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ESTABLISHED 1SK._S_NEWARK. N. J„ SATURDAT, APRIL A ISIS —TO PAGES. WEATHER: ■BUS::. ... T l ..... ^
Qather to Welcome Revivalist
on Passage Through City
|t This Afternoon.
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(ROUTE INCLUDES TRIP
AROUND FOUR CORNERS
'Paterson Committee Arrives in
Autos to Greet Re
<V.
vivalist.
_
jj Some Facts About Sunday’s
j Great Revival in Paterson
Which Begins Tomorrow
11' _
Revival lwgln»—2 !>. m.. Sunday,
April 4.
\ Meetings will be held— Daily, except
Mondays, at 2 and 7 p. m.; Mun
da.vs, 10:30 a. m., 2 and 7 p. m.
, Paterson Tabernacle—Broadway and
v East Eighteenth street.
Beating capacity—7,500 in audito
, rlum.
Platform capacii.'—1,080 for choir,
standing room—1,500 in vestibules
Eshers needed—800.
j iPolieeihen in attendance—32.
Firemen In attendance—6.
! Number of entrances—24.
C-ost of erecting tabernacle—$14,000.
j Estimated cost of Sunday party’s
cam p ai g n—$22,000.
Extra street car service in Paterson
—32 trolley cars.
How to get there from Newark—
Erie Railroad, or trolley line to
Paterson, transferring at Broad
way and Main streets.
1 Patsrson prayer meetings held in
advance—3,877.
i Total attendance at prayer meetings
—00,788.
■ j
Newarkers will catch their first
glimpse of ‘'Billy” Sunday this after
noon, as the evangelist will arrive
here on the train due at the Market
street depot of the Pennsylvania rail
road at 5:05 o’clock. Accompanied by
”Ma” Sunday, the baseball-revivalist
Is now speeding East from his home
at Winona Lake, Ind., aboard the
Chicago limited.
Mr. Sunday has run into the snow
storm, which is central over the East,
but this is not expected to dampen his
ardor, nor that of the throng of people
who started to gather early this
afternoon to greet him.
Religiously inclined residents of
Newark, especially members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, are tak
ing almost as much interest in the
coining revival as though It were to
be conducted here instead of in Pat
erson and hundreds and perhaps
thousands are expected to attend the
tabernacle from this city and the
Oranges.
Rev. George G. Vogel, suiterintend
ent of the Newark district Metho
dists, said today that he expected to
nsk olergymen in the fifty-five
churches under his jurisdiction to
conduct special evangelistic services
in their churches during the latter
part of April or early in May, in
conjunction with the Paterson re
vival.
"About the third week of Mr. Sun
day's meeting in Paterson, when he
gets into full swing,” said Mr. Vogel,
"1 think it would be a good thing
for the Newark churches to hold spe
cial services. The hearts of the
Newark people are in the revival,
and some of the clergymen will con
duct special services whether there
is any concerted effort in this direc
tion or not.”
Advance Guard Early.
Shortly after noon today the ad
vance guard of Paterson enthusiasts
arrived in the city In order that they
might lie the first to greet the evangel
ist upon his arrival here. They came
by train and trolley and dined in
Newark, in order that they would
be sure to be here on time.
Later in the afternoon about a
dozen automobiles, containing the
leaders of the campaign in Paterson,
came to this city and reached here
long in advance of the expected ar
rival of the evangelist.
William A. Arnold, a brother of
President George Arnold, of the Pat
erson and Nortli Jersey Evangelistic
Association, is here to accord Mr.
Sunday an official greeting on behalf
of the association. Others here In
clude George W. Pollitt, chairman of
the building committee of the taber
nacle; George A. Sunday, the evan
gelist’s son, who came here from At
lantic City yesterday; B. D. Ackley,
(Continued on Fare 4, Column 8.)
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21 I
Freeholders Will
Consider Paving of
South Orange Ave.
County Board Will Discuss
Matter at Session
Monday.
In line with their promisee made
two weeks ago the members of the
roads committee of the Hoard of
Chosen Freeholders will take action
Monday afternoon toward paving
South Orange avenue, from Twenty
first street to the city line, in the
Vailsburg section. The probable
cost, the moans of getting the money
and the kind of pavement to be laid
will be discussed.
A year or more ago. when the pav
ing of the avenue with asphalt block
was talked of the county engineer,
Frederick A. Reimor, estimated that
the cost would be between $70,000 and
$7,>,000. The part of the avenue to be
paved is about 7,700 feet long and
fifty feet wide. The county pave
ment would be about thirty-two feet
wide, the other eighteen feet being
taken care of by the Public Service
Railway Company.
