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TORPEDOED
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British Steamer North
lands and Trawler
Agatha Are Sunk.
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ENGLAND’S SHIPPING HARD
„ HIT BY THE SUBMARINES
One Italian Steamer Destroyed
and Fears Are Felt for
Another.
UNDERSEA BOAT CAUGHT
IN NET AT DOVER, REPORT
French Launch New Offensive
Between the Meuse and
the Moselle.
Germany’s new and powerful sub
marines are striking effectively at
British shipping, and today’s dis
patches report the sinking of two
more vessels. The British steamer
Northlands and the trawler Agatha
were torpedoed near the English
toast. The crews were rescued.
The torpedoing of the Italian
steamer Luigi Parodl, reported last
night, is believed in Genoa to have
occurred off the coast of Spain, in
dicating a considerable range of
operations for the large submarines
such as Germany is now using. An
other Italian steamer, the Pina, is
overdue at Cardiff by about a month
and it is feared she has been torpe
doed.
Report Submarine Caught.
It is reported unofficially from Dun
kirk that a German submarine has
been caught near Dover in nets euch
as have been placed at various points
along the English coast to trap these
boats.
An attack which the German mili
tary chiefs regard as the opening
of a new phase of the Western cam
paign has been initiated by the
French in the section of the front
between the Meuse and the Moselle.
The official statement from Berlin
today says that the French employed
strong forces, with a large amount
of artillery, in making assaults at
several points yesterday. The .fitt
ing was particularly spirited id the
neighborhood of Verdun and Pont-a
Mousson. Berlin expects a continu
ation of these atacks.
So far ai Is shown by the German
statement, little was accomplished by
these assaults, although It is admitted
that in one section the French gained
a temporary foothold. The official
statement from Paris gives few de
tails of the fighting, beyond the claim
that in two places advances were
made.
Furious Bayonet Battle.
Reports from Petrograd declare
that the most furious bayonet battle
in history is being fought at Lupkow
pass in the Carpathians.
Reports of a decisive Russian vic
tory In the Carpathians are doubted
In Berlin, where it Is said that the re
sult of the great mountain battle is
still in doubt. A German correspond
ent at the front points out that Rus
sian advances In consequence ol
local victories will make their offen
sive movements more difficult.
Ify the Associated Press.
LONDON. April 6, 11:21 a. m.—The
British steamer Northlands of 2,000
tons, with a cargo of iron ore, was
sent to the bo tom by a German sub
marine in the English channel oft
Ueaehey Head on Monday morning.
The Northland sank in ten minutes.
Her crew of twenty-four men were
picked up later by the Belgian
steamer Topati.
The Northlands was built at West
Hartlepool in 1900, and was owned
by the Northlands Steamship Com
pany, Ltd., of Cardiff.
By the Associated Press.
BLYTH, England, April 6, 11:42 p.
m.—The trawler Agantha was attack
ed by a German submarine yesterday
off Longstone and sent to the bottom.
The crew of thirteen men were res
cued by the Swedish steamer Tord
and landed here today.
By the Associated Press.
GENOA, via Paris, April 6, 1:30 a.
m.—Additional reports received here
regarding the sinking by a German
submarine of the Italian steamer
Luigi Parodl indicate that she was
torpedoed near the Spanish coast. If
these advices are well founded they
show that German underwater craft
are able to operate at a greater dis
tance than had been supposed from
their home base.
A dispatch from Genoa last night
announced the sinking of the Luigi
f’arodi, which left Baltimore on
January 22 with a cargo of coal con
signed to Augusta, Sicily.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 6, 5 a. m.—A German
submarine has become securely en
tangled in a net specially designed
lor that purpose and placed off
Dover, according to the Petit Jour
nal's Dunkirk correspondent, who
adds that the French naval authori
ties expect to capture the submergi
ble when it comes to the surface.
Miles of submarine traps have been
set by the British navy at harbor en
trances and other strategic points
around tho British Isles to catch Ger
man submarines engaged in blockad
ing England. The traps are not un
like gill nets used by fishermen. Mal
leable iron frames ten feet square,
three frames joined, are sunk to a
depth of thirty leet, suspended from
immense buoys. If a submarine,
which is a blind thing .when sub
merged, enters one of these frames
its sides are caught, causing the
lower frame to buckle upward, catch
ing the propeller. Thus the craft is
in the position of a fish floundering in
a net and its occupants are doomed.
