort Thursday to release some ice
bound American fishing vessels at
Bay of Islands and was forced to
make for the open gulf to avoid being
imprisoned by the ice in the bay.
Some anxiety for the tug and her
crew of thirty-six men is felt.
Venice Italian-American Restaurant. 126
Market street. Table d'hote, dinners and
lunch. Open all night. Grand cabaret show
'DIME EXTENDS
New York Cities Feel Shock.
Pictures Shaken from Walls
at Albany.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Points as)
far north as Montreal and as far
south as Philadelphia felt distinct
earthquake shocks of varying inten
sity between 1:34 and 1:37 o’clock
this afternoon. Indications were that,
the entire northeastern section of the j
United States w as in zone of tremors. I
At no point included in the first re- j
ports was serious damage done.
In Newr York State the tremors .
were recorded in New York city, |
Albany, Elmira, Rome, Syracuse and!
other points. In Canada shocks were j
felt at Montreal, Ottawa. Toronto,
Prescott, Brockville and other places, j
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Two dia- I
tinct earthquakes were recorded on !
the seismographs of Georgetown Uni- i
versity today. The first began at I
11:41 a. m. and lasted six minutes. |
but was not very pronounced. The i
second was recorded at 1:34 p. m. and I
lasted one and one-half minutes.
NEW HAVEN, Feb. 10.—The earth |
tremors w'ere perceptible here. At !
the wfeather bureau on the eighth j
floor of a downtow n building Ob- j
server Tarr noted the tremors. Re- i
ports of a like character quickly ;
came from all parts of Connecticut. :
WORCESTER. Mass.. Feb. 10.—j
I The seismograph at Holy Cross Col
lege registered an earth tremor of
local nature at 1:33 this afternoon.
Buildings here rocked from east to
west. The movement was perceptible
for several seconds. Dishes were rat
tled off pantry shelves and in Spring
field one house rocked so hard that
the front door hell was rung.
CAVEAT IS FILED
AGAINST PROBATE
—
Mystery in Reason for Contest.
Charities Believed to Be
Named injtocument.
j A caveat against the probate of the
| will of the late William Runkle. who
| died at his home. 343 Centre street,
I Oranibp, oh January 31 lost, has been
’‘filed in tbe- offleft of the ktnuxty stir
i rogate by Joseph H. Lecour, of Belle
1 vllle, as proctor for Harry G. Runkle,
a brother of the deceased.
No reason for the filing of the ca
veat is given in the document
brought to the surrogate’s office to
day, the paper simply stating that
protest is made against the admission
to probate of the will.
The will of Mr. Runkle is in the.
surrogate’s office but as yet has notj
been offered for probate, and is,
theretore, not a matter of public
record. McCarter & English are the
representatives of Mr. Runkle’s
estate. Henry W Egner, of that
office, today said that he could not
make public the terms of the will at
this time, anu did not know just
when it would be offered for probate
While Mr. Egner refused to make
public any of the terms of the will,
it is understood that Harry G.
Runkle, the brother, who proposes to
contest it, is named as the recipient
of a large bequest. The bulk of the
estate, however, it is understood, goes
to charities and educational institu
tions.
Word today from Phlll'.spsburg, N.
J., is to the effect that at the annual
meeting of the Warren Foundry and
Machine Company, of which Mr.
Runkle was president at the time of
his death, it was announced that Mr.
Runkle in his will had left $100,000
to Lafayette College at Easton, Pa.,
across the Delaware river from Phil
lipsburg.
In his lifetime Mr. Runkle was
noted for his benefactions of charities
in Essex county, particularly in the
Oranges, and it is believed that local
charitable organizations will fare
well under his will. Mr. Runkle w-as
a widower at the time of his death,
his wife having died about two years
ago. He left no children.
Harry G. Runkle called at the sur
rogate’s office and looked over the
will which is in the office for safe
keeping, before filing the caveat. He
made no comment at that time, but a
short time after the caveat w*ae filed.
