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ESTABLISHED 1832. 3_ _NEWARK, N. J., TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1914.— 20 PAGES. WEATHER: PROBABLY CLOUDY WEDNESDAY.
STREET RIPPED
FOR BLOCKS BY
AN EXPLOSION
Masses of Granite Pavement
Lifted Up by Supposed Wa
ter Main Break.
BANK STREET RESIDENTS
ALARMED BY UPHEAVAL
Cellars of Houses Flooded and
Tons of Sand Carried Down
Steep Thoroughfare.
Half a dozen man-hole covers and
sections of the new grouted granite
pavement ip Bank street, from High
street to Plane street, shot in the air
as the result of a subterranean up
heaval early today. The cause of the
disturbance has not been learned. It
is supposed to have been due to a
broken water main. Great sections
of the street were ripped up.
A minute after the explosion a tor
rent of water rushed down the steep
incline of the thoroughfare. The
frightened residents of the street
started from their beds and looked
out. Many of the dwellers are Ital
ians, and. with memories of earth
quakes In the old country, soon were
in a panic. Men, women and chil
dren. some dressed, others partly
dressed and others almost entirely un
dressed. rushed from the houses, In
Bank street and in the alleys which
cross it is a large negro population.
Many of the negro colony joined the
frightened Itaiian-Americans. The
neighborhood echoed with cries of
fear.
Water was rushing along the street
like a small Niagara. The stream
was issuing from great rents in the
pavement stretching across the thor
oughfare. As the w'ater gushed and
receded the pavement rose and fell.
Some of the excited population
imagined the ground beneath their
feet was trembling and the houses
beside rocking.
The granite pavement in Bank
street Is bound together with ce
ment. So well were the stones joined
that the pavement was watertight
and almost as smooth as asphalt.
Beneath the pavement, above the
foundation, is a layer of sand. From
the places where the water from the
broken pipe broke through the
foundation the stream coursed down
hill through this sand layer. The
pavement being watertight cemented
to the curbstone there was no out
let for the torrent. At various spots
along the line of the flood something
checked the rush of water and the
pavement gave way. Then the water
shot out like a geyser carrying large
sections of the pavement with It.
Pavements Ripped.
Just west of Comes alley section*
of pavement six feet long and four
wide were ripped up and cast ten feet
away. Other big slabs of cemented
blocks were carried many feet from
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FANS GATHER AT
OLYMPIA TO Stt
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Early Signs Indicate That Rec
ord Crowd Will See the
Fight.
■Special to the Evening Star.
LONDON. July 7.—Olympia is the
Keene of great activity as the time for
Willie Ritchie and Freddie Welsh to
enter the ring to begin their twenty -
round battle for the lightweight
championship of the world ap
proaches. Hours before the fight fans
were in line waiting for the ticket
offices to open, and at this hour there
is every indication that a record
crowd will witness the fight. Wom
en folks vie with the men in their
interest In the encounter, and society
was well represented in the early
gathering.
Welsh is still a slight favorite over
the title-holder, but there is plenty
of Ritchie money in sight. The
Americans here, with very few excep
tions. are backing the champion to
win. They are confident that he will
stop the clever Welshman before the
end of the twenty rounds.
Both lads are confident over the
outcome. Ritchie’s latest statement
Is as follows;
"T am not worrying at all about
Welsh’s twenty-two successive vic
tories in the past fifteen months. If
any of my good, but mistaken friends,
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COMRADES MSI
BURY VICTIMS OF
BOMB TOMORROW
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New York Health Commission
er Announces That Ordinance
Will Be Enforced.
BLOCKS PLAN FOR PUBLIC
FUNERAL ON SATURDAY
Free Speech League Leaders
Will Be Subpoenaed in
Rigid Probe.
Special to the Evening Star.
NEW YORK, July 7.—Anarchists
and I. W. W. must bury their dead to
morrow, according to the health de
partment's edict this afternoon. Un
der the New York city ordinances the
bodies of Carron. Hanson and Berg,
victims of the bomb explosion Satur
day, must be interred within four days
after death.