Fifty per cent. 0f the cost of the
improvement would bo borne by the
State. 10 per cent, by the municipal
ity and the remainder by the county.
As the city of East Orange faces on
approximately 1,200 feet of the
thoroughfare, it would have to pay
10 per cent, of the cost of the pave
ment for that distance for half the
width of the road. Newark fronts on
the other side of the street 1.200 feet
j and would pay the same amount as
! East Orange for that part of the
work, and the full 10 per cent, for
the rest of the avenue.
While the county engineer figured
on asphalt block It is not altogether
certain that that will be the (lave
ment chosen. The Newark Board of
Works recommended granite block,
and suggested a conference of the
officials of Newark and East Orange
with the freeholders to decide upon
the matter.
The paving of South Orange avenue
will be done under an act signed re
cently by the governor, which per
mits the county to pave county roads
within the city limits and receive
State aid for the work.
Henry F. Hilfers Criticises Es
sex Senator for Vote on
Constabulary Bill.
Henry I*. Hilfers, secretary of the
New Jersey State Federation of
Labdr, today sent a letter to Sena
tor Austen Colgate, in which the rep
resentative of Essex county in the
Legislature is called sharply to task
for ills vote favoring the State con
stabulary bill. The letter is also
addressed to "others wiio voted for
the constabulary bill.”
In view of the recent statement of
Senate Colgate regarding his gu
bernatorial aspirations, this state
ment from organized labor is regard
ed as significant, in that they will
oppose Senator Colgate in his cam
paign for the Republican nomina
tion for governor.
Senator Colgate is charged with
not having passed ‘‘a single bill in
the Senate that is of direct benefit
to the wage-earner of the State this
session, and, furthermore, that we
have every reason to believe that you
do not intend to.”
Mr. Hilfers declares the wage
earners of the State “have at last
received the jolt they so much need
ed to wake them up," and he as
sures Senator Colgate that the rep
resentatives of labor will see to it
that the laboring interests ate kept
awake with the aid you have given
us in voting for Senate bill 163.”
The letter, in full, is as follows:
“Newark, N. J., April 3, 1913.
“My Dear Senator—On Wednesday,
March 30, 1915, you assisted, by your
vote, in passing the Ramsay State
constabulary bill, Senate No. 163, and
this was done after the representa
tives of organized labor had been
given to understand that the bill was
(Continued on Cnge 3, Column L)_
SUNDAY TALKS
OF HIS LABORS
AT SILK CUT
Interviewed at Harrisburg,
Says He Hopes to Accom
plish Great Deal.
Special to the Evening Star.
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 3. — "I
count on doing nothing more in Pat
erson than I have done in any other
city, but I hope to do a great deal,”
said Rev. “Billy" Sunday to a re
porter who met him at 12:45 o'clock
this afternoon on the eastbound Chi
cago Limited that is carrying the
baseball evangelist to Newark on his
way to open a six weeks' revival at
Paterson tomorrow'.
“What I would like to do is to
make the whole world clean and pure,
and wherever I go I make my best
effort to bring this about: but, of
course, I can do no more than any
one else could do who would sincerely
try it.”
Mr. Sunday refrained from com
mitting himself to any estimates or
calculations on his Paterson cam
paign.
“Ma” Sunday was more talkative.
She told of the terrible strain “Papa"
Sunday had been under during tho
Philadelphia campaign and how she
had feared he would break down.
“How are you feeling now?” Mr.
Sunday was asked.
“Fine," he answered. “I am thor
oughly rested up and am ready for
the campaign in Paterson.”
"How long do you expect to be
there?”
“At least six weeks and not more
than seven. My program will not
allow any longer stay than that," he
added.
OF COMPARISON
Theatre Detail Shifts, the Men
“Out” and Those Who
Went "In.”
THOSE PHYSICALLY FIT
AND THE INCAPACITATED
How Service "Efficiency” Is
Shown in Transfers—Some
body “Lying,” 'Tis Said.
_
A comparison of the recent trans
fers in the Are department, including
the almost entire shifting of men on
the theatre detail, for “efficiency rea
sons," as announced, would seem to
indicate that most of the men taken
from this detail are unable, through
physical disability, to render the best,
or even fairly good, service in the
active work required In the extin
guishment of Are, while, with pos
sibly a single exception, the firemen
just assigned to the detail, though
well along in years and long in ser
vice, are vigorous from the stand
point of physical health and in every
way ntted for the more arduous fire
fighting duty.