It is understood that one reason for
tiling the caveat is that Harry G
Runkle believes there is a later will
in existence than the one now In the
surrogate’s office.
GLAZEBROOK GETS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—President
Wilson today nominated Otis A
Glazebrook, of Elizabeth. N. J., to be
consul at Jerusalem, Palestine.
[Special to the Newark Star. |
ELIZABETH, Feb. 10.—Rev. Dr.
Otis A. Glazebrook is pastor emeritus
of St. John's Episcopal Church, and
until his retirement last summer was
pastor of it. He has been in the
South for some time past, but still
retains his residence here. Rev. Dr.
Glazebrook Is a native of Virginia,
and was educated at the State I'ni
versty there. He s a veteran of the
Confederacy, and has always been an
ardent student of national and inter
national politics. He recently sought
the ambassadorship to Switzerland.
He was pastor of the local church for
about twenty-five years.
Carden to Visit Wilson
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.—Arrange
ments have been made here for a
meeting between Sir Lionel Carden,
British minister to Mexico, and Pres
ident Wilson. Persons close to the
Whit«? House confirmed the earlier
report that the President would give
Sir Lionel an audience on Mexican !
affairs when the latter passed
through this country en rout* to ,
England.
HEAL HOI RULE
DISSENSION, PLEA
OF KING GEORGE
Opening Parliament, He Points
to Gravity of the Lister
Situation.
SPEECH BRINGS OUT
HOT REPLY IN COMMONS
Safety Conference Referred to
by His Majesty—Guard
Against Suffragettes.
LONDON, Feb. 10.—Two subjects \
referring to the recent conference on
safety of life at sea and to home rule i
for Ireland, stood out in bold relief
in King George's speech from the
throne at the opening of Parliament
today. The address for the most part
was a colorless recital of events al
ready recorded, which had developed I
since the closing of the previous ses
sion.
Referring to tne conference on !
safety of life at sea, his majesty said:
'It gives me great gratification that I
the international conference on safety
of life at sea, which recently met in
London at the invitation of my gov
ernment, had resulted in the signature
of an important convention, which
will, I trust, do much for the protec
tion of life, especially on ocean-going
passenger steamers A bill to enable
me to fulfill the obligations of the
convention "will be laid before you."
In regard to home rule for Ireland,
which for the moment is the subject
of paramount national and imperial
importance, the king, by the emphasis
of his words and his manner, indi
cated his personal realization of tin '
gravity of the situation. He said:
"I regret that the efforts which
have been made to arrive at a solu
tion by agreement of the problems
connected with the government of
Ireland have sc far not succeeded.
"In a matter in which the hopes
and fears of so many of my subjects
are keenly concerned and which, un
less handled now with foresight and
judgment and in a spirit of mutual
concession, threatens grave future
difficulties, it is my earnest wish
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 4.)
REFEREE BALKS
BANUPTm
I TO PICK TRUSTEE
Halts Election to Grill Defunct
Store Head and At
torney.
Referee Edwin G. Adams today!
placed a bankrupt and his attorney
on the stand in Bankruptcy Court,
and after an hour of grilling exam
ination upset their well-laid plan to1
control the election of a trustee. The
bankrupt is David Berkow, confec- i
tioner, at 35 Frelinghuysen avenue, i
His attorney is Charles Elin, of 810
Broad street.
For more than two hours the attor- 1
neys present at the election in Bank- •
ruptcy Court today wrangled over i
the technicalities of the claims to be
used in voting. Max Sheinhart, a
New York attorney, presented a
batch of claims, some of which the
referee threw out upon the objections
of other counsel. When Sheinhart
offered the remaining claims of his.
clients a charge of fraud was made
by Samuel Hyman, a Jersey City,
lawyer.
Mr. Hyman asked the referee to
halt the election of the trustee until ;
(Continued on 0. Column 5.)
