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.^^ESTABLISHED lfe. ' NEWARK, N. J, FRIDAY, MARCH 0, 1914.—18 PACES. WEATHER: PROBABLY RAIN OR SNOW SATURDAY. I
,EIANT-IIIIE SOX
* TOURISTS RETURN
HOME AMID CHEERS
/ _
’ World^Girdling Ball Players
Get Royal Welcome as Lusi*
tania Arrives.
PLAYERS GET FEDERAL
OFFERS VIA WIRELESS
Magnates of Organized Base
' ball Reach Tourists Ahead of
' Outlaws Down Bay.
s J _\
NEW YORK, March 6.- The world
girdling American baseball players
came home today in a snow storm,
while harbor craft tooted and envoys
from the Federal League figuratively
waved contracts, the Giant-White Sox
combination drew into quarantine
shortly after 8 o’clock,
i ■ The Federal League representatives
were unable to obtain passes to board
the Lusitania to greet the travelers
down the bay. Organized baseball
was more fortunate in having ob
tained revenue cutter passes in ad
vance and a delegation was able to
board the ship before she eaame up to
hci pier.
The ferryboat Niagara, chartered
tor the occasion, and laden with fans,
steamed down the bay to greet the
tourists. Men and boys on board,
dressed in baseball uniforms, lined the
rails and waved flags as the band
played. A light snow was still falling
as the Lusitania nosed her way up
* the river. The ball players stood at
the rails cheering wildly in response
to the welcome, and one In their num
ber unfurled a huge American flag.
In a final concert on the liner last
night Herman Schaefer sang German
songs and Mike Donlin displayed his
talents as an entertainer.
The Giants-Wliite Sox busebal)
touring party gathered in Cincinnati
on Saturday, October 18. where the
first game of the long schedule was
played against the Cincinnati Club.
From there the players traveled in
a special train by easy stages to the
Pacific coast, playing frequent games
en route. Doubts regarding the finan
cial success of the trip were early
removed by the unexpectedly large
attendance, and when the squad sailed
from Seattle on November 19 thirty
two games had been played in thirty
three days. The party arrived at
Yokohoma December C, four days
late, after a rough voyage. From
Japan the itinerary carried the tour
ists to China. Philippines, Australia.
New Zealand. Egypt, continental
' Europe and England.
liHrs;*1 Crowds Saw
During the foreign part of the tour
V- the largest attendance was recorded j
In Japan. Australia and England!
The biggest gate receipts were col
• leeted at the game played in London
' On February 26, when 20,(100 specta
tors. including King George, wit
ness'd the defeat of the Giants by
the White Sox in a sensational eleven
inning game This game officially
closed the tour, the party sailing from
Liverpool on February 27.
More than seventy games were
played during the trip, and the list
h would have been larger but for rain
VI at Paris, Rome and several cities in
J China and Japan. Notwithstanding
thesi setbacks, the financial returns
Were far in excess of expectations, j
and the profits are estimated at |
nearly $100,009. Manager McOraw, of !
tip' New York Nationals, and Charles |
Comiskey. president of the Chicago i
American League Club, who financed
the expedition, ceased to worry about
the success of the tour several months
ago. A generous dividend is assured
not only for the promoters but for
those players who entered upon the
trip on a sharing basis.
More Korrtpn Tours Planned.
Tentative plans have already been I
made for foreign tours during the j
winters of 1914-15 and 1915-16. Mouth i
Vmerioa. Africa and part of the ter- j
ritory covered during the present
Tour will be visited. Many of the
players enrolled in the present party
have expressed their willingness to
embark under similar conditions for
1bc tours as mapped out.
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g AFTER GUN FIGHT;
Bluecoat and Two Fugitives j
Fatally Wounded in New
York Battle.
NEW YORK. March 6. In a run
ning pistol fight with throe men sus
i pected of robbing a drug store at
Putnam avenue and Broadway,
Brooklyn, early today, Patrolman 1
Thomas Wynn and two of the lleoing |
trio received wounds from which, it is
said, they will die. All were shot in
the abdomen. Besides Wynn, the j
Wounded are: George Stevens, eigh- I
I* teen yeans old, and William McHenry,
■ twenty-five. James Martin, the com
panion of Stevens and McHenry, was
captured.
The fight, began when Patrolman )
Slack came upon the men in the drug i
stor<'. When they started to run
Slack opened lire, wounding Mc
Henry. The shots attracted Patrol- ,
ma Wynn. Stevens shot Wynn, who ;
returned the fire, wounding Stevens !
