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EMPLOYMENT OF
I NON-RESIDENTS
l STIRS UP LENTZ
tabor Representative Also
■> Takes Hand in Committee of
One Hundred Dispute.
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® MOSES APPOINTMENT A
TOPIC OF COMMITTEE
| M r. Lentz Objects to Statement
Given Out by Wack—Lat
ter Defends Action.
The employment of non-residents
I of the city by the Committee of One
| Hundred was the subject of a verbal
' tilt at the meeting of the parades
f and decorations sub-committee today.
Henry Hebeler. labor representative
upon the committee: Major Carl
Lentz, and Henry Wellington Wack,
executive adviser to the Committee
of One Hundred, engaged in the dis
pute. The naming of Lieutenant W.
J. Moses, U. S. N„ retired, os an ad
visory member of the committee, was
brought in, and brought on a sharp
interchange between' the three.
All during the meeting the lack of
funds stared the committee in the
face. Speaking on this, Mr. Hebeler
turned his attention to the employ
ment of outside help.
"Why don’t wo employ Newark peo
ple?” he asked. "There Is criticism
of the committee now- There Is not
tho feeling toward the celebration
that there was toward the start. I
know there have been people who sub
scribed to the $250,000 fund and who
have changed and now refuse to pay
their subscriptions. And it is be
cause of the way certain things have
been going down here.”
"The greatest objection I helve
heard has been against the employ
ment of expensive outsiders,” contrib
uted Major Lentz. iMrs. F. C. Jacob
son replied that sometimes it proves
difficult to fill positions with Newark
people. She said her committee is
making every effort to do so.
Mr. Hebeler inquired: "Can’t a
young lady be found in Newark to do
typewriting for $20 a week in this
office, and do we have to go outside of
Newark?” General R. Heber Breint
nalt, chairman of the committee, and
George J. Gates put in at this point
that they believed these to be matters
red- the general committee, and not
for the parades and decorations body.
Bead It in Papers.
Hardly had tho discussion abated
when Mr. Hebler addressed General
Brelntnall, "Mr. Chairman-, there is
another matter i wish to bring to the
attention of the committee. I have
read in the papers that Lieutenant
W. J. Moses lias been Appointed an
advisory .member of the committee.
This committee has not been In
formed of the appointment. The firs*
I knew of it was when it was in tho
papers."
Major Lentz spoke to the same ef
fect, and in conclusion said: “It
seems that without the knowledge of
this committee tljis gentleman, whom
t do not know, was suggested to the
executive and finance eernmtttee,
perhaps with someone boosting him,
and named upon our committee. I
believe that no advisory member of
our committee should be appointed
excepting by our committee. And I
want to say that after the meeting
of the special committee last Friday,
when wo discussed the budget, Mr.
Wack gave out a statement to the
newspapers about me. t do not think
that Mr. Wack, who is an employe
„of the committee of which I am a
member, should have dona that. It
was injudicious.”
“The reporters came to me and said
you had told them your story," said
Mr Wack, ’’and I dictated that inter
view."
Uefore that Mr, Wack had spoken
on advising the committee on the
affairs arranged for June 10, on which
the committee decided to have a
Spanlsh-American War Veterans’
parade. Major Lentz reverted to this.
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Emperor Favorably Disposed
Toward Entente—Troops
Might Goto Egypt.
PARIS, Dec. 17. 11 a. m.— Didj
JeaSsu, the young emperor of Abys
sinia, is so favorably disposed toward
the entente allies that lie not only re
sisted efforts of German agents to in
duce him to abrogate treaties with
Great Britain, Italy and France last
year, but offered 200,000 soldiers to be
used by the allies os their military
necessities demanded, according to
Pierre Alype, a member of the colonial
committee of the Chamber of
Deputies.
M. Alype made this assertion In
connection with the resolution now
before the foreign affairs and colonial
committtee of the chamber, offered
by Gratten Candace, a colored deputy
from Guadaioupe, that /-the French
government, in accord with the allies
of France, seek immediately the
means of securing the co-operation of
Abyssinian troops under a guarantee
of the independence of that country.
With regard to this proposition,, it is
recalled that the late King Benelik
concluded a treaty of alliance with
France in 19rt7.
M. Alype pointed out that the
French railroad connecting the
French port of .lubltil with Addis
Abeba in Abyssinia would make pos
sible the rapid transportation of
troop? t8 the coast, where within four
days they could reach Sues, or in five
days Bassorn. in Mesopotamia. The
Abyssinian troops, be also noted, are
already well ai med, hat ing from 800,
000 to 1.000.000 modern rifles, ail manu
factured since 1911, partly in Ger
many. but for the most part by Bel
gium.