"We will enforce that rule,” the
health commissioner’s office an
nounced this afternoon. “Thus far
we have had no request for extension
of the time limit.”
The plan for a public funeral Satur
day in Union Square to martyrize the
dead Anarchists was admittedly
troubling officials this afternoon.
Mayor Mitchel and Police Commis
sioner Wood were without advices as
to what move Berkman and his An
archistic cohorts planned to make.
They felt, however, that the ordi
nance should be enforced.
NEW YORK, July 7.—The first
steps toward a rigid investigation of
the cause of the explosion that killed
three men and a woman and wrecked
the upper floor of a Lexington avenue
tenement on Saturday last are expect
ed to be taken today when Coroner
Helienstein issues subpoenas for the
leaders of anarchistic organizations
and free speech leagues who were
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JULY WEATHER ”
Temperature Falls to 54 De
grees, One Point Above For
mer Bottom Mark.
Today was one of the coolest days
on record for July 7. The thermome
ter dropped to within one degree of
the coldest day for a corresponding
date in the history of the Newark
and New York weather bureau. So
far as the first seven days of this
month arc concerned, the average
temperature was the lowest in forty
four years. The mercury drojjlped
lower than for the first weeks of
July in 1882 and 1891, when the aver
age temperature for the week was
65.3. This week the average tem
perature was 61.
But things are looking up! The
weather bureaus of Washington, New
York and Newark all agree that to
night will be fair and warmer, with
rising temperature and moderate
winds. The coldest recorded today
was fifty-four degrees. On July 15,
1873, the temperature recorded fifty
three degrees.
And the rain and wind has added
to the discomfort. Yesterday the
New York weather bureau warned
folks tolbok out for squalls. Think
of it. Squalls in July, when if they
knew their place, they’d lay off until
March. And sure enough, the wind
slipped into a tango last night that
caused the men folks to pull their
Panama hats snugly over their heads
as they passed the “Four Corners."
The women purposely avoided the
vicinity of tall buildings while the
wind blew a merry gale of forty
miles an hour. Today the dance of
the wind was more in hesitation time
and the breeze glided along at from
six to ten miles an hour.
The rain has done Its share, too.
The amount of rainfall is away above
normal. During the past twelve days
there has been only four days that
were entirely clear. . In the past
seven days there has been 2.76 inches
of rain, which is two Inches more
than is coming to us, according to
the weather bureau. Dast night alone
the precipitation measured 1.10 inches.
And with the cold July weather
comes the person who insists that the
seasons are not like they were when
he was a hoy, and that soon we'll
have winter weather in August and
summer in January. But the records
In the weather bureau discount these
sayings.
“If you can go back far enough, you
can always find where It has been
just as cold or just ns hot,” said the
weatherman today.
GROSSCUP WON’T
BOW TO THE WILL
OF GOV. FIELDER
•
Flatly Refuses to Withdraw
Hopkins in Favor of Ex
ecutive’s Choice.
GROSSCUP BLAMES IT .‘.LL
ON FIELDER’S SILENCE
Says Appointment Was Per
sonal Matter and Admits Witt
penn Faction Backed Him.
Special to the Evening star.
TRENTON, July 7. — Governor!
Fielder and State Chairman Edward j
E. Grosscup today met for the llrst i
time since the latter turned down a i
Fielder man for appointment to the I
Hudson County Board of Elections)
and gave it to a man associated with i
the Wittpenn organization. The con-1
ference ended in an utter disagree-1
ment.
The governor refused absolutely to
discuss with the'newspapermen what)
he told Mr. Grosscup. The latter:
started the row by appointing Percy I
J. Hopkins, the Wittpenn man, to
Ruececd George I-imouze. a Fielder
man.
It is known, however, that he asked I
Mr. Grosscup to withdraw Mr. Hop- j
kins. The latter flatly refused. He
admitted that he had refused.