There Is no attempt made to claim
that tho new theatre detail firemen
are not deserving of consideration
and entitled to “light-work” assign
ments, for they are good firemen.
The bald fact is evident, however,
that they can perform the most ex
| acting tasks called for in the general
servioe, having no arm, leg or any
other form of Infirmity, while some of
those they displaced, younger men
j in some cases and with good records
; for past performances, are handi
capped through mishap and affliction
| from other causes not of a discredit
able nature.
Good Feeling Among the Men.
As between the men themselves,
there is no ill-feeling shown. Those
shifted to company duty realize that
those who were sent from company
duty to the theatre detail fully appre
ciate the situation and conditions,
but have no say in the matter. They
are not being adversely criticised for
I accepting the easier berths. If dis
posed to demur they dare not with
out running the risk of incurring the
displeasure of the commissioner* and
being given a long-way-from-home
transfer as a reminder that “orders
are orders."
The new theatre detail can do
theatre work jyst as well as their
predecessors performed similar du
ties. and they can also do the harder
I work. The shifted members of the
old detail can do the theatre work
in a thorough manner, but cannot
render a good account of themselves
at a fierce fire, like the one in East
■Mechanic street last Thursday, where
every physical nerve and fibre of the
fireman is called into play.
Every muscle of arm and ieg and
every mental attribute are necessary
assets in ladder lifting and climbing
and hose-carrying and in rescue work.
The old theatre detail men are defi
cient in this respect and this fact was
exemplified during the progress of
the East Mechanic street fire and
after the fire.
Not “Hangsling’’ Favorites.
It is not considered so much a
question as to whether the men shift
ed from the theatre detail to com
pany duty were injured in active
service, as it is the fact that they
are in a large sense incapacitated.
Not a single man of those transferred
to company duty was a fa ored ap
pointee of the Uaussling administra
tion, as some of the present com
missioners may think. Most of them
are civil service appointees, some
came in under the Doremus adminis
tration. or were chosen under the old
system antedating both these admin
istrations.
There is a question being discussed
in an animated way just now by ad
herents of Mayor Raymond’s admin
istration as to who or what caused
the recent transfer actions. In some
quarters it is said that Dr. Hugh M.
Hart, the fire department surgeon,
(Continued on Page t, Column 4.)
| COURT HOLDS A
I
First Time in History That It
Occurred in New
ark.
Chancellor Edwin R, Walker and
tlio eight vice-chancellors met in
conference in Chancery chambers in
the Prudential building today, the
first time the entire Chancery Court
ever gathered in this city. It was
stated unofficially that the Hahn case
would be considered, but no decision
was announced.
It was the first visit to the cham
bers of Vice-Chancellors John R. Em
ery and James E. Howell in several
days, both having been laid up at
their homes by illness, and their pres
ence was taken to be an indication of
the importance of the conference.
The other vice-chancellors in at
tendance were: Frederic W. Stevens,
Eugene Stevenson, Edmund B. Beam
ing, Vivian M. Lewis, John Griffin and
John H. Backus.
Tlio conference closed shortly after
1 o'clock. When it was finished,
Chancellor Walker said that it had
been decided that no statement would
bo made by any one present.
"Ail of the matters in which the
public are concerned will be made the
subject of written opinions," he said.
"We really have not had time to go
over everything we intended, bu,t have
discussed eight or nine important
matters. In each case a written opin
ion will be made public."
EITEL STILL AT WHARF,
SAYS GOVT WIRELESS
Earlier Report Had It That the German Raider Had Made
Dash to Sea, Screened by the Blinding Storm Around the
Virginia Capes—Telephone and Telegraph Communication
Cut Off—Gales Said to Have Afforded Eitel Rare Chance.
i WASHINGTON, April 8.—A whirl
ing gale and snowstorm, which en
' velopcd the Virginia capes last night
and today, did not tempt the German
auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Fried
rich to make a dash lor sea through
; the cordon of hostile cruisers outside,
and at 1 o'clock this afternoon an
l official government wireless dispatch
from Hampton Roads said the Ger
\ man raider still was moored to her
j wharf.
The storm which drew the curtain
' of secrecy over the Prinz Eitel for a
j few hours by destroying all means
■ of communication with the Hampton
Roads district, save wireless, beside
j giving Commander Thieriehens a
fateful opportunity to resume his
| commerce-destroying voyage freshly
| coaled, supplied a nd equipped, start
; ed a crop of rumors and reports,
i which spread widely, saying the Ger
man cruiser had dashed behind the
curtain of snow flakes and past the
watch dogs at the entrance to Chesa
peake Bay.