Captain Raymond McAleer, of the (
Thirteenth Regiment. National Guard. ;
New York, who was going to his
home, attempted to capture Stevens. (
who struck him several times on he I
head with the butt of his revolver, in- 1
filcting a deep scalp wound.
• Rejected Suitor Slays
Woman and Ends Own Life
NEW YORK, March 6.—Mrs. Mabel \
Garcia, a well-to-do Cuban, and own- !
(,r of a cigar factory, was shot and
killed in her home in Park avenue
today by Victor Reynolds, a young
employe of liers whose attentions she
had rejected.
Reynolds committed suicide
Army Mobilized by Error
BE I . FORT, France, Martfci 6.—A j
■ number of reservists in tills region
' received a false alarm of mobilization
and came hurrying into the city to
day to the great surprise of the mili
lurv authorities. inquires showed |
that a bundle <4 mobilization sum
monses. which h*>ng sent ttirough |
Gat mail, had IWoken. and the sum-,
.iioxisef. getting Mixed with the other I
'afters, had be u delivered to the
*sservvst.9
Congressman Kinkead, to
Be Jersey City Postmaster
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
WHEN ACCUSED AS
GAS METER THIEE
Negro Lad Caught After Being
Found in Cellar of Police
man’s Home.
Tlie Third Precinct police believe
they have cleared up a series of gas
meter robberies by the arrest of
Georg Blaney, seventeen years old, a
negro, of 82 Webster street, lie was
held In $2,000 ball for the grand jury
by Judge Hahn, in the Third Precinct
Court, today, pending a further in
vestigation by the police.
Blaney attempted suicide in his cell
at the police station last night. He
suspended himself from the top bar
of the cell by means of his sweater,
one end of which he tied around his
neck. Lieutenant Walzer discovered
Blaney and ordered him locked in a
padded cell.
The prisoner entered ihe cellar of
the home of Patrolman Bartley Gray,
at 21 Hi. Francis street, early lust,
night. He was discovered tinkering
with the gas-meter by Gray's daugh
ter. who called her father.
The negro escaped from the cellar
through a window and ran to Ferry
street, where Gray caught him. In
a bag which was taken from Blaney
were found a screw-driver and other
tools, a notebook containing many
addresses and a large pair of red
dice.
Many gus meter robberies have
bean reported to the Third precinct
police during the lust few months.
Til* police had been furnished a de
scription in several similar robbery
cases which fits Blaney.
Blaney was identified today by Mrs.
John Gasswin, of 75 Niagara street,
and by Mrs. Patrick Higgins, of 37
Lentz avenue, as the man who en
tered their homes several weeks ago.
The prisoner "as held on a charge
of breaking and entering with intent
to steal.
Rebel Leader Assures Bryan of
Prompt Inquiry in Amer
ican’s Case.
WASHINGTON, March 6.—Secre
tary Bryan received today a note
from General Carrenza, signed by
Senor Fabela, acting secretary of for
eign affairs of the cabinet of the Con
stitutionalists, assuring the Ameri
can government that the mystery sur
rounding the disappearance of Gus
tav Bauch would be promptly inves
tifated.
PAINEBVILLE O.. March 6.
aGeorge W. McCrty, missing I’aines
ville railroad engineer, believed to
have been slain by bandits or rebels
in Mexico, and for whom the state
department at Waashington was con
ducting a search, is alive and well.
The information caame from New
Orleans, where McCarty has been lo
cated. It gave details of his serious
injury and narrow eseaape from death
in Mexico.
MEXICO CITY. March ti.— Once
more the rumor is in circulation that
General Huerta soon will leave the
presidency to assume command of
the army in the north. Part of the.
alleged plaana is that he will run for
the presidency in elections to be held
in July. Kholud Huerta vacate the
post of chief executive the present
formation of the cabinet would leave
in the presidency Jose Lopez Por
tillo y Rojas, minister of foreign af
fairs.
Two Americans Renounce
’ [T. S. to Avoid Income Tax
LONDON. March (i. Several
wealthy Americans in business
abroad have declared they will re
nounce United States citizenship and
become British subjects to uvoid the
income tax. it was said today.
Already two have done so. They
arc Isaac Seligman, of Seligman
Bros.. London bankers, and Frank
K. miss, a former Standard Oil mag
nate and ex-president of the Ameri
can Society of Ixmdon. F. C. Duzer,
secretary of the American Society in
this city, said:
"1 confidently prophecy that if the
memorial is not heeded a large num
ber of Americans here will follow the
example of Messrs. Seligman and
Bliss and become British subjects."