It was reported that three sub
marine* had been caught in this way
during the flrat ten days of the block
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LESS ENTHUSIASM
After First Splurge Sunday’s
Campaign Shows Signs of
“Petering Out.”
REVIVAL IN SILK CITY
MAY BE HIS WATERLOO
Sermons and Stunts Used in
Philadelphia Are Known to
His Audiences.
Special to the Evening: Star.
PATERSON, April 6.—After the
first flush of enthusiasm and
curiosity over the coming of "Billy”
Sunday, the baseball evangelist, who
was heralded far and wide as the
man who would administer the sleep
potion to the devil in this city, in
terest in the latter day "John the
Baptist” now appears to be sim
mering, and this afternoon only 5,000
persons attended the meeting in the
tabernacle.
There were empty seats in the
tabernacle, which was built to seat
between 8,000 and 10,000, and much
surprise was manifested by leaders
of the Paterson and North Jersey
Evangelistic Association, which has
been staging the "Billy'’ Sunday re
vival here.
Managers Reported as Disappointed.
George Arnold, president of the as
sociation and Rev. Edward H. Emett,
advance manager for the baseball
evangelist, are reported this after
noon to be much disappointed because
of the seeming lack of Interest in the
evangelist and his "hot off the bat”
brand of religion.
Much of the lack of enthusiasm here
is said to be due to the fact that the
Unitarians have started their cross
counter campaign, although it is said
that “Billy” will refrain from attack
ing them.
Everybody here except the ultra
enthusiasts and leaders in the cam
paign have feared that "Billy” would
meet more or less of a "frost” here,
and the doleful predictions of the
croakers appear likely to be fulfilled.
Will It Be His Waterloo?
"Will Paterson be •Billy1 Sunday’s
Waterloo?"
This is the Question which people
are asking here today. Only time
can furnish the answer. In the
meantime “Billy" is doing the
preaching and the church people the
praying.
If the campaigi fails here it will
be partly due to the fact that the
population Is largely foreign, with a
large percentage of Hebrews. An
other reason 1b that the evangelist’s
sermons In Philadelphia were pub
lished In full here weeks ago and
there Is nothing new in them.
“Billy” seems to have his usual
supply of slang with which to attract
his hearers, but his methods and
mannerisms have been so much ex
ploited of late that his bubble ap
pears to have been pricked until only
the soap remains, according to many
who have heard him.
“BRUTAL; SAYS
Local Lawyer Scores Senator
Hennessy for Assault on
Chief Justice.
In a long communication, caustic
In many ways and teeming with
arguments and reference to facts and
happenings. John A, Bernhard, a
well-known local lawyer, replies
through the Evening Star to Sena
tor Charles O'Connor Hennessy's at
tack on Chief Justice William S.
Oummere, which the Bergen Senator
made public yesterday.
The Hennessy attack was In the
form of a protest to Governor James
F. Fielder against the reappoint
ment of the chief justice.
Bernhard terms the assault on the
chief Justice as "brutal," and among
other things questions whether W.
Fellowes Morgan, a former fpreman
ef an Essex county grand jury, vio
lated his oath as a grand juror so
far as to give to Mr. Hennessy the
information he claims to have ob
tained from that source.
Appended Is the text of Mr. Bern
hard’s letter:
"Newark, N. J.. April 6, 1915.
"Charles O’Connor Hennessy, Esq.,
Trenton, N. J.:
"Deal' Sir—In your letter to Gov
ernor Fielder, advising against the
reappointment of Chief Justice Gum
mere, you set out four reasons upon
which you base your objections, and
add: ‘I do not, of course, raise any
question of his integrity nor of his
learning as a lawyer, but no one
familiar with his record on the bench
can fall to note his bias for priv
ileged interest and the significance
and Invariable consistency of which
he leans to the side of public rights
when they conflict with human
rights.’
"You speak with some modesty of
the great responsibility resting upon
you as a senator and as the leader
of ‘our party’ in the Senate. You
utterly fall, however, to express the
full and unbiased facts in connec
tion with the grounds for your criti
cism. Neither your position as a
senator nor as a leader of your
party endow you with any special
dispensation to hide material and
substantial facts or to misrepresent
the status of the matters you have
brought to the governor’s attention.