Tile co-operotion of the Japanese
fleet is suggested for the transporta
tion of Abyssinian troops to Egypt or
Mesopotamia.
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EVERYTHING IN READINESS
FOR PRESIDENTIAL WEDDING
Thirty Guests Will Attend Ceremony, the Exact Hour of Which
Remains Unannounced—Wh ite House Attendants Packing.
Foreign Crisis Will Not Disturb Honeymoon.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Wedding
and honeymoon plans of President
Wilson are not to be upset by inter
national events. It was learned today
the honeymoon is not likely to be
postponed or shortened because of
the situation with Austria. The
honeymoon wfll be spent not far
away and the president will be in
close touch with the White House.
Secretary of State Lansing will he
ready to visit the president if decisive
action regarding Austria becomes
necessary. That such action will not
become necessary within a fortnight,
insuring the president and his bride
at least that much surcease rrom of
ficial cares, was believed.
The exact hour of tomorrow's w id
ding was still unnamed. It was be
lieved certain, however, it would be
performed during the evening, as
originally planned. The license was
sent today to Rev. Herbert Scott
Smith, rector of St. Margaret's Epis
copal Church. The wedding ring, a
narrow circlet of gold, initialed "W.
W. to E. B. G.,” was nestling In the
president's waistcoat pocket.
The White House attendants were
busy packing traveling bags and at
Mrs. Galt’s home florists began decor
ating. There was no rehearsal today
of the ceremony. Messengers arrived
at the Galt home with numberless
presents.
The list of wedding gueste numbers
about thirty’, confined, mostly to the
Immediate family of the president
and Mrs. Galt. Of the president's
family there will be Ills three dauglr
tera. Miss Margaret Wilson, Mrs.
Francis B. Sayre and Mrs. William
G. McAdoo; his son-in-law. Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo; Joseph Wil
son. the president's brother, with
Mrs. Wilson; and his sister, Mrs.
Anne Howe, with her daughter, Mrs.
Cothran, and granddaughter, little
Josephine Cothran.
The bride's family will be repre
sented by her mother, Mrs. William
H. Bolling; three sisters. Miss Bertha
Bolling, Mrs. Alexander H. Galt and
Mrs. Mathew H. Maury, of Anniston,
Ala.; her five1 brothers, John Ran
dolph Bolling, Richard Wtlmer Boll
ing and Julian B. Bolling, of this
city; Dr. William E. Bolling, of Lex
ington. Ky., and Rolfe E. Bolling, of
Panama; her brother-in-law, Alex
ander H. Galt, of Washington; three
slsters-ln-law, Mrs. Julian B. Boll
ing, Mrs. Rolfe E. Bolling and Mrs.
Richard Bolling.
Close friends to Attend.
Among close friends of the bridal
couple present will be Dr. Cary T.
Grayson, the president's naval aide;
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, a mem
ber of the White House family cir
cle and friend of Mrs. Galt, and Miss
Alice Gertrude Gordon, the most In
timate friend and ward of Mrs. Galt.
Other unofficial guests will be Mrs.
Galt's aged negro "mammy” and
other old servants of the Bolling fam
ily at Wythevifie, Va. Matthew H.
Maury, of Anniston, Ala., Mrs. Galt's
brother-in-law, and Mrs. William E.
Bolling, of Lexington. Ky., her sls
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“DAL" TO BE
HONORED AT A
—
Boom for State Republican
Chairman May Be Formal
ly Launched.
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The boom of County Counsel Alfred
N. Dalrymple, of this city, as the next
chairman of the Republican State
Committee, Is expected to receive
much impetus at the testimonial din- !
ner to be given him at the Krueger !
Auditorium next Monday night. Be
tween 1,200 and 1,600 diners are ex- |
pected to be present, and although
fhe present list of speakers are con
fined to Essex county notables, it is
thought that perhaps some otitis of
State reputation will hC present.
It will be primarily a gathering of
the Republican clans of Essex county
to pay tribute to the leadership of
Mr. Dalrymple, and every ope, who is
anyhody In the Republican political
arena la sure to be present.
Mr. Dalrymple by Ills alliance with
Davy Baird In South Jersey holds
control of the legislature and today
looms up as one of the biggest figures
in the State politically.
May Be National FI mre.
It was announced by friends a short
time ago that Mr. Dalrymple Is a can
didate for chairman of the State Re
publican Committee, and that once at
the head of that organization he will
become a national figure. This ex
plains the eagerness of some of the
politicians outside the county to be
present at the dinner.
it is not at all unlikely that the
booms of former Governor Murphy,
who is a candidate for United States
senator, and State Senator Austin
Colgate, who ie a candidate for gov
ernor, will be given some Impetus at
the dinner. Both the former gover
nor and Senator Colgate are down for
speeches during the dinner. The
toasts to which the speakers are to
respond have not been announced.