Deny Pope Is III
ROME. March 6.—Eroneous reports
were eurent in Rome today that the
Pope was ill and had fainted shortly
after rising. The condition of his
holiness was absolutely normal. He
rose at his usual hour and celebrated
mass. Then he conferred with Car
dinals Merry del Val and de I/ai. Af
terward he listened to a. Lenten ser
mon by Father Ludwig Padovaa. the
Pontifical preaelier. and at its conclu
sion conversed with several members
of the Saercd College who were!
present.
E. F. KINKEAD TO
BE POSTMASTER!
AT JERSEY CITY
Nomination of Eighth District j
Congressman Is Sent to
Senate.
--
I From n Staff CorrfX|>«ndrnt. J
WASHINGTON. March C.—An
nouncement was made her today that
Eugene F. Kinkead, representative
from the Eighth New Jersey Con
gressional district, has been chosen
for tile position of postmaster at Jer
sey City. The nomination wtfs this
forenoon sent to the Senate for con
firmation by President Wilson.
The announcement of the selection
of Mr. Kinkead for the Jersey Cit>
position came in the nature of a
great surprise to the New Jersey
delegation at the capital. His name I
was not publicly mentioned for the1
office, and it was generally under
stood that he would he a candidate
next fall for renomination to Con
gress.
Air. Kinkead's selection is said to
be the personal preference of Post
master-General Burleson, who has
been much impressed with the ability
of Mr. Kinkead.
An election to choose .1 successor
to Mr. Kinkead will bo necessary as
soon snhis name is confirmed for
the Jersey City office.
Mr. Kinkead's district embraces th
Eighth, Eleventh and Fifteenth wards
of Newark, the towns of Blomfield,
Nutlev and Belleville in Essex county,
and the city of Bayonne, the Seventh
ward of Jersey City,' Harrlsonu, Kear
ny and East Newark. He Is now in
his third term, and is on but one oom
mitetee, that of appropriations.
Mr. Kinkead was born March 27,
1876, in Ireland, while his parents were
visiting there. He was graduated
from Seton Hall College In the class
of '9,r>, receiving the degree of Bache
lor of Arts. He has since received the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
from St. Peter’s College, Jersey City.
He was elected an alderman in Jer
sey City in 1898, and became the pres
ident of the board.
He was married to Miss Anna
O'Neill, of New York city, September
29, 1909. He is president of the Jer
sey Railways Advertising Company.
I Special to tlic lirenlDg Star,]
JERSEY CITY, March 6.—The an
nouncement of the selection of Con
gressman Eugene F. Kinkead for tho
post mastership here has caused much
amazement in Jersey City.
The present postmaster is Peter F.
Wanser, a Republican, who has held
the office sixteen years. He was ap
pointed by President McKinley. it
was generally understood that his
term would expire on March 17. Tho
salary is Xtt.OOrt a year.
James J. Gallagmer, president, of the
Letter Carriers’ Union, watt consid
ered as flip most likely candidate to
succeed Mr. Wnsner. Other candi
dates were Bernard Bertseh, superin
tendent of mails in the Jersey City
postofflce; former City Clerk John
Morris and George D. Witt, a mem
ber of the Hudson county Board of
Freeholders.
The acceptance of the postirmster
ship by Mr. Kinkead will automatic
ally retire him from Congress and
create a vacancy for which a special
election will have to be held. Tho
Constitution of the United States pro
vides that * * ' "no person holding
any office under the United States
shall be a. member of either house
during his continuance in office.”
BY LONE BANDIT
Robber Vanishes—Hold-Up 19
Identical With Another at
Same Spot.
COLUMBIA, S. C. March 6.—The
authorities redoubled their efforts to
day to capture the bandit who last
night held up and robbed the mail
ear of Southern railway train No. 11,
from Charleston to Columbia. just,
as the train reached the latter plare.
Aided by the local police, special
officers of the railroad company were
scouring the country for the robber,
but so far no trace of him has been
found.
The officers were hampered in their
search because of the lack of an ade
quate description of the robber. C.
E. Thomas, the mail clerk, coulfl only
describe the man as masked and
about 5 feet 8 inches tall. Another
difficulty was the fact that the ban
dit. after robbing the train, escaped
some time before the search could
be undertaken, although the robbery
was reported immediately after the
train arrived in Columbia.
Boarding the train just as it. en
tered the city limits, the robber, flour
ishing a revolver, ordered Thomas to
stand with his face to the wall, and. 1
after quickly securing several sacks ]
of registered mail, jumped off the
train and made off, some time be
fore the train reached the station.
Until the record of the Charleston
postofficc can he examined it will be
Impossible to ascertain the value of
tin packages taken. This examina
tion was begun early today.
It was recalled here today that
just two years ago the same train
was robbed, the place, the hour and
the circumstances being identically
the same as last night’s hold-up.