Misrepresentation Defined.
"Webster defines ‘misrepresent' to
moan 'to represent falsely or Incor
rectly, wilfully or through careless
ness.’ You have so grossly misrep
resented the facts that I am unwill
ing to let them pass unchallenged.
(Continued on rage 1. Column ft)
Klks’ Minstrels. Orphetnn Thsatre. Sunday,
April 11. Buy tickets now at theatre.—Ad
vertisement.
OF MARKET TO
tt
Chief Justice Cummere Refers
Newspapers to Inquisition
for Investigation.
EAST MECHANIC STREET
FIRE CONSIDERED, ALSO
I. Seymour Crane, of Montclair, j
Foreman of the
Jury.
Calling the attention of the grand
Jury to the stories printed in the
newspapers that allegations of at
tempted bribery in connection with
the new market contract had been
made. Chief Justice William S. Gum
mere today instructed the jurors to
carefully investigate the stories, and
if they are found to have foundation
in fret to return indictments against
the person or persons who made the
alleged attempts. He also referred to
the fire in an East Mechanic street
shoddy shop in which two persons
lost their lives, but said the prose
cutor’s investigation was not com
plete enough to warrant a charge to
the grand jury.
Before swearing in the Jurors the
chief Justice appointed I. Seymour
Crane, a hardware dealer, of Church
street, Montclair, to act as foreman.
He announced that William B. Tay
lor had been excused, leaving just
twenty-three members on the in
quest.
His charge was as follows:
"There is one matter that I want
to call your attention to today, and
one that I may have to call you back
later to call to your attention.
"The matter I will call to your at
tention now is one that doubtless
has attracted the attention of a good
many of you. My brothers and my
self have seen statements in the pub
lic press that attempts have been
made to influence members of the
Common Council of the city ol
Newark in the performance of their
sworn duties. The specific charge is
that attempts have been made to in
fluence, by offers of money or other
valuable thing, the members of the
council to override the veto of the
mayor in the award of the new mar
ket contract.
"If any such attempts have been
made it is hardly necessary for me to
say the persons making them have
made themselves amenable to the law.
A man who attempts to influence
members of a common council by
money or other reward as inducement
to his official action in a particular
way is guilty of the crime of bribery,
and it makes not a partiole of differ
ence whether reward has been ac
cepted or not.' It’s the attempt that
constitutes the bribery.
"Whethercharges have foundation in
fact the court is without knowledge,
but it seems to me that it is the duty
of this grand inquest to carefully in
quire into 'the truth of this charge
and, if they find it founded in fact,
to indict him or them who attempted
the bribery.
"I repeat again there are two
things in investigating this matter.
First, you hear only the case of the
State. Second, you are to close your
ear* to any attempt or suggestion of
outside Influence. If any such at
tempt is made to Influence you, the
court will see that you are fully pro
tected if the matter is reported to it.
"The stories of attempted bribery
were interviews with Henry Hahn,
Republican alderman from the Third
ward, in which he said he had been
offered IB,000 to vote, to override
Mayor Raymond’s veto of the award
of the market contract. He also said,
according to the stories, that he had
been offered a retainer to aot as at
torney for one of the Interested con
tractors. Later he said that the pa
pers were making a mountain out of
a molehill.
"He discounted rumors of a grand
Jury investigation with the statement
that there was nothing to investigate.
"The second matter I wanted to
speak to you about relates to the fire
which occurred the other day in the
building In which Kelly & Co. con
ducted a shoddy waste shop. Two
persons lost their lives in the fire.
"Whether anyone is criminally re
sponsible for the death of these two
unfortunates is a matter that cannot
be determined until the facts are
more fully investigated than the pros
ecutor’s office has been able to do in
the limited time at its disposal.
"If this investigation shows crim
inal liability, I will ask you to come
here again and I will instruct you on
the legal points involved.”
The chief Justice announced that
the list of cases would be called in
the Circuit Court room. Judge Mar.
tin heard Common Pleas Court mo
tions, while Judge Osborne heard em
ployers’ liability cases and miscella
neous appeals.
THREE MEMBERS OF AUTO ACCIDENT PARTY
T.rinsn D. Andrus. Clsreucfl L. Stanton. Alfred P. Skinner.