HASTE FRUSTRATES
May Save Life of Hatter, Who
Did Not Let Bichloride
Dissolve.
The condition of Herbert Bodwell,
of Maple street, Springfield, who at
♦etnnted to commit suicide last night
in Maplewood by swallowing three
bichloride of mercury tablets, was
still serious and his recovery Is a
matter of doubt.
Bodwell Is at his home, where he
was taken after being treated by Pr.
Matson B. Morris, of Springfield. The
victim Is a hatter by trade. In the
course of the afternoon Bodwell met
Thomas Mulllu. of Valley street,
South Orange, and told him that he
was going to kill himself.
"So long," said Bodwell to Mullln.
The latter did not think anything of
the remark.
In the evening Bodwell went to
the hotel conducted by Patrick Riley,
on Mlllburn avenue. Maplewood.
His first act on entering the Maple
wnd place was to call for a glass of
soda water and when It was served
to him he poured mercury tablets
from a bottle Into his hand, then
waved to the others in the room and
dramatically put them into his
mouth. Someone knocked his hand,
spilling some of the tablets to the
floor, and the man ran out a rear
door and threw the bottle, which he
still held. away. It was found to
have sixty of the tablets left.
The tablets had not been dissolved
at all and this made the work of re
lieving Bodwell possible.
Gov. r’-"er Will Lunch
With Wilson on Thursday
| From n Stitt <.*»» respondent.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Governor
Fielder will be a guest at luncheon
with President Wilson at the White
House on Thursday.
It is said that the engagement was
made long ago, and that it has noth
ing to do with adjustment of certain
appointments of Jerseymen to Fed
eral and State jobs.
The governor will remain over Fri
day night to attend the Jersey day
reception at the White House.
Jack Farrell, Newark
Ball Player, Who Is Dead
FARRELL, “KING
Famous Newark Baseball Play*
er and Later Professional
Nurse, Succumbs.
'Jack’ Farrell, of this city, who j
was regarded as one of the greatest ]
baseball players the game ever pro- j
duced, is dead. He was a member of j
the first world’s champion team, the i
famous Providence Grays of 1884. In !
his time he was known as the “king j
of second basemen.”
Farrell was bom in Newark and j
was widely known here and in many j
other cities. He was about sixty ^
years old- He died last night at the j
Essex County Hospital, at Overbrook, !
where he was employed as an attend- j
ant. After he quit playing baseball
Farrell became a professional nurse
and visited many parts of the coun
try with patients.
Word of the death was received
today in Harrison, where his sis
ter, Miss Mary Farrell, resides.
Miss Farrell for years had been
head > housekeeper at the r/fctory
of the Church of the Holy
Cross, Harrison. There are other
relatives in this city in the old Eighth
pward section. Heart disease caused
i the death of the veteran ball player.
No arrangements have as yet been
made for the funeral.
Farrell, who was familiarly called
i “Jack.” broke into baseball in the
seventies. He first played with the
Modocs, of this city, covering second
base. His ability to play this position
, was at once recognized. He later
| became a member of the Unions, of
this city. His last game tn amateur
baseball were played with the Reso
lutes, of Elizabeth.
One day in 1878 the Resolutes play
ed the Syracuse Stars, of the National
league, at Waverly. Farrell per
formed so wonderfully that the Syra
cuse manager’s attention was attract
ed to him and w’hen his team left
New Jersey that night Farrell went
along as a member. He played writ*
that club a year, being signed by the
Providence National League Club in
| 1879.
For six years Farrell played phe
nomenal hall with the Providence
team, which was ranked with the best
nines of the country. In 1SS6 he joined
the Philadelphia National League
team.
When the first world's championship
game was played In 1884 between the
Providence and Boston teams, Farrell
covered the midway station for the
Providence nine.
Arthur Irwin, now scout for the
New York American League team,
played shortstop.