The robber escaped, but with only j
a smail amount of booty.
Old Man, Unconscious
on Car Tracks, Dies; f ail
to Find Out How He Was Hurt
Clark Irwin, of 89 Monroe street, an
old man, who was found unconscious
on the Ferry street car track on
Wednesday morning, died early today
in the City Hospital. Irwin was con
scious for a few moments after his
admittance to the hospital. He was
unable to tell the police what struck
him.
The police have decided Irwin was
struck by some vehicle, but are un
able to learn anything further.
Irwin was found on the Ferry street
oar tracks opposite McWhorter street
by Sergeant Groo, of the Third pre
cinct. He bad lacerations on the body
and was apparently suffering from a
fractured skull. From the few words
that the aged man spoke when he
was conscious the police are satisfied
that he was not the victim of an as
sault.
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MARKET HALTED I
BY COURT ORDER
Work Off Till Stay Oranted Ob
jector to Contract Is Ar*
gued Monday.
All construction work on the new
Centre Market has been held up until
after Monday by a memorandum al
lowing a writ of certiorari to review
the award of the market contract to
tho Essex Construction Company.
On Monday argument will be heard
by the Supreme Court in Trenton to
determine if tile stay halting con
struction work will continue until the
end of the review proceedings.
Pending a decision of the argu
ment, no work will be done on the
market contract. This is according
to the terms of an agreement made
by former City Attorney Herbert
Boggs, now counsel for the Essex
Construction Company, and Franklin
W. Fort, of Fort & Fort. The latter
linn is counsel for John I.. Armitage,
of this city, who applied for the writ.
City Attorney Frank E. Bradner
today said the writ when issued
would tie up the work on the mar
ket. unless someagreement was
reached, or a decision was handed
permitting the work to be continued.
He said the ease had reached such a
stage that the city was not so much
Interested as the counsel for the con
tracting parties.
Attorney' Roggs on Monday will ap
ply for an order staying the action
of the writ so that the work ol con
struction will not be tied up. This
argument was to be held today, but
by agreement between Mr. Boggs and
Mr. Fort it was deferred until Mon
day. Mr. Boggs agreed to stop work
on the market contract until a.deci
sion by tho court had been banded
down on the arguments to be heard
Monday.
Wants l ncaniiliinnal Writ.
Attorney Fort, for Mr. Armitage,
will oppose the motion of Mr, Boggs
for a stay of action. He wiil ask that
the court sign the writ uncondition
ally. This will hold up work on the
market contract automatically until
after the review proceedings have
been terminated and a further order
of the court is obtained.
No work has been done on the mar
ket by the Essex Construction Com
pany for more than a yvek, because of
the heavy storms. The company In
tended to put. a large force of men at
work excavating the foundation on
Monday. Mr. Boggs’s agreement with
Mr. Fort, however, will prevent this
action. No work will be done until
further order of the court lias been
received, according to William N.
Bayles, treasurer and general man
ager of the. Essex Construction Com
pany.
Mr. Bradner today safd that the
Common Council will take no action
tonight toward authorizing a first
payment to the contractors for tho
excavation work already done. By
the terms of the contract the first
payment will lie dap next week.
Besides issuing the stay yesterday
the court denied the application for
a writ to review the issue of $700,000
bonds to Adams & Co., of Boston,
with whirh it Is proposed to finance
IfehMlBiile ((m-stlnn
the construction.
In granting the writ to review the
awarding of the contract, the court
says:
• Debatable f|tiestion. of law were
presented, and on that ground the
writ was allowed."
T.awyers in the ca;e say that the
writ will automatically stop all work
on the market. There is no Mention
of a. stay in the opinion, but they hold
that the court only motions « stay
when one is not to be included.,
The constitutionality of the act
under which the bonds wc.-e issued
was attacked by Franklin W. Fort.
Justices Trenehard and Minturn, how
ever, held just as Justice Gummere
did. that the court could not pass on
the constitutionality at this time be
cause Mr. Armitage has allowed too
much time to elapse between the res
olution authorizing the bond issue
and the actual Issuance.
In arguing for a stay, Mr. Fort
said that the first payment would bo
due the Essex Construction Company
in a few days, and he asked that the
stay hold up this payment so that
the city would be protected in ease
the court lnted decides that the whole
proceeding is Improper.
Contest Is Brought by Brother
of Testator—hearing in
Orphans’ Court.
With many prominent lawyers pres
ent, representing various interested
parties, the first luarlng in the con
test over the will of William Runkle,
of Orange, started in Orphan's Court,
before Judge William P. Martin, to
day. Runkle disposed of an estate
approximating two million dollars,
mostly to charity.