Skinner and Andrus swam to saffi(£, but Stanton was drowned.
"FRAME-UPSAYS SUNDAY
OF CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT;
HAD PICKED NEGRO TO WIN
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Rum and Paris to Blame for Johnson's Losing, He Declares.
Tells of His Baseball Days, Takes Ride to Eagle Rock and
Is Ready to Carry on the Campaign.
_
Special to the Evening Star.
PATERSON, April 6.—'The prelimin
aries of his campaign over, Billy Sun
day will really begin today to con
quer evil and alcohol, or "booze and
the devil," as he calls it.
The evangelist had a day off yes
terday; he always rests on Monday.
Part of it he spent in an automobile
to and from Eagle Rock. He was R«
tonished at the result of the Willard
Johnson fight. He had picked John
son to win.
"I think Johnson will knock his
block off," he had said. “Why, the
colored fellow will punch his head
off. This Willard Is an old grand
mother. The big boob never had any
real experience. Johnson will kill
him. Johnson Is full of tricks. He’ll
fool him to death and then put one
over.”
His Johnson-Willard talk aroused
Billy to his diamond days.
“You know it was the man in base
ball who knew the Inside game that
made good. Old ‘Mike’ Kelly who I
used to play with was responsible for
the foul strike rule in baseball. Why,
when he wanted to tire a pitcher out
In the old days or play for darkness
he used to foul balls fifteen straight,
one right after another. He knew
the game Just as Johnson knows the
fight game, and Johnson will win
with a cinch."
News thnt Johnson had finished the
bout by the sleep route took Sunday
off hlB feet after he had returned
from a long automobile ride with
George Arnold to Eagle Rode.
Jack Cardie, one-time famous pugi
list, now Billy’s trainer, beat his
“boss" to it on the comment business.
’’Frame-Up,” Say- Sunday.
“It was a frame-up," he said.
George Sunday, the evangelist’s
son. re-echoed the sentiment.
■‘I’m with our son George,” cried
Billy. “It was a frame-up."
Cardiff, according to- his speech,
had ‘‘something In” for Willard.
“That guy Willard,” he said, “is the
laziest, sloppiest fighter I ever saw,
and the Johnson guy Is so crooked
he ain't never laid in bed straight.
It’s a frame-up, to my way of think
Ing." Jack continued, and showed a
humorous strain. "Willard ought to
hold the championship title for a
long time, don't you think?” he was
asked. “Yes.” answered Jack, “it he
doesn't fight anybody.”
But Billy, instead of stopping by
“knocking” Johnson, immediately
took the circumstances to bolster up
his ever-progressing fight against
"booze and the devil.”
"This is only another victory in the
fight against booze.” said Billy.
Somebody suggested that it would
make a “timely topic” for one of to
day's sermons, and It is Just probable
that the thousands who go to hear
Billy at the tabernacle today will see
him Illustrating how booze killed
Johnson’s chances.
Mi Sunday broke in here, as she
did many times later on, voicing her
opinion with, "To much booze; too
much Paris. That’s what licked
Johnson.”
The fight atmosphere took In every
body at the Sunday home. Fred Sei
bert, the tabernacle keeper, who be
comes insulted if you write the word
Fred with quotes, said he wasn’t
much of a fighter, but that if any
body said anything against his Jesus
he would “smack him In the face."
Tells of Baseball Days,
Billy was in a reminiscent mood
yesterday. It Isn't often reporters get
a chance to “catch” Billy with enough
time on his hands to say anything of
great length.
Billy told much about himself and
his early baseball history.
“I was the first to run back after a
fly ball,” he said while talking about
his exploits. "Before I started it if
a ball was batted out behind the field
er he wouldn’t run back to catch It
but just let it drop on the field. And
I started running up on short flies,
too. I’d Jump over ditches and every
thing to catch them.”
Billy laughed when he told of his
having Just tl in his pocket and an
old suit of clothes on his back when
he went to Spalding’s store in Chi
cago to join the Wrhite Sox. He told
of how “Cap” Anson at that time,
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Father Cantwell
for Perth Amboy
Long Branch Pastor Succeeds
Monsignor O’Connell, Retir
ing Because of Illness,
Special to the Evening Star.