Other members of the Providence
champions were Charlie Radbourne,
acknowledged the greatest pitcher
j the game ever knew; Gilllgan,
1 catcher; "Joe” Start, first base;
\ Jerry Denny, thlid base; "Cliff" Car
roll, left field; Hines, centre field, and
I Paul Radford, right field.
Irwin THU of Ferrell.
Speaking of Farrell's ability, Arthur
l Irwin said today: "He was as fast a
! man on the bases as has ever been
I seen in any of the big leagues, past
or present. He was just as clever in
I his position at second base as Eddie
I Collins, of the Athletics, is today, and
that is the limit. He was a splendid
| batsman, possessing the ability to
tilt Into any field.
“On the bases he was very sensa
tional. In the old Providence Club he
I was the 'Ty' Cobb of the league, al
ways pulling something daring. He
1 was one of those players who always
] used his head and kept outguessing
the opposing teams, even when they
! were set to trap him."
John Coogan, the old professional
; ball player of this city, and once
; champion hatsman of the Eastern
League, played with Farrell in their
amateur days In Newark and this vl
; clnlty. Mr Coogan said Farrell al
I ways kept the opposing team on edge,
j He went on:
, "Farrell worried the other players
fCostlnufil on Page 3. Column 7.)
MANNING NOT
TO BE CHARGED
WITH MURDER
Chief Long Declares Police In
vestigation Is Now at
an End.
SLAIN WOMAN’S HUSBAND
GIVEN LIBERTY ON BAIL
Child of Garage-Owner and
Hazel Herdman Found in
West Orange.
Chief of Police Long today said
Charles I. Manning will not be pharg
ed with murder in connection with the
slaying of his wife by Hazel Herd
man in her home last Friday.
“The police investigation is ended,**
said the chief, “and not other charge
will be brought against Manning or
bis sister, Mrs Garrabrant."
It wap learned from a reliable
source that the police had failed
utterly in their endeavor to wring
from Manning a confession that be
had knowledge the Herdman girl in
tended to murder his wife. It was
to Establish this fact, it is said, that
the police gave Manning such a thor
ough grilling In police headquartstd
yesterday. Manning, however. It hi
said, met the attempts of the polios
to fasten any guilt of the murdsf
on him with unimpeachable alibis,
although, it is said. Manning ad
mitted knowing the Herdman girl
killed his wife after the prime was
committed.
Manning was released from tbs
Second Precinct in $5,000 bail this
afternoon. The bond was furnlshaft
by Casper J. Dries, a hotel-keopdfr
of Cedar Grove. When Manning and
his sister. Mrs. Sadie E Garrabr&nfl*
| of Verona, were held vesterdagr
j Dries offered to furnish bail for Mrs,
Garrabrant. As the property he oft*
i fared, which is valued at $20, 000,
| then was owned jointly by Dries and
| his wife, the bond was refused. To
! day, however. Mrs. Dries transferred
I her share of her property to her hua
| band.
Bail was furnished for Mrs. Garrmd
; brant last night,,toy William F, Noble,,
of Verona, and'George A. Roehm, on j
' this city.
The thirteen-montns-old baby boy
, of Manning and Miss Herdman was
■ found last night In the home of
; Charles I. *nls, 78 Harrison avenue.
West Orange. Mrs. Mills admitted
the child was Manning's and Miss
Herdman’s but declined to say whei*
! the parents had visited It last.
\ Neighbors, however. ss.id ar. automo
bile which they believed belonged to
Manning took him and Miss Herdman
to the Mills home last Saturday
* morning.
j That Hazel Herdman. when she r*
: turned from Newark after kllllBg
• Mrs. Manning, had confessed the
1 crime to her was the substance Of
a statement given a reporter for the
1 Evening Star by Mrs. Garrabrant to
day.
“About two o’clock Friday," said
Mrs. Garrabrant. "it was raining and
I I asked Hazel, who was sitting at
’ a window, to go to the theatre with
me. She said she didn't want to go;
! that she had some ironuig to do.