Wrhen the government agencies,
after much effort, got in touch with
Newport News, Va„ it was estab
lished that the Prinz Eitel had at
tempted no new daring exploit, but
still furnished a day-to-day mystery
as to her commander's future course.
The German embassy said it was
without news of the Eitel since yes
terday. Questioners were reminded,
however, tliat the embassy said then
the ship would make a dash if Com
mander Thierrichens saw a good
chance.
Government officials were making
every attempt to establish communi
cation with the Norfolk yard, but
telegraph and telephone men said
there was not even a prospect of a
wire. The wireless is entirely in the
hands of the navy department, and
in the interest of American neutrality
the curtain was drawn tight.
The Eitel was understood to have
been in complete readiness at latest
accounts to put to sea. It was coaled
for a voyage to Bremen and all neces
sary provisions were taken on board
Friday. Naval experts here were of
the opinion that it had undergone
such emergency repairs as would en
able it to make the run to the Ger
man port safely, though a much more
thorough overhauling would be need
ed to put it in really ship-shape con
dition. They added that it was never
in any respect expected to put to sea
for even an apology of a light.
All accounts agreed that the storm
off the capes last night was fierce
and the night so thick that a vessel,
unless all its lights were on, could
not have been seen 100 feet away.
The revenue cutter service said it had
not received word concerning the
Eitel’s reported escape. The report
was attributed to an employe of the
Maritime Exchange at Baltimore.
| Ask Steamboat Company to
Explain Disappearance of
Money and Jewelry.
Members o£ the family of Frank
Baton Alden, of 465 Ridge street,
whose disappearance from a Fall
| River line boat yesterday Is believed
I to Indicate suicide, today began a
search for the man, refusing to accept
the police version of the affair. The
Fall River line offices in New York
were visited in an effort to obtain
more definite information and the
tiVfnmslilr -H»nT.ns*"ttn**'""4 were asked
to explain the disappearance of Mr.
Alden’s money, jewelry and passage
ticket.
Herbert Alden, brother of the miss
ing Newarker, who arrived here to
day from Detroit, was the one to
visit the offices of the Fall River line
in Manhattan this morning. There
he was told that the steamboat com
pany officials had nothing to disprove
the suicide theory. When the boat
landed at Fall River, Mass., last night
the few effects found in Mr. Alden's
stateroom were turned over to the
police of that city.
It was said the legal department of
the Fall River line was busy trying
to determine what action the com
pany should take in the matter.
Nothing in a way for a search for
the body is made, it was said, as it
was not known where to begin.
Thursday morning Mr. Alden en
gaged a berth on the steamboat
Plymouth for Boston. That night he
was seen to enter his stateroom. The
following morning the door of his
stateroom was forced open after a
steward failed to get any response to
calls. The room was empty save foi
an old sutt of clothes. These had been
taken off evidently and thrown across
a ohalr.
On the undisturbed bedclothing
there were blood-stains and similai
marks were found along the wall
This was taken to indicate that Mr.
Alden had deliberately cut himself
and then groped his way from the
stateroom to the boat rail, where he
threw himself overboard.
According to the steward, the room
had been locked from the outside and
the key thrown through a hole in the
transom. A few pieces of jewelry
which Mr. Alden wore, including a
gold watch and chain, $200 and some
other small effects were missing.
Still Doubt Suicide.
While the Fall River line officials
and the police of Fail River, Mass.,
say there is no doubt as to the sui
cide, relatives and friends of the miss
ing man say there are many things to
upset this theory. Mr. Alden was an
elder of the Third Presbyterian
Church. The pastor, Rev. Dr. Robert
Scott Inglis, also refuses to believe
the disappearance means suicide.
"One tiling is certain, and that Is
Mr. Alden did not leave Newark with
the intention of committing suicide,"
said Dr. Inglis today. "Monday ho
came to me with a program of tho
music, to be played and sung at our
Raster services tomorrow. He was a
member of the music committee and
was very much interested in church
work, especially affairs of the choir
and organist, etc.
“Now, a man who Intends to com
mit suicide does not bother himself
with such small details. I am afraid,
when I think the matter over care
fully, that there must have been some
foul play. If not, why the disappear
ance of his money, jewelry, ticket and
everything? Mr. Alden was a man of
keen intellect and his mental condi
tion was always regarded as being of
the soundest.
“There is just one thing which
might account for the suicide theory.
Years ago Mr. Alden spent consider
able time in the tropics. The great
heat of that country made him sub
ject to severe attacks of headaches.
Sometimes he would be obliged to
leave a meeting of the elders, because
of the severity of the pain. It might
be that a sudden and acute attack of
this ailment came upon him on the
boat, caused him to lose his reason
and take his life. That is possible,
but highly improbable."