TRENTON, April 6.—Bishop Mc
Faul. head of the Catholic diocese of
Trenton, today announced the trans
fer of Rev. William P. Cantwell from
the pastorate of the Star of the Sea
Church, Long Branch, to St. Mary’s,
Perth Amboy, succeeding Monsignor
Bernard T. O’Connell, who retires be
cause of poor health.
May Fix April 14 for the
Legislature’s Adjournment
From a Stuff Correspondent.
TRENTON, April 6.—It is under
stood that Senator Reed, majority
leader in the upper house, will either
this afternoon or tonight introduce a
resolution fixing Wednesday, April 14,
as the date for final adjournment.
Pegoud Captures
Hostile Aeroplanej
Upsidedown Flier Adds An
other Daring Exploit to
Long List.
By the Associated Frees.
PARIS, April 6.—Another daring
exploit has been added to the long list
of those successfully carried out by
Adolphe Pegoud, the famous French
aviator, who is reported to have at
tacked and brought down a German
Taube near Saint Menshould while
he was alone on patrol duty April 2.
The report of the incident says that
when Pegoud saw the German ap
proaching he flew rapidly towards the
hostile aircraft and sent it to earth
with a few well placed shots. Pegoud
then landed beside the Taube and
took prisoner the German pilot and
observer, neither of whom was in
jured.
Earlier In the same day Pegoud Is
reported to have driven off three
other German aeroplanes, one of
which had dropped nine bombs on a
railroad station.
HOW PLANK ROAD ACCIDENT HAPPENED
She ab*»* (ketch WU mad* br an Stettin* Star artlct after a *1*1* to *c*u* *f accident
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Com. Bigelow Defines Duty,
but Pres. Briedenbach Says
Nothing Definite.
“FALSE liMPRESSIONS"
WORRIES COMMISSIONERS
Inspector May Run Around City
Spying While Bossing the
Eighth Precinct.
Although the Board of Police Com- I
missioners has created the berth of :
"acting inspector” for Captain John
E. Brown, the board members do not
themselves know what tho duties of
the position are. This became ap
parent from remarks of President
Frederick C. Breidenbach at the
board meeting yesterday afternoon.
"The board has not yet taken up
what the duties of the inspector are,"
Mr. Breidenbach said, interrupting
Commissioner Frederic Bigelow, who
started to correct certain “false im
pressions,” which followed the board's
action of' last week in naming Cap
tain Brown "acting Inspector." Mr,
Breidenbach continued by saying that
the board would decide later what
the inspector's duties should be, and
that a full statement would be more
appropriate at that time.
After the open meeting of the
board and while a few spectators
still remained in the board rooms.
Patrolman Jacob Reul, on detail at
the board meeting, was instructed
to see that "the gentlemen left the
room." Reporters looked around In
doubt as to whether they were In
cluded in this order, but were quick
ly advised that they were not, and
Invited to remain. The police cap
tains then filed into the room, and
Commissioner Bigelow proceeded with
his correction of the "false Impres
sions."
These alleged “false impressions”
were to the effect that Captain
Brown in his capacity as Inspector,
superseded Chief of Police Long in
authority, and supposedly were
created by an article In the Evening
Star on the day following the board's
action.
What "Inspector” Has to Ho.
"It Is the Idea that Captain Brown
make a tour of the city each day,
or as often as this hoard desires, ta
see that the orders of this board and
of the chief are being carried out,”
Mr. Bigelow said. "There has been
no mention at all of any change in
the standing of Captain Brown.”
It was at this point that Mr. Brei
denbach Interrupted with naive ad
missions that the board had not yet
decided what duties an "acting In
spector” had to perform.
Not a "Superior Ofllcer."
Mr. Bigelow then continued: "He
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THROWN INTO
An involuntary petition In bank
ruptcy was filed against Oscar
Michael A Co., of Broad and Cedar
streets. In the United States District
Court In session here today. The pe
tition was filed by George Furst, rep
resenting the Shlrtmakers' Manufac
turing Association, of S50 Broadway,
New York.
The act of bankruptcy was alleged
to have been committed by the com
pany by the appointment of a receiver
in chancery. Judge Cecil H. Mac
Ma'non, the receiver in chancery,was
also named the receiver in bank
ruptcy by Judge Rellstab.