Robert II. McCarter, representing
the executor of the will. William E.
R. Smith, applied for the probate of
the instrument today. To prove the
will, ho first called the two witnesses
whose names are signed to it, Charles
Hasler and Jehu A- Burkardt. tellers
in the Orange National Bank. Former
Governor John W. Griggs appeared
for Harry G. Runkle, of Plainfield, a.
brother of the testator, who has filed
a cavact against it.
Burkardt said that lie and his col
league witnessed the will in the direc
tors’ room of the bank. They wit
nessed the codicil some months later
at the teller’s window in the bank,
he testified. When he signed the will
It was folded in half and he was
therefore unable to read it.
To Hold “Irish Hasenfefler”
The fourteenth "Irish Hasonfeffer"
supper of the M. <». Cairns Associa
tion will be held at its headquarters,
Bloomfield avenue and Howland
street, Saturday night. March 14. The
supper will take place at X o'clock
and will be followed by an entertain
ment by professional talent.
J
A'
LAUGHTER FATAL
(
Excitement of Battle Too Much,;
Aged Factory Worker
Drops Dead.
William Rowbotham. sixty-one j
years old. of 50 Richmond street. 1
laughed himself to death when
watching a snow fight among work-1
era of the Consolidated Hutton Com
pany, outside flit company’s factory.
54 Nassau street, today.
Rowbotham had been an employe
of the button concern for many1
years. When he came to the shop at I
his usual time, shortly before 7;
o'clock today . he saw a score of the I
boys and young men who work with
him gathered in the street in front ;
ol the factory. Rowbotham hailed j
his fellow workers, then stepped in - I
side th ■ storm dooi of the factory.
■He was about to enter the building
when loud shouts from the street
attracted his attention.
Looking out the aged man saw tin
younger employes of the button fac
tory engaged in a snow light. The
young men had taken advantage of
the "good packing" afforded by the
melting snow to pass the time that
would elapse before reporting for
work in a snow battle.
Rowbotham halted and watched the
younger men The snowballs were '
liying in all directions, and the ole
man had to dodge back several
times as missiles, propelled with pool
aim. came in his direction. Soon
Rowbotham was laughing heartily.
He saw a big. strapping factory
worker struck in the face by a snow
ball and his laughter increased. He
laughed still harder when three or
four of the "enemy” seized the big
workman, pulled him to the ground
and proceeded to ’’wash his face'' un- |
til it shone.
Rowbotham was holding his sides
as he roared out his hearty joy at the
big man’s ineffectual efforts to free
himself. Then suddenly the laughter
ceased. Rowbotham's face, which
had been flushed, became purple, and
his breath came in deep gasps. He
staggered a Step or two and fried to
brace himself by holding to the
storm-door.
I His convulsive efforts to catch his
breath soon attracted the snow fight
ers and several approached him and
tapped his back and used the other
usual methods of ending a lit of hys
terical laughter.
Scarcely had aid come to him, how
ever, than Rowbotham sank to the
street. The deop gasps ceased, and
when the frightened factory workers
loosened Rowbotham's clothing they
[ found the heart action had ceased.
I An ambulance was summoned from
j St. Michael’s Hospital, and when the
! surgeon arrived he pronounced Row
i botham dead.
County Physician McKenzie or
dered the body taken to Muhin's
' Washington street morgue, where he
[ will perform an autopsy.
ACCEPT OFFER OF
OSBORNE TO SETTLE
Former Belleville Official to
Pay $15,000 to Satisfy Al
leged Shortage.
The Belleville Town Council agreed
lest night to accept $15,000 from A.
Howard Osborne, former tax collec
tor. in settlement of all claims against
him for shortage in his collections.
This action will have no effect, how
ever, on the indictment against Os
borne for embezzlement. His case
will come to trial In the April term
of court.
In his letter to the Town Council
last night alleged that tlie claims
against him amounts to $27,575.10. in
his offer lie proposed that the cash
settlement would he for "al claims
and controversy in connection with
his acts as former collector.” The
$15,000 is to be paid In a week.
The decision to accept the offer was
arrived at in a secret session which
lasted two hours. The action taken
was unanimous and was on the ad
vice of former Town Attorney John
De Graw, wrho was called into con
sultation liy .the council because of
his familiarity with the details of the
case. The meeting was to have been
an adjourned session, but the Osborne
matter took up so much time that ad
journment was taken without trans
acting any other business.
W inlies to Avoid l.ltinatinn.
Mr. Dp Graw. addressing the coun
cil, informed them that he had re
ceived a communication from Mr.