“When Mr. Alden started for Bos
ton ho took about 1200 to obtain an
option on some property near that
city. While he suffered considerable
financial reverses at the time the war
started, be did not let the failure of
his brokerage business make him
despondent. Of course, he was dis
couraged, but he did not brood over
his loss. I met him nearly every day
for the past three months. He talked
of hia affairs to me, and r do not be
(Contlnuvd on Page S, Column 3.)
POLICE CHIEF’S
SON KILLED AS
AUTO HITS POLE
———— 1
Nelson B. Green, of Irvington,
Meets Death in Mishap
at Rockaway.
A fractured skull sustained in an
automobile accident caused the death
of Nelson B. Green, son of Chief of
Police Alexander S. Green, or Irv
ington, in Rockaway, this State, last
night. Roy S. States, son of Acker
son J. States, also of Irvington, who
drove the car, is out on $2,600 bail
for a hearing Monday, on a charge
of manslaughfter. A third occupant
of the machine, Robert B. Habel, of
473 Bergen street, this city, is under
$200 bail, as a material witness.
The accident happened about S
o’clock last night. The men were
driving through Main street, Rocka
way, in a light cgr owned by Habel.
Suddenly one of the near wheels
caught in the trolley tracks, breaking
all of the spokes. The car swerved
toward the gutter and crashed into
the curb. The three men were
pitched from the car, Green bitting
the curb, head first.
He was picked up unconscious and
carried into the office of Dr. F. W.
Flagge, where he died a few minutes
later. States and Habel were barely
hurt at all. The automobile was a
complete wreck. Green had a long
cut over the right eye and a frac
tured skull.
Companions Locked L'p
Dr. Flagge telephoned news of the
accident to the Irvington police sta
tion. and Chief Green and Mr. States
both left for Rockaway, accom
panied by Recorder Henry' P. Bed
ford and Commissioner t-eonard
Setaro.
States and Habel were taken to the
lock-up and word was telephoned to
Prosecutor Reed, at Morristown,
who, unable to come, sent Patrolman
Brennan, of the same place. Coroner
Totten, of Dover, was summoned and
viewed the body, which had been
taken to the undertaking establish
ment of John C. McGrath, in Church
street.
States was taken last night to the
jail at Morristown, where an inves
tigation of the accident took place.
He was released in $2,600 on a man
slaughter charge. Hobel furnished
$200 for his appearance as a material
witness. The case will come up Mon
day morning in Morristown. Mr.
States furnished the bail bond for
both men.
Victim ft llirthdn.'.
It was Nelson Green's twenty
seventh birthday yesterday. He left
the house in the afternoon, stating
that he was going to a moving pic
ture show. Late in the afternoon
the three men met and decided to
take an automobile ride. Green was
a chanceman on the Irvington police
force, having been appointed last
year. Previous to that he had served
as a special officer following his re
turn from a period of service in the
United States army. He was a mem
ber of Irvington Council, No. 167, Jr.
O. U. A. M.
The body, whch was taken to the
undertaking establishment of John
McGrath, of Rockaway, will be re
moved to the home of his parents.
247 Cottage street, Irvington, today.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day afternoon.
Henry P. Bedford, counsel for
Slates, said today that the man
slaughter charge does not mean all
it conveys. He explained that Prose
cutor Reed had been told that a man
had been killed in an auto accident,
and he gave orders to his representa
tive that the driver of the car be held
on the manslaughter charge. In the
opinion of Mr. Bedford, had the
prosecutor been informed fully of the
case he would not have ordered such
a charge to be made.
Seabright Fire
Menaced Town
Special to ll»e Evening Star.
SEABRIGHT. April 3—Heavy seas
are battering the shores here today.
At the height of the gale this morn
ing fire was discovered In a boarding
house, and after spreading to ad
joining buildings, threatened the en
tire town for a time.
The flames were subdued by quick
work.
APRIL BLIZZARD
MARKS COMING
OF EASTERTIDE
Storm Upsets Weather Man's
Forecast of Sunshine for
Holiday Season.
GALE iS RAGING ALONG
THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD
High Tides Reported and Freez
ing Spell for Easter Sunday
Is Expected.
Snow commenced to fall hereabouts
this forenoon, brought In by a strong
gale which suggested November
weather, rather than April. Never
theless, the forecaster said there still
was a chance that the Easter finery
would have a chance tomorrow. He
had no way of measuring the storm,
which came from a region where
there are no weather observatories,
but the gale was strong enough to
carry' any storm of ordinary propor
tions out of the way before tomorrow'.