A similar petition in bankruptcy
was filed against the Michael firm
by Bilder & Bilder, representing sev
eral creditors. This petition came
before the court shortly after that
filed by Attorney Furst.
Judge Rellstab denied Mr. Furst’s
application for another receiver to
be appointed with Judge MacMahon.
Mr. Furst stated he repreeented
creditors with claims aggregating
*17,000. Asked why the bankruptcy
proceedings were instituted after a
receiver in chancery had been ap
pointed, Mr. Furst said:
"My clients believe the estate can
be better managed and administered
in Bankruptcy Court. They prefer
to have the matter in the jurisdic
tion of the Federal courts instead of
(Ceattaaed ea Face «, Celoma M
THREE YOUTHS DROWN
WHEN AUTO PLUNGES
INTO AN OPEN DRAW
Four Other Occupants Saved in
Accident at Passaic Bridge
ft
on Plank Road.
CAR RACES THROUGH GATES 5
DESPITE SIGNAL WARNINGS
Former Montclair Academy Students Had
Been to Dinner in New York—Automo
bile Is Raised, No Bodies Found.
Three young men met death by drowning In an automobile
accident at the Passaic river bridge on the Plank Road (Lincoln Highway^
early today. Four other young men were saved.
The automobile, traveling at a speed of at least thirty miles an hour,
dashed through the safety gates and plunged into the draw, which had jbeeo
opened to allow a tug to pgss through on the other side. A gatemair was
hurled from the bridge into the stream. He was rescued by men whs hap
pened to be on the bridge on the way to work.
The sunken automobile was raised this afternoon. There were no bod
ies found. It is believed they were carried off by the tide. A derrick wf*
used in lifting the car. It was brought i.om Point-no-Point. Harry
Snyder, a diver, went down and put a chain around the car. Boat.men,
carriel grappling rods, resumed search for the bodies.
The dead men are; J. Gordon Knapp, twenty-one years, son of W„
Nelson Knapp, of East Orange; Clarence Stanton, nineteen, son of John F,
Stanton, of 158 Lincoln avenue, who is Eastern sales manager for the Cruel*
ble Steel Company; Eugene Stephens, nineteen. 9on of George H. Steven*,
of 368 Seventh avenue, who is connected with the Stephens-Adameon
Co., of New York.
The saved were Alfred P. Skinner, son of former Judge Alfred F. Skinner,
of 151 Lincoln avenue; Lyman D. Andrus, of 351 Hartford road.
South Orange; Kenneth B. Hay, of Dubois, Pa., nephew of Dr. R. H. Roger*,
of 49 Ninth avenue; William Bittles, of 413 Mount Prospect avenue. Hay IS
a sophomore at Yale University.
All three men drowned formerly were students at the Montclair
Academy. Stanton was a freshman at Amherst College. He entered thert
after leaving the Montclair institution.
Stephens was employed in the phonograph department of the Lauter
Company, piano manufacturers, at 593 Broad street.
Knapp was employed by his father in the undertaking business in East
Orange.
The gateman who was injured is Arthur B. Matthew*, of 16 Hampden
street. He is now in the City HoapiMteMffliJug from a broken left arn%
dislocated left shoulder aad a torn scalp. His escape from death waa ra»
markable. The wound on his head necessitated fourteen etitches.
It is alleged that tne tai&i acci
dent was the result of a "joy ride”
after the party of seven had attend
ed a dinner of the Montclair Acad
emy Alumni Association at New
York.
There are two versions of the dis
aster. One says that the party was
returning home directly from the din
ner at New York. The other is that
the automobile party had returned to
Newark from New York and then for
some reason or other went to Jersey
I City. On the second trip back to
| Newark the car shot into the open
draw.
The automobile was In charge of
Bittles. who is nineteen. He is a son
of William Bittles, head of the Wag
ner Pastry Company, of 22 Johnson
street. The car was a 1914 model,
four-cylinder. five-passenger ma
chine. .. ,
Bittles was taken by the Hud
son county authorities pending a
further inquiry into the accident. He
was driving the car at the time it
crashed into the open draw. His
parents arrived home from a trip to
Florida this forenoon and were dis
tracted at the news of the accident.