Osborne, and wished the council to
take some action on tlie contents.
The letter read that as it has been
claimed by the town that he was in
debted to the extent of $27,575.10 for
money collected during his terms of
otltce and never turned over to the
town, to nvoid litigation against him
self and bondsman he offered to pay
$15,000 in settlement of all claims
against him. The letter was signed
hv Mr. Osborne,
Councilman Samuel V. Catheart im
mediately moved that the offer tie ac
i opted. The motion was seconded by
Councilman Joseph A. Manning. Mr.
De Graw explained, however, that lie
had prepared a resolution covering
tlie matter, lie was asked to read it.
The resolution embodied the terms
of tlie letter as framed by Mr. Os
borne, and accepted his offer accord
ing to the proffered agreement.
The adoption wall moved by Coun-I
oilman William Hechtoldt and second-]
od liy Air. .Manning. The vote of the
individual touncTTnion was polled and I
was unanimously in favor of adopt-1
ing tho resolution. Councilman George j
B. Daniels was the only absentee.
Pleaded Not Guilty.
usborne pleaded not guilty to the
indictment charging him with tm
hezzlenient. His trial was set for
March 10. The indictment was the re
sult of an audit of Mr. Osborne's
books during tlie last five years of his
Incumbency. Previously an audit of
the hooks for eighteen years had been
made. On the result of the latter an
alleged shortage of $11,000 tvas paid
by tlie former collector.
Mr. Osborne refused today to make
any comments on his offer.
$150,000 Fire in Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ March 6—Fire
in Hie Cook block, at Gifford and
West Onondaga streets, early today
threatened tlie business section of
Syracuse and caused a loss of over
*150.000, The plant of the Syracuse
Press suffered *50,000 damage.
:
Tannenbaurn, Youthful Agitator
of Jobless, in Custody of Police
LACK OF SYSTEM
AT STATE HOI
Newark Member Describes Al*
legeil Factional Strife in
the Management.
l.Hpri'Ial tu the KveuiaiK Stnr.l
TRENTON, March When tile
i committee Investigating conditions
! at the State Home for GLris convened
i hen- today for Iis final session. Titi -
odore D. tiottlieh, of N wark, one of
the trustees, who had been active in
urging the pro be. submitted a report
on what he has gleaned from the in
vestigation.
He says the evidence has brought
out the lack of system in conducting
the home, and blames the whole
trouble primarily to the existence of
a conservative majority of five mem
bers on the board of managers. This
five, he says, has not interested itself
efficiently in tile home, ami. lie con
tinues, there has been a total failure
of constructive policy and efficiency
on (heir part.
The report is signed by Mr. Gott
lieb, Ml-ss Harriet M. Spinning, Her
bert M. Bailey and Mrs. Sarah 1‘.
Conover, all members of the board. It
was said today- that the report aims
at the removable from the hoard of
James Baker, of Jersey City; Robert
M. Anderson, of Princeton, and Mrs.
Howard Shull, of Princeton, three of
the majority members, whose terms
expire on April 1.
Majority Not ProfrMiiTpR.
“Our first contention,” it reads,
“was that the trouble in the hoard of
managers was due to a majority of
five which does not Interest itself i
sufficiently in the home and fails to ,
consider its problems from a board
and progressive point of view. It is
significant, that much of the new sys
tem and records, etc., dates from the
time when our insistence upon these
things first became pronounced. The i
record does not show a single policy
advocated by the majority for the
accomplishment of any new and
strengthening work for the home.
There has been a totul failure of
constructive policy, system and ef
ficiency on the part of the majority.
I nefth'ient Oflflt* Force.
“We called attention to the lock of
a well-trained office force and this
was shown in the testimony of Miss
Williamson and Miss Meredith and
the fact that to retain Miss William
son, the home was compelled to ad
vance her salary beyond that of Miss
Meredith, her chief, and then, with
out the sanction of the board and
without its knowledge, the positions
were reversed.”
According to the statement, tin*
testimony of the two women that a
new filing system had been installed,
showed that that action was taken
as a result of the criticism. The as
sertion that President Anderson,
Secretary Stull and others before
them were in the habit of signing
blank vouchers and leaving them for
the clerks to fill in had been borne
out by the testimony of these of
ficials.
The statement calls attention to the
lack of adequte information concern
11 'out limed on I'nge 4. • nluron fl.l
Ha in or Snow Predicted
by Local Weather Sage I
The official weather forecastt today
shown the barometer dropping slowly,
thus signifying another storm. Not
much change in temperature is re
corded.
The forecast for tonight and tomor
row is partly cloudy, with rain or
snow.