"Have you made any appointments
to the county elections boards?" the
governor was asked. He replied he
had not. When asked if he would
approve the nomination of Mr. Hop
kins, the governor said he preferred
not to discuss that question. Pressed
as to whether he had the Tower to re
ject the name of Mr. Hopkins, the
governor said, "There Is the law for
you to read."
State Chairman Grosscup was more
communicative than the Governor,
and did not hide the fact that he had
locked horns with the Governor. He
said that the conference was in re
lation to the naming of Hopkins and
that he, Groaacup. “stood pat” on the
matter. He said that Governor
Fielder asked him to withdraw the
name of Hopkins and that he refused
to do It. "WThy didn't the Governor
send for me In advance If he was in
terested in the appointment of the
Hudson Elections Boards," said Mr. |
Grosscup. “I made the nomination j
without even giving the Governor a
thought. I didn’t think that the Gov
ernor would be interested in such a
little office. The Governor hasn’t
done anything in particular for me."
Mr. Grosscup admitted that he real
ized that Hopkins was a Wittpenn
man when he named him. He de
clared that the governor has no voice
in the naming of the County Election
Board members where the State
chairman sends in the names at the
time provided for by law, and that
the governor’s part In the matter Is
purely a ministerial one. He sa*d
that Hopkins will be the new mem
ber of the Hudson County Election
Board, even if the governor doesn't
like it.
FAIL TO FIND WILL
OF W.H. CONNOLLY
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Son of Deceased Contractor to
Take Out Letters of Admin
istration in Estate.
Letters of adminlstraUon on the
estate of William H. Connolly, the
contractor, who was killed in a fall
on June 25, will be taken out by hia
son, Sylvester, late today or tomorrow
morning. That his father died with
out leaving a will is the belief of the
younger Mr, Connolly. A search ivas
made, but no trace of any instrument
was found, he declared.
The son and Arthur Connelly, of Pi
Brientnali place, a brother of the de
ceased, visited the surrogate's office
today and procured a renunciation
blank with which the widow will re
nounce her right to the appointment
as administrator in favor of her son.
Under the statute, in the event that
no will is found, the personal estate
ip divided one-third to the widow and
the remainder to the children and the
issue of deceased children. Of the
real estate the widow will receive her
dower of one-third of the income. The
value of the estate Is unknown.
Mr. Connolly met his death at the
Proctor Theatre building in Market
street on June 26 last, where he was
supervising the construction work
which his company, the W. H. Con
nolly Company, was doing.
Mr. Connolly left surviving him be
side the widow and son, Sylvestor,
two daughters, the Misses Laura and
Beatrice Connolly.
NEWARK GOLF FIRM SUED BY BOY
WHO LOST EYE WHEN GOLF BALL BURST
A suit has been begun in the United
States District Court by Nicholas
Kulmes, a boy living in Chicago,
against the St. Mungo Manufacturing
Company, of 81 Mount Prospect ave
nue. Newark, for $30,000 for the loss
of the sight of one of his eyes. The
St. Mungo Manufacturing Company is
a corporation engaged In the manu
facture of golf balls. It was a golf
ball said to have been manufactured
by this concern that cabsed the boy
to loae the sight of his eye.
The complaint, made by Martin Kal
mes, father of the injured boy,
charges that a certain golf ball made
by the defendant company and
known as the "heavy colonel." had,
at its core, sulphuric acid and zinc.
That "as a result of the enclosure of
said acid and zinc within said golf
balls, hydrogen was evolved, and that
the said hydrogen by its preasure
upon said golf ball caused the said
golf ball to be very resilient and also
tended to tear said golf ball apart.”
Voung Kalmes, who was employed
as h caddie at the North Shore Golf
Club, Wilmette, 111., May 22. 1912. ob
tained possession of one of the "heavy
colonel” golf balls. Just what he was
doing with the ball was not disclosed
in the papers tiled with the court, but
it is charged that the ball exploded
and put out one of his eyes. For this,
he sues for *50.000 damages.