About 3 o'clock this afternoon the
storm had every appearance of a
blizzard. The weather bureau said
the storm was one of the worst on
record for the month of April. The
snow was particularly heavy and
with a breeze of no light proportions
blowing, walking was made miser
able.
The "Four Comers” took on the
appearance of a day in midwinter.
The streets were covered with what
appeared to be several inches of
snow. Pedestrians, with Heads bent
down to avoid the blinding storm,
crossed the street with no little dif
ficulty.
The New Tork Telephone Company
experienced considerable difficulty in
getting out-of-town service. Many of
the wires in the southern Rection of
the State were completely down. At
lantic City, where many Newarkers
had expected to spend Easter, was
isolated from the rest of the State.
Communication with the shore resort
could not be had today.
Great trouble was experienced by
the Public Service Corporation dur
ing the afternoon in moving its cars,
because of horses falling and leaving
wagons on the tracks. At 2:10 o’clock
this afternoon an automobile truck
became stuck on Court House hill
and all ears coming toward Broad
street were delayed for about fifteen
minutes.
No trouble was experienced with
the trolley wires.
Two inches of snow had fallen up
to noon. The storm continued to
rage with blizzard-like fury through
the afternoon, -and at 3 o'clock the
snotmCT' Rp* “'The four-incn
mark. Pedestrians had a hard time
facing the gale, and the walking on
the streets downtown was sloppy.
At noon the temperature was 29. a
drop of seven degrees from the low
mark of the night.
The Newark forecaster said at
noon we would have rain or snow
in Newark tonight, with clearing,
freezing weather tomorrow, and that
u few miles inland there would be
heavy snow this afternoon and to
night The wind probably will shift
to the northwest tomorrow and con
Off Sandy Hook the wind was
blowing fifty-two miles an hour this
afternoon. At Delaware Breakwater,
where the gale was highest during
i the morning, its velocity reached
sixty miles.
The wet snow played havoc with
telegraph and telephone wires south
of Washington. The centre of trouble
was in Virginia, where communica
tion ceased at Lynchburg. Rich
mond. Newport News and Norfolk
were isolated completely from wire
communication with the rest of the
country. 3outh of Richmond, along
i the seaboard, the wires were in bad
condition. Messages from New York
to Havana were being sent by way of
Chicago and Atlanta.
Wire conditions were said to be
normal in New England, in New
York State and as far south as
Washington.
Along the coast some places said
their snowfall was like that of a bliz
zard. It resulted from a gale that
swept northward from Cuba and sent
small boats scurrying into harbors.
From Hatteras northward the gale
drove a sleety snow before it in blind
ing sheets. Telegraph lines were re
ported down all along the coast and
railroad traffic interfered with to some
extent.
trmlof Temperature.
Temperatures down to freezing
were predicted in the entire country
east of the Mississippi river.
The weather bureau at Washington
today issued this forecast:
‘‘The storm that developed Friday
over the Florida peninsula is central
this morning off the Virginia capes
and moving northeastward.
"This storm is increasing in in
tensity and has already caused shift
ing gales on the middle Atlantic and
southern New England coasts; rains
in the South Atlantic States and
snows and rains in the middle At
lantic States. Storm warnings are
displayed on the Atlantic coast from
Eastport, Me., to Wilmington, N. C.
“Temperatures continue low for the
season generally from the Mississippi
valley east to the Atlantic coast, and
they are above normal In the North
west States and over the west plateau
region.
"There will be snow this afternoon
and tonight in the middle Atlantic
States, and tonight and Sunday
morning in New England and east
ern New York.
“The weather will become fair Sun
day.”
After his hard luck yesterday when
he took a chance forty-eight hours
ahead instead of twenty-four, the
forecaster was subdued today and
not anxious to hazard guesses. He
admitted lie had pronounced views on
this unexpected intruder from the
C'arribean sea, but said they were
not the sort usually Incorporated in
government bulletins and really could
not be formulated in official language
Most of our weather comes out of
the northwest and every observatory
ini Vdirection reported peace and
qul ursday night. So unanimous
wal report of fair prospects that
thek waster took a chance yester
day^ a promise of a fine day for
Eai jjjjliut the storm came in the
weal *>ack door, Florida, and to
day! 3recaster was in a conserva
tive. \ %
The “test temperature during the
week-, g at midnight Friday was
61 and owest 20. The average for
the wijit was S6, one degree above the
average for the preceding week and
nine degree below the average for
the corresponding week last year.
DAVID CRATER
IN MANHATTAN
New Jersey Secretary of State
Stricken on Broad
way.