They immediately went to the sta
tion house in Kearny, where the son
was being detained. He was taken
to Jersey City to the office of Robert
9 Hudspeth, the prosecutor.
Young Bittles was later arraigned
before Judge Mark A. Sullivan In
Jersey City and held under S.--.000
ball on a charge of manslaughter
Bail was furnished by his father.
Mr. Bittles gave property at 233 to
243 Mt. Prospect avenue as security
for the ball bond.
County Engineer Frederick A.
Reiraer, of Essex county, alter look
ing over the scene of the accident,
said that he would arrange with the
Public Service Company for the use
! Of one of Its dredges and the ser
! vices of a diver In an attempt to lo
i cato the bodies of the three missing
men. Walter Knapp, brother of
! voung Knapp, was also at the scene
j of the drowning all forenoon.
L»mp •• SifntL
The time of the accident was 1
o'clock. Matthews, the gateman had
lust closed the forty-foot Iron lattice
gates on the eastern end of the
bridge. There was a red lamp burn
ing on the gate.
\ few minutes before Matthews
shut the gates the tug Automatic, of
the Tice line, bound from Newark for
New York, had whistled for the draw
to open. The huge steel draw alowly
swung around. In the distance
toward the Hackensack bridge Mat
thews noticed the glare of automobile
lamps rapidly approaching. Between
the two bridges there is both a wood
pavement and granite pavement. The
automobiles use the wooden roadway
as a rule. There are no houses, with
one or two exceptions, In the mile
straightaway, and the motor ears
generally travel along at this point
at top notch speed.
Matthews scarcely had time to turn
around when tie saw that the oncom
ing automobile was on the bridge
approach and still racing as fast as
it was possible to go. It was apparent
the driver did not realize hia danger
Matthews tried to leap out of harm's
way. He was not able to do so even
though he was standing between the
gates and the open draw.
Matthews was knocked down with
such violence that he went over the
edge of the open bridge on to the
granite pier abutment ten feet bo
low the roadway of the bridge and
off the foundation into the river.
Valentine Crogan. of 246 Vine
street, Elizabeth, and James A. Ray
del, of New Haven, two tugboat men
on their way to work, who were
standing on the east side of the
draw, grabbed a life-preserver and
threw it to Matthews and fished him
out of the river.
The automobile meantime bad
A
struck the north half of the inn
gate, thrusting It aside as though it
was a piece of paper, and then leap*
Ing Into space. There is a fifty foot
open space on each side of the draw.
The machine cleared fully twenty
feet from the edge of the bridge. In
falling the automobile splintered some
woodwork on the bridge abutment.
When the automobile hit the water
It disappeared In the darkness amid
the screams of the occupants There
was a great splash. Shouts for help
came from the open water. Members
of the bridge crew at once threw life
preservers Into the stream. Speed
was thrown on In an effort to close
the draw and thus get closer to the
men that were struggling in the wa
ter. Before the bridgemen could aid*
however, the four survivors of thf
mishap had reached a bridge pier*
They climbed out and boarded g
Plank road trolley car for Newark, t
Pour laborers employed on tbs
Faseiac Valley sewer work in Bayf
onne were on their way back ta
Newark, and on the Newark side dt
the draw when the accident oc
curred. They were John Smith, 111
New street; John Marak, l« Van
Buren street; Andrew Moeller, *4
Durand street, and John Dixon, of
93 Tichenor street.
They said that when the three
youths climbed up on to the bridge
the three ran towards a Plonk road
trolley car standing on the Newark
side and rode away in it.
Work at raising the sunken an*
tomoblle commenced at noon, whelk
a diver went down to put a chaise
around the car. A dozen members
of the volunteer life-saving erew at
Miller's boathouse, nearby, were busy)
grappling all forenoon, but without
result.
story of Driver.
Young Bittles gave the following
version of what happened He said
that young Knapp^ asked him to at
Atei:-So th*yN w^rekrSdy ‘to retlmt
he said, and Knapp asked that fit*
friends be taken alon* and Bittl*
cordii^W*o t Bu\t^lilean|11 the”" way
speed, adjusted the brakes and re
_«» J . L _ tVlWAY .u « pAy.
to respond and ’ went through th«
around ^etorTw^struc^the
I don’t know Just what^ hap
^•1 started^out to ^gwhn^and^found
the others.