Ellis Guilty of Murder
CHICAGO, March 5.—William Che
ney Ellis, at. one time u wealthy
leather manufacturer, of Cincinnati,
was found guilty last night of killing
his wife and was sentenced to fifteen
years in the penitentiary. Ills attor
ney served notice of an appeal. The
crime was committed in (lie Hotel
Sherman in < tetdber. 1913. After
charging his wife with infidelity Ellis
shot her and then attempted suicide
hy opening the arteries of his t-m
with a penknife.
First Offender Called Gets 30
Days in Jail—Tannenbaum
Is Not There.
NEW YORK, March 6.—Joseph Al
bers. a nv mber of Frank Tapnen
t biiiun’s Industrial Workers of the
' World army, which stormed y«¥r
^York churches, was sentenced In po
lice court today to serve thirty days
in jail. He was convicted of disor
derly conduct and broach of the peace.
Nearly "00 other cases remained to le
disposed of.
The sentence was impose | by Mag
istrate Campbell after Albers’s attor
ney declared that no testimony had
been given which proved that the de
fendant had in any way been guilty
of disorderly conduct. He contended
that ids client had, on the other hand,
tried to get out of St. Mphonsos
Church, where the wholesu. arrests
were made Wednesday eight bet had
been forcibly detatned.
Tannenbaum was released last night
under $7,5011 bull, but bis followers,
dishevelled and showing tile effects
of two days in jail, llled into toe
Tombs court, for the resumption of
their hearing, not concluded yet.
There was a crowd of sympathizers
on hand, but Tannenbaum was rot.
The police handled I lie problem of
the usemployed last night by refus
ing to allow them to congregate in
numbers out-of-doors, ash as been
their custom. The few stragglers
who appeared attheir usual gather
ing place. Rutgers Square, seemed
uncertain as to what they should do,
in view of the wholesale arrests last
night, when nearly 200 of their, in
cluding Frank Tannenbaum, their
leader, were taken Into custody when
they entered St- AlphoiiHUB’s Church.
Two men who addressed the few who
came together were arrested.
Tannenbaum. after nearly twenty
four hours in jail because ho could
not secure ball, was liberated tonight,
pending a hearing on the charge of
inciting a riot A surety company
furnished the bond of $7,500 required
by the court arid Tannenbaum left
jail with his attorney, declining to
make a statement except that a "con
sultation"’ would be held. It was as
sumed that lie purposed to seek the
counsel of other leaders of the Indus
trial Workers of the World, under
whose banner the unemployed have
been active recently. While Tennen
baum was making his plans. 190 men,
who were arrested with him last
night, were tenants of cells in sev
eral city prisons awaiting trial.
The men arrested tonight were
Theodore Freeman, u waiter from
Boston, who said he had no home,
and Darwin J. Meserole, a Brooklyn
lawyer. Freeman attempted to speak
to the stragglers, and Meserole de
nounced Freeman’s arrest, said the
police.
In the night court Freeman was
fined $2. Meserole told the court that
after the police had ordered him to
stop speaking he had telephoned to
a police station and was informed he
did not have to desist as long as he
did not address 1. W. W. workers.
Hearing lhis, the court discharged
Meserole. who offered to pay Free
man's fim- Freeman accepted, "as
a loan," tin- lawyer’s proffer of $5. but
went to jn i Instead of paying his fine
with the moiiey.
Confesses Murder to Pastor
After 29 Years Had Elapsed
ERIE, Pa., March fi.—Rev. John B.
Cook, pastor of the Methodist Epis
copal Church at Girard. Pa-, today
notified District Attorney J. O. Walt
that John Turner, aged eighty-three,
had confessed to him that he mur
dered his wife at Einesville, Pa., in
1885.
According to the story told the dis
trict attorney. Turner, who has been
very ill. summoned Rev. Dr. Cook to
his homo and told him that while
the Turners lived at I.inesville, he
became angry at bis wife and lilt
her witli a club. He was arrested
and tried for the crime, but was ac
ouitted by the testimony of members
of the family. The Jury held that
Mrs. Turner had died as the result
of a fall. The trial, according to
Turner's story, took place at Mead
vilte. Pa. The authorities there were
nol*|M UM alleged confession.
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GILLEN SAYS HE >
WILL SUE TO GET
MARRONE'S TINE
Threatens Action as Citizen to
Coliect from Garbage Man
for City.
HAUSSLING VETOED MOVE
TO MAKE SCAVENGER DAY
Mayor Asserted It Was Impos
sible to Pick Up Refuse
During Storm.
In spit, of tiie mayor’s veto of the
Marrone line. Charles F. Gillen, chair
man of the street committee of the
Board of Works, today said the city
would be reimbursed the $2,100 It
spent on garbage collections.