OVERCOME IN STORM
FROM HEART FAILURE
Deceased Was Native of Mer
cer County—Admitted to
State Bar in 1879.
special to the Evening Star
NEW YORK, April 3.—^avid ri.
Crater, secretary of state, of New
Jersey, died suddenly this afternoon
in front of 1*3 Broadway, this city
He was sixty years of age. Hear I
failure wan the cause of death.
Mr. Crater had come to New York
on a business trip. He was seen to
stumble in the snow and then col
lapse, almost on the corner of Cort
landt street.
The body was carried Into a nearby
building and was viewed by Dr. W.
A. Slaver, of the staff of the Hudson
Street Hospital, who was walking in
the crowd at Dey street a bloek away
from where Mr. Crater was stricken.
He examined the body and said thai
death had been due to apoplexy. The
body was then removed to the Green
wich police station.
Stricken at 2 O’clock.
Mr. Crater was stricken exactly at
3 o’olock. He was all alone and his
identity was not known until a search
of the body and a card and other
means of identification were found.
Word was sent to the residence of
Judge Thomas G. Haight, United
States District Court, Mr. Crater’s
son-in-law, who resides at 104 Bentley
avenue, Jersej- City, and he went over
to New York to claim the body.
David S. Crater was bom near Port
Mercer, Mercer county, July 19, 1846.
He was educated in the public schools
and became a printer in the office of
the Monmouth Democrat in Freehold.
He later studied law in the office of
Aaron A. Throckmorton, once surro
gate of Monmouth county.
Mr. Crater was admitted to the
bar in 1879. and was appointed sur
rogate of Monmouth county in 1882
by Governor Ludlow. At the fol
lowing election he was nominated
and elected for a full term, and held
the office until April, 1912, leaving to
assume the office of secretary of
state, to which he was appointedTiy
Governor Woodrow Wilson.
Met With Accident,
Mr. Crater met with an accident
about two years ago, which resulted
in the breaking of a leg. He com
plained of late about the condition
of his health, which, as he put it, was
not by any means as good as he could
wish.
About a year ago he unwerwent
an operation for appendicitis.
Mr. Crater always w-as an active
Democrat and was the treasurer of
the town of Freehold at a nominal
salary for thirty-seven years. He
was a member of the Freehold fire
department and was one of the
trustees of the Freehold librarj'.
Mr. Crater leaves a widow and two
daughters, Mrs. Thomas G. Haight
and Miss Gilberta Crater.
Cashier of Eagle Brewing Co.
Stricken With Heart Fail
ure in Office.
Frederick Schnellbacher died sud
denly at the Eagle brewery on Hayes
street this afternoon. He succumbed
a few minutes after being stricken.
County Physician McKenzie was
notified. He said heart disease was
the cause of death.
Mr. Schnellbacher was connected
with the Eagle brewery in an of
ficial capacity. He was a brother of
Henry Schnellbacher, superintendent
of the Krueger Brewing Company,
who died several months ago.
Mr. Schnellbacher, who resides at
67 West End avenue, was stricken
upon his return to work from lunch.
He was within 100 feet of the office
of the brewery when hie office aeco
ctates eaw him sink to the sidewalk.
When he did not rise they ran to his
assistance and brought hif..J the
ofllce, but he died within a few
minutes.
He had not complained of being il.
and was regarded as a robust man.
When he left home this morning he
told Mrs. Schnellbacher that he might
not be home for supper and not to
wait for him.
He was fifty-three years old and
had worked at the brewery more than
fifteen years, commencing as book
keeper and being- advanced to his
present position as cashier as op
portunity arose. He is survived by
his wife, one son and one daughter.
I Fail to Get Any Trace
of Missing Bookkeeper
of the Progress Club
| Xo word has been received from
i George B. Hunter, the missing book
keeper of the Progress Ckib, whose
disappearance was simultaneous with
the discovery of a shortage in the
funds of the club. No additional
shortages have been ui covered and it
is believed the deficit will be about
*2,000.
William Murtaugh Injured
William Murtaugh. about forty
five years old, of 317 Hillside avenue,
president of the Acme Paving Com
pany. fell from a Main line car at
Broad and Walnut streets today. He
was taken to St. James's Hospital
in the City Hospital ambulance,
where it was found that he had sus
tained several broken ribs and pos
sible internal injuries,
A
BRITISH SHIP
TORPEDOED
German Submarine Adds
Another Vessel to Long
List of Victims.
BATTLE IN CARPATHIANS
NEAR DECISIVE STAGE
Russian Defeat in Bukowiaa
Believed Greater Than at
First Reported.