In its answer, the St. Mungo Manu
facturing Company denies that it ever
made a golf ball that would explode
In the manner averred in the com
plaint. It is further stated that if
the plaintiff was injured at all it was
through his own negligence.
The ease of young Kalmes is only
one that has grown out of the placing
of explosive substances in golf balls.
A number of such accidents have
happened, but In each Instance the
injury was caused by the negligene
of people who sought to discover the
making of the core of the balls by
cutting them open.
The Kalmes suit will not be brought
to trial until fall. Andrew S. Taylor
is his attorney, while the defendant is
represented by Guild & Martin.
SHRINKING
/''''and "x
/WHAT'S MOR£\
/ IT WILL \
CONTI N UE
\ To ^SHRINK*/
Reserve Board Nominee Unwill
ing to Face Senate Com
mittee Quizz.
WASHINGTON, July T.—Haul M.
Warburg, of New York, today formal
ly requested President Wilson to1
withdraw his nomination to be a
member of the Federal Reserve
Board.
Later today Mr. Warburg communi
cated with White House officials and
President Wilson sent him a telegram
asking that he reconsider his declina
tion to serve on the board. Senator
Hitchcock, of the Senate banking
committee about the same time, re
ceived a telegram from Mr. Warburg
declining to appear before the com
mittee.
Mr. Warburg, a member of the
banking house of Kuhn. Loeb & Co.,
wras nominated for a four-year term.
When the Senate banking committee
began examining personally all the
five candidates nominated by the
President, Mr. Warburg Indicated he
did not wish to be questioned by- the
committee as a condition to taking
the appointment. Today h* called
the White House offices by telephone
and personally requested the Presi
dent to withdraw his nomination.
There was no indication who the
President might choose to fill tile
place. The change In personnel, how
ever. will not further delay the actual
organization of the new currency sys
tem. The .Senate already has con
firmed W. P. G. Harding. A. C. Mil
ler and Charles S. Hamlin as mem
bers of the board, and they, with
Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller
Williams, w'ho serve as members, ex
officio, constitute a quorum, which
now may proceed with the) work.
NEW YORK. July 7. -Paul M.
Warburg said today that he did not
care to discuss at this time his with
drawal from the Federal Reserve
Board.
Believe Rebel Chief Is Ready to
Confer With Huerta
Delegates.
Special l« the Evening Star.
TORREON) Coahuila, Mexico, July
7.—Despite the serious nature of
the deadlock in the conference here
between Constitutionalist military
leaders over demands for removal of
certain high officials of the pro
visional government, General Fran
cisco Villa today expressed confi
dence that the new differences would
be smoothed over.
The Villa faction insisted on re
moval from office of several Car
ranza appointees, and Carranza dele
gates have made counter demands
for the removal of several Villa sup
porters.
Another brigade of Villa’s troops'
was sent north today to recuperate |
in the cooler climate of the moun
tains of the Parral district. This |
makes three brigades that have left !
here. Many soldiers who partici- i
pa ted in ihe Zacatecas campaign are
suffering from typhoid and dvsen-!
tery, though few deaths have re- j
suited.
Special to tjie Evening Star.
WASHINGTON. July 7.—Reports
that Senors Cabreara and Zubaren, j
of the Constitutionalists, are to be j
recalled and ngplaced with men who I
more emphatically represent the Car
ranza views were current here today.
This action, it was reported, forecasts ,
acceptance by Carranza of the propo- j
sit ion to enter into unofficial negotia- j
tions with the Huertista delegates to j
select a provisional government and i
settle Mexico's internal affairs with
out further bloodshed. This action
vs ill mark the elimination of M^dero
control of the revolution. Meanwhile
the conferences between Villa and
Carranza’s representatives is expect
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TEUS OF WOMAN
Philadelphia Man Heard Her
Make Murder Vow While
on Cruise.
PHILADELPHIA. July f—John
Howe, of this city, who was report
ed to have telephoned David Ken
nedy, of Freeport, that a woman with
whom Howe was cruising had threat
ened to kill Dr. Carman, was found
here today and confirmed the storv
told by Dr. Carman to detectives.