‘I’ll stay here while you’re away.’ she
told me.
"I went out and returned after 5
o'clock. Hazel was not at home. SheSK
came in about 6 o’clock, gfeatly ex- V
cited:
Tells of Killing.
” ‘I’ve shot and killed Mrs. Man
ning.' she said.
“I told her I didn’t believe her. and
she went to her room. I did not see
her again until the night, when she
was taken to Newark by the police.
“Hazel was emotional and tem
peramental and loved my brother
madly. She could not bear to think
of any one else bearing any affection
for him, and was even jealous of me
and my other sisters. She often spoke
of marrying him and expressed her
hate of Mrs. Manning, who stood in
her way.
“I remember when Florence
Schenck. who ran away with a mar
ried man named Wilson, who was a
trainer of Alfred G. Vanderbilt's
horses, died, Hazel seemed greatly
affected.
“ ‘I wonder if I’ll come to an end
like that,’ she said to me. and the
death of the girl seemed to prty on
her mind.
“I knew, of course, of the relations
of Hazel and my brother and that
i they had a baby, but I did just what
any other sister would do—tried to
shield them and gave them the pro
tection of my home.’’
Mrs Garrabrant told of finding the
Herdman girl had clipped her hair
short before going to Newark to kill
Mrs. Manning.
“Her hair was cut when she told
me of the murder.” she said, “and I
found strands of her hair three feet
j long in her bedroom the next day.M
Mrs. Garrabrant is staying in Cafr
per J. Drtes's hotel, in Cedar Grove.
Grles yesterday offered to give ball
{Continued on 1'itge 2, Column 4.>
DETECTIVES WIN MONEY IN GETTING
EVIDENCE FOR GAMBLING HOUSE RAID
j A strange thing happened In the,
I city of Newark some time last sum- ;
mer, exact date unknown. Detectives
engaged in the work of collecting evi
I dence against a gambling room where
pools were sold on races and card
; games indulged in, actually won some
j bets and credited them on the ex
: pense accounts turned into the
! county.
I Yep, that is the actual fact, strange
' as tt may seem. True, the detectives
lost {44.70 playing "hearts and
poker" and also gambled away {61 59
i of the county’s money trying to pick
j the winning ponies at some race
tracks.
i But the detectives won {16.60 and
[ that amount is credited on the bill
I of the Cosgrove Detective Agency,
approved by the county prosecutor
and paid by the county collector.
All this arises out of the raid made
on the poolroom conducted by Harris
Lyons on Market street, opposite the
Pennsylvania depot, on July 26 last,
when city and county detectives
swooped down on the place and ar
rested a dozen or more men, all but
two, Harris Lyons, the proprietor,
and Daniel Lyons, his brother, later
being released.
I.
The Lyons brothers a few week*
ago pleaded guilty to indictment*
charging them with maintaining a
disorderly house and yesterday wer*
sentenced by Judge Harry V. Osborn*
to serve not less than one or more
than five years In the Trenton State
X>rison and in addition were ordered
\o pay a fine of $1,000 each. In the
case of Daniel Lyons, Judge Oebortj^fe’
suspended the prison sentence after
explaining that he had simply been
an employee of the poolroom.
So the county will receive in fine*
$2,000 to pay the bill of the Cosgrove
Detective agency, which amounts to
a total of $527 61 for the work of
obtaining evidence on which to base
the raid. Operators from the Cos
grove agency were used for fifty days
at $6 a day In obtaining evidence, a
total of $300 An additional amotnd
of $252 21 was spent in meal* roottUfe,
carfare, lost bets and incidental* by
the operatives while there is a credit
of $24 60 on the bill.
Of this amount $16.60 is the unusual
item of bets won by detective*, while
$S is for marked money furnished bySpB
County Detective Alfred J. a.JBE*^
gun ami used in trapping the
brothers
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