The German Pbomarines hav added
another vessel to their long list sun.,
since the under-sea blockade was de
clared. The British steamer Lock
wood was torpedoed off Devonshire
last night, after having been chased
several miles by a submarine. The
twenty-five members of her crew took
to the boats and were picked up by
trawlers.
Reports from Petrograd today sot
pressed the belief that the battle for
the possession of the Carpathian
passes is now approaching a decisive
stage.
The latest reports of the fighting
in Bukowina, in which the Austrians
forced an invading army of Russians '
to retreat, declare that the Austrian
victory was of much greater propor
tions than the earlier report# indi
cated.
The prolonged lull on the western
front was unbroken yesterday. The
official German report mentions three
small attacks by French and Belgian
forces, which were repulsed. A Ger
man aeroplane was brought dowy.
near Rheiats after dropping bombs or.
the city.
The kaiser is said to be at the nev
headquarters of tho German army
near Dinant, directing the movements
of the troops in preparation for the
coming big battle of spring.
By tbe Associated Press.
LONDON, April 3.-The Briuab
steamer Lockwood w as torpedoed fit
a German su bmarlne Friday night off
Start Point, in Devonshire. The mem
bers of the crew were saved.
A German submarine pursued the
Lockwood for several miles before
being able to gain a position from
which she could discharge her tor
TfMhi iTItf' struck the
(•♦eaWbr" aMTT Tne engine room, but
the crew of twenty-five found time
to lower a lifeboat. Later they were
picked up by a trawler and brought
into port.
The steamer Lockwood was owned
in London. Built in 1896, she was ef
677 net tons and 236 feet long.
By the t'nited Press.
LONDON, April 3.—The crew
of the Dutch steamer Schieland.
blown up in the mouth of
the Humber yesterday, said today
they believed a mine caused the de
struction of their vessel. A terrific
explosion damaged the steamer amid
ships. killed n fireman and injured
three others of the Schieland’s crew.
The crew then took to two boats, the
one commanded by the captain stand
ing by until the ship sank. One boat
landed at Immingham and the oth«P
at Hull.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. April S 03:50 p. m.).—It
was learned here today that the
British steamer Easton, until re
cently known as the Southpoint, was
sunk off Lundy Tsland, on the Devon
shire -’oast, on March 2S, and not eff
Cape Fintsterre, in Spain, as way
erroneously reported iu a dispatch
received here from Lisbon, where the
surviving members of the crew
were landed.
The report that this ship had
been sunk off the Spanish coast in
dicated a -very wide range for th
German submarines. There ha*
been nothing to show- as vet that
they are. operating further afield
than the waters of the British Isles.
By the Vniled Press.
PETROGRAD, April 3.—Tic great
battle for the possession of the Car
pathian passes is now approaching
the decisive stages. Along a twenty
mile line reaching from Voir. Mi -hova
eastward to the river San great ar
mies are now locked in death stray
gles on the icy hills. The invasion
of Hungary with a possible early
ending of the European war may
hinge on the result.
Enthusiastic reports of Russian
successes hate reached here from
correspondents at the front. The
war office, while optimistic, does no
share the belief that the battle haa
been won.
Important victories have been
scored by the Slavs, but the gigantic
clash for the Cssok pass is yet to
begin.
Nearly half a million Austro-Ge:
mans, it is now estimated, are eu
camped along the Carpathian batti
front either north of the mountain*
at the passes themselves or defend
ing the railway at Mezo Labor*',
south of the Lupkow gap. Behind
them are endless chains of trenches
and fortified positions that, must Be
forced before the great body of Rus
sian troops pass down th^ heights
and into Hungary.
Russian Left Wing Gains.
From Vola MichioTa to Smolnik the
: Russian left wing is making slow but
steady progress. Perhaps no army
in the history of the world ever ad
vanced under more tremendous diffi
culties. A recent thaw melted th
snow and covered the mountains with
tiny rivulets. Then a sudden .lash of
zero weather converted the paths sniS
sides into glaring sheets of ice. To
these natural obstacles the Austrian!.,
under German direction, built al
most impregnable defenses high on
the ridges.
At no point are the Slavs nearer
than twenty miles to the Ussok Pass
Some of the most desperate ilghties
of the entire wad must occur befoi
a Russian army pours through tb*
gap along the railroad leading to
Ungvar. It will require at least a
month of steady advance, military
experts estimated today, before the
main Russian army can pass down
the southern slopes of the Carpa
thians into Hungary. But the battle
now developing will have tremendous
influence on the Anal result m