Howe, who is in business here, said
that summer before last he invited a
Freeport man and his wife to an
outing on Great South bay. Ix>ng
Island, in his motorboat. He would
not give their names.
"We landed at an island,'' Howe
said, "and ran across David Ken
nedy and Dr. Carman. I knew them
both. The moment w>e spied them
the woman in our party screamed
and ran back to the boat. Her hus
band remained where he was, sur
prised and nonplussed by his wife's
action. I ran to the boat after her.
I found her on a seat in hysterics.
She was screaming. That man ruined
my husband and ruined me. I am
going to kill him if it takes a life
time.’ She picked up a paper knife
shaped like a dagger and started to
leave the boat. T caught hold of her
and kept her back and asked whom
she meant.
“ 'Dr. Carman,' she said.'
Howe said the woman refused to
explain her actions and demanded to
be taken back home at once. When
her husband came aboard the party
returned to Freeport.
"Neither one of them spoke of the
incident again," said Howe. "1 did
not try to find out the reason for it
and never gave it another thought
until this murder occurred. I thought
over it a lot since and decided it was
my duty to tell of it. although I hated
to do so."
Howe said he telephoned Kennedy
of the incident and the latter recalled
it and said he would notify the police.
BROAD STREET MISHAP SHOWING BUMPER MISPLACED
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MAN THINKS
SLAYER SHOT TO
But Physician Refuses to Ex
plain Why He Believes in
New Theory.
BURNS MEN SEARCH FOR
REVOLVER WITH MAGNET
Detectives Confident They Can
"Lift" Weapon Hidden in
Murder House.
FREEPORT, N. V., July T.—Dr. Ed
win Carman, in whose office Mrs.
Louise Bailey was killed last Tuesday
by a bullet that came through a w in
dow, offered a new theory today as to
how the shot came to be fired. He
said that in'all probability the person
who tired the shot did so wdth the in
tention of creating only a scare and
that there might have been no intent
to kill.
He would not be definite when ques
tioned as to who might want to give
such a scare and the reasons for it.
Dr. Carman also admitted that his
wife was under suspicion of knowing
something about the murder.
"I know that they suspect Mrs. Car
man/ he said. 1 They would have ar
rested her long ago. if they could
have got the stuff on her, but they
can't get it?*
The physician would say nothing to
advance further his previous theory
that the person who Hied the shot in
tended to kill him and not Mrs. Bai
ley.
Detectives lee Strong Magnet.
Detectives today i*e*gji digging up
a considerable portioiijif the grounds
in search for the .38-OTiliber revolver
used by the slayer.
Equipped with a powerful magnet
they also began a search for a re
volver in the attic of the Carman
home. The house is a frame building
and the operatives “fished” between
the weather boarding and inner
lining. The magnet is strong enough
to lift a revolver which might have
been dropped between the walls.
“We are going over the entire pia. e
with a fine tooth^omb.” said one of
the detectives. have informa
tion which leads us to believe th«»
murder weapon was hidden near the
scene of the crime.”
Mrs. Florence Carman, wife of Dr.
Carman, first became suspicious of
her husband ten years ago. the detec
tives were informed today. Her jeal
ousy was so aroused at that time
that she »x>red holes thruugn the
floor of her bedroom that she might
spy upon her husband and his wom
en patients. This is being carefully
investigated by the detectives.
Se*rph for Two Women.
With the advent of the Bums detec
tives into the case and the re-enact
ment of the murder last night at the
Carman home search was being made
today for two mysterious women who
were in the waiting room of Dr. Car
man’s office at the time of the shoot
ing. And it now develops five women
went to see Dr. ('arman on the night
of the murder. One was Mrs. Bailey.
Two others were Hazel Coombes and
Hannah Kahn, who left before the
snooting occurred. There were two
other women who were seated In the
waiting reom with George Golden
and Archie Post w hen the shot was
fired. At the sound of it these women
darted through the portieres and into
| the hall. It is believed that they left
by the door on the east side of the
house.