“If the board cannot get the money
1mm Marrone, I will bring suit as
taxpayer against him to recover the
amount of monty expended by the
city in cleaning up garbage," Gillen
said. “The city spent the money tor
work Marrone should have done and
he must be made to pay.”
For three days last week tile city
hired nan and teams to collect gar
bage. It was planned to make Mar
rone pay $2,100, tho expense of this
i extra work, by Imposing a fine on
' him.
The resolution providing for the flu
Ing of Marrone was passed Monday.
: The commissioners voted to tine Ms. -
i roue, not as a penalty, but as a means
of recovering the $2,100 the ctiv spent
on the garbage collections. The fine
imposed was $000 a day.
Yesterday, however. Mayor TIa,uss
j ling vetoed tho resolution, which im
i posed the tine. The Board of Works
upheld the veto. This left the city
| with practically no means of recov
ering the $2,100. The only precaution
1 taken was to appoint Charles F".
! Kraemer, president of the board, to
i devise a way of collecting the money,
j Ur. Kraemer said Inst night he would
recover the money In some way.
Mr. Gillen today was emphatic in
asserting Marrone should pay the ex
pense of the extra collections. He
said ho would use every effort pos
sible to see that Marrone paid the
city.
The Mayor in vetoing the resolu
! tion said the storm made it impos
1 slble for the city scavenger to collect
i the garbage at the time the resolutior
j was passed.
Commissioner Gillen spoke in favor
of fining the scavenger In spite of the
| Mayor’s veto. He declared the city
I had spent tho money, and It was up
: to the Works Board to collect it from
i Marrone under the terms of the con
! tract.
!“Th<. time to get our money buck In
now." he declared.
“Wo havo made allowances for the
work was not satisfactory. He has
failed to do his part. We know i‘
was an impossibility for him to col
lect the garbage during tho storm,
but we have made due allowance for
all that. ’
SerloiiN Problem.
“Even today conditions are getting
worse. Newark faces a serious prob
(ionllntieil on Pair* 4, Column f#.»
PASSAIC PLANS A
FISH TRUST WAR
1 -
Came Protective Association
Will Enlist Public Aid at
Meeting Tonight.
PATEUSON. March 6,—Their cum*
palgn for cheaper fish will be con
tinued by the Passaic County Kish
and Game Protective Association at
a meting tonight in the Court House.
K)i to i tie present the association
members have waged their fight
against the fish trust almost single
handed. They have invited the pub
lic to tonight’s meeting, especially the
women, and they hope to create a
sentiment In favor of their work. The
same end is being sought after by the
association of Essex County.
All tlie fish caught on the Jersey
shore, according to facts learned by
the association, is sold to the trust,
the fishermen receiving 2*4 cents a
pound for il. It is then taken to the
Fulton Market in New York City, and
when it is brought into this state
again the dealers command a price
ranging from 20 to 10 cents per
pound. It is proposed that, if possi
ble, a market in New Jersey be estab
lished, through which the lish miglP
be handled to lower the cost to the
| consumer.
The earnings of the trust are great,
I if the conditions are as stated by the
association, as in a single tide it is
not unusual for eighteen ton of lish
to be caught. The immensity of the
profit might also be estimated when
it is considered that the proposition
has been made to the state by an in
dividual to pay the state a million
dollars in four instalments for the
privilege of buying tho fish from the
fishermen at the present time and
sellings it at 4 cents a pound.
A definite course of action will be
decided upon at the meeting tonight.
Two Pass Examination for
Probation Officer in Essex
[Special to the Evening Star. |
TRENTON, March 6.—The civil ser
vice commission today announced
that Mabel H. Kirk, of East Orange,
and Maude W. Moore, of Red Bank,
passed for probation officer with spe
cial training in psychology in Essex
j county.
Boston Fire Chief Quits
BOSTON, Mass., March 6.—John A.
Mullen has resigned as chief of the
fire department. His salary was re
duced $500 by Mayor Curley, who also
announced the appointment of Dep
uty Chief John Grady as tire commis
sioner. Mr. Mullen had been chief
eight years and a member of the d- -
partment forty years.
Carnegie Hero Dies
INDIANA. Pa., March 6.—-Frank
Casesara. who was recentlv granted a
Carnegie hero medal and pensioned
for life for saving the life of Police
man Matthew Leonard, of Clymer.
died in bis borne at Clymer last night
Casesara was struck by a stray bull'd
from Leonards revolver while he
was assisting the officer in duelling
a riot. The bullet caused paralysis,
which resulted in Casesara > (tefttlt
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