Speeulate About
Speculation is rife today regarding
the identity of the two upon whom
District Attorney Smith and Sherift
Pettit seem to he relying to convince
the grand jury that an indictment
should be returned against the
woman. It has been intimated that
the witnesses are Elizabeth Varance.
! the nurse whose face Mrs. Carman
j slapped in the physician’s office some
weeks ago, and Theodore Bedell, the
village blacksmith, whom Dr. Car
man summoned to the house to estab
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TIGERS REST UP
I
An idle day was spent by the New- I
ark International League club today, j
no game being scheduled. Tomorrow
the Champions will open a four-game i
series in Baltimore with Jack Dunn's !
flock. The Tigers have won only one |
game from Baltimore this season and ;
hope to get going during the coming !
series They hope to take three out 1
of four or at least get an even break, j
The Raltimore-Providence game j
scheduled to be played at Baltimore j
today on the original draft had al- 1
ready been contested. The two i
teams met and decided this game j
Sunday.
Bishop O’Connor to Sail
for Home from Cherbourg
Latter Part of the Month
j A letter from Bishop O'Connor was j
! received todav at the home of his
i brother, William F. O'Connor, of 29
! Second avenue. Bishop O'Connor has
! been at Carlsbad for several weeks.
He is accompanied hv Bishop Fox. of
Green Bay. Mich., and by Rev. Dr.
I William J. Guinan. of New York city.
The local prelate told in the letter
: of his intention to visit friends in
' Bavaria and to go to Louvairi,
I Belgium, later It was at the Louvain
seminary that Bishop O’Connor and
i Bishop Fox made part of their theolo
i gical studies.
I Bishop O'Connor also told in the
letter of his intention to sail for
! home from Cherbourg, France, the
latter flprt of this month. He has
been enjoying the best of health dur
ing his trip abroad.
Order Special Grand Jury
! 4o Probe Lorimer Bank Crash
' CHICAGO. July T.—A special grand
I jury to investigate the collapse of
1 the 1-a Salle Street Trust and Savings
IBank was ordered by Judge Bren
tano. chief justice of the Criminal
Court of Cook county, today.^
WOMEN INJURED
IN ODD ACHE
AT CENTRAL DEPOT
Train Shoves Huge Bumping
Post Into Platform Crowd
ed With Excursionists.
HOSPITAL TREATMENT FOR
TWO OF FEMALE VICTIMS
Panic Among United German
Presbyterian Churches' Mem
bers as Crash Comes.
Four nomen excursionists from the
I nited German Presbyterian church re
of this city were injured as the result
of a train mishap at the Broad street
station of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey today. Two of them were
so seriously hurt that they were taken
to the City Hospital in ambulances of
that institution.
The injured women were;
Mrs. Dora Alexander. Su Geneva
street. Newark. She was taken to
the hospital in an unconscious con
dition, but recovered her “eases later
She may have sustained a fractured
SKUII.
Mrs. Matilda Baker, 28 Dickinson
street, knocked down and bruised.
Also taken to the City Hospital, hut
later went home
Mrs. Ena Leopold, 94 Wallace stree',
bruised and shock. Alter being at
tended by an ambulance surgeon she
was taken home.
Mrs. Lena Boettner. 6o9 South Eigh
teenth street. Mrs. Boettner, who 1*
sixty-six years old. suffered from
bruises and shock, but insisted on go
ing to her home.
The accident was caused by nt
empty train which was backing into
the station to take local passengers
to New Vork Running loo far into
the bumping block, it ripped it from
its foundation and hurled it a dis
tance of twenty feet. The big block,
which, w'ith its steel rails fastening
It to its foundation, weighs about two
tons hurtled down the wooden step?,
splintering them, and stopped on the
lower platform.
The lower platform, at the time ut
the accident, was crowded with men,
women and children, members of th«
oxcursion party which was going to
East Long Branch. These peopls
were immediately thrown into pame.
and crowded a turbulent mass,
toward the main door of the station
Women and children were thrown t >
the ground. and pandemonium
reigned for a few minutes.
Policeman Gus Klos. Jr., o! I h»
First precinct, who was standing in
the doorway, rushed in to calm fhe.**
cMeri throng. Aided by several m*"
he then picked up the injured wom
en and car -ied them to a wailing
room Hr U, 1 > notified police head
quarters of t8e accident. Two sun
bulances were promptly sent fro*
the City Hospital, as well as th<“ am
bulances of the Firs!. Second arid
Fourth precincts. The reserves of
the First precinct, under Captain
William Stuok>, were also called to
the scene. ’
Mrs. Alexander was the most seri
ously hurt. She had been struck by
the bumping block and lav uncon
scious on the floor of the station. She
was picked up and carried to the
ambulance without regaining con
sciousness.
There was some doubt as to the
exact cause of the accident. At flrst
Nathan G. Campbell, superintendent
of the station, expressed the belief
that the engineer had been negligent
and had not set his atr brakes in
time. Later, however, he said that
he had been told that the brakes had
been set and that tlie train did net
halt in time because of the condition
of fhe rails. A light rain bad fallen,
and. according to Mr. Campbell, tbs*
had caused the tracks to become slip
pery.
Harry Rader, the engineer of the
train, was promptly ordered to Jersey
Cite with his locomotive There an
Investigation was immediately start
ed. The conductor of the train was
Frank Goger and he had «» aaeisT
ants, Rrakcmen McCann and Bren
nan.
$10,000 FOR 100 WORDS
Tli** (Hihliratlon of "The Million ;
Dollar Mystery" begins tnriav. The j
story will run for twenty-two con
secutive weeks in this paper. By an
| arrangement with the Thanhottaar
Film Company it ha* been made pos
sible not only to read the story in
this paper, but also to see it each
week in the various moving picture
theatres. For the solution of this '
mystery story $10,000 will be given, j
CONDITIONS GOVERNING TUB !
COVTKST V
; The prise of $IO.tWO will be won by
! the man. woiian or child who writes ■
; the most ae**eptable solution of the j
mystery, from which the last two j
reels of motion picture drama will be]
made and the last two chapters of ;
the story written by Harold Mae- *
(■rath.
Solutions may be sent to the Than- .;
houser Film Corporation, either at
( hlengo or New York, aany time up
, to midnight. December 14. They must
hear poatoSoe mark not later than
that date. This allows four weeks
offer the first at*pearance of the last
Him releases and three weeks after
the last chapter is published In this
paper, in which to submit solutions.
A board of three judges will deter
mine which of the many solutions
received is the most acceptable. The
judgment of this board will he ab
solute and final Nothing of a liter
ar* nature will be considered ft* the
decision nor given any preference in
the selection of the winner of the
*10.000 prige. The last two reels,
which will give the most acceptable
solution to the mystery, will be pre
sented in the theatres having this
feature as soon a* It l# practical to
j produce same. The stoxy correspond
1 Ing to these motion picture* will ap
pear in the newspapers cw-inelden
tally . or as soon after the api*e*r*JM,e
of the pictures as practical. With
the last two reel* will be shown the
picture* of the winner, his or her
home, and other interesting feature#..
It i* understood that the newspaper*,
so far a* practical. In printing the
I last two chapters of the story by j
Harold Marti rath, will also show a.)
picture of the successful oonteufcHpsIj
solutions to the mystery must not j
be more than !«0 word* long. Herb H
are some questions to be ketrt Nl j
mind in connection with the n».r#tcry t.
a* an aid to a solution: .{
\n. I—What become* wf the mil
lionaire? , .. „ :J
No 1—What become* of the $1
■ i «on.rt«o?
np. :t—M lioiii doe* Florence marry ?]}
No 4—What become* of the Has-.j
dan roontcM? _ . *1
Nobodi ronm*eted either directly or J
indirectly with **Thc Million Dollar«»
>| Mystery** will tw* considered •• a eon-jj
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