County Chairman Herbert W. Tay
lor will preside at the dinner until
such times as the speech making
commences, when Congressman Ed
ward Gray w'lll act as toastmaster.
Among those who are slated to make
speeches are former Governor Frank
lin Murphy, State Senator Austen Col
gate, Mayor Thomas U. Raymond,
Congressman R. Wayne Parker, Con
gressman Frederick R. Lehlbach,
former County Register Thomas A.
Alworth and Assemblyman Charles
C. Pilgrim. Rev. William T. Lipton
will deliver the invocation.
GAM PILES
BIN YARDS
The work of collecting ashes and
garbage still is a day and a half be
hind schedule because of the s'fonn,
and 'William H. Edwards, general
manager for the Joseph Marrone Con
tracting Company, said today that
conditions will not be normal before
the middle of next week. Charles M.
Shipman, general superintendent of
the Board of Works, said that he was
convinced the scavenger firm was
doing lts best and would soon get
caught up.
Manager Edwards saidN “The men
started out Monday morplng, but the
storm drove them In. Then, of course,
' not much progress could be made
Tuesday, and every day since has been
'a hard one, with today worse yet.
“We are working under pressure,
with thirty-two extra wagons, and we
are calling on the livery stables for
more, but can't get them. We will
work extra hours and all day Sunday,
which ought to bring us into next
week Apt far behind schedule. There
will be"o let-up until things are right,
but Just now I don’t see any chance
for that until maybe the middle of
the week. We ara trying to make It
j earlier."
Cloudy and Warmer
Tomorrow probably will be cloudy
and warmer than today, with strong
south winds, according to the Indica
tions seen by the forecaster today.
The rain probably will continue until
some time during the night. At noon
the temperature was 33 and a three
mile easterly wind was blowing. Yes
terday's highest temperature was 36
and the lowest of the night was 3%
SEVEN MEN SENT i
■PA /\T ■ Tr* AniAAll I
Many Must Pay Penalty for Va
rious Offenses Against !
the State.
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Seven men were sentenced to State
prison by Judges Harry V. Osborne
and William P. Martin in the Court of
Special Session*, Parts I and IX, to
day. All were for burglary, larceny
gnd carrying concealed weapons, and
all admitted their guilt.
) Two of tlie men sentenced by Judge
Osborne broke open a slot machine
and stole thirty-two cent*. They got
terms of not less than two nor more
tbajj three years each because of pre
vious bau records. Four of the men
were sentenced by Judge Osborne and
three by Judge Martin.
. Brooklyn Man Fnrea Kant.
Of those sentenced by Judge Os
borne, Johan Kamblts. alias Smith,
twenty-seven years old, of Brooklyn,
fared the worse. He got not less than
three nor more than seven years for
carrying a gun and having burglar
tbols In his possession. Ho was ar
rested on Frelinghuysen avenue No
vember 3. I
The two men who broke open the]
slot machines were Charles Engel,
twenty-five, alias Ragtime Charlie,
and Charles Stauss, thirty-three, of
106 Badger avenue. Both had served
time before. George C. Roberts, no
home, who was arrested in Millburn
on complaint of William Fellows
Morgan for soliciting money for the
Volunteers of America without au
thorization, was sentenced to serve
not less than two nor more than three
years. The charge was obtaining un
der false pretenses. He worked the
game before.
Those sent to State prison by Judge
Martin were: Antonio Scoca twenty
two years old. of 189 Forrest street,
Montclair, for attempted murder,
burglary, larceny and carrying con
cealed weapons on two occasions: An
tonio Sole, twenty-seven years old of
96 High street, for carrying a loaded
revolver, and John Fleming, twenty
eight, of Paterson, for entering and
petty larceny.
Member of Uurrlar Gang.
Scocoa was a member of a gang of
burglars, according to his own ad
mission to the police, and tried to
shoot Patrolman Mechler, of Mont
clair. when that officer chased the
gang. On the charge of attempting
to murder the policeman he got not
le» than three nor more than twelve
years. On the two concealed
weapon indictments he got terms of
two to three years and on another
charge of robbing a roommate in a
house in this city of $900 two years
ago he was given three .to seven
years. Ail the terms will run con
currently so that, in effect, his sen
tence will he the highest one, three
to twelve years.
Sole was arrested on' October 16,
when he had a loaded revolver in his
(possession. He was only released
from State's prison after serving four
years last October. His resentence to
that institution was for not less than
one nor more than three years, bit
he will also have to serve the re
mainder of the maximum term im
posed on him In 1911, thirteen years.
Fleming is an old offender, having
served time in New York. New Jer
sey. Pennsylvania and Ohio for burg
lary In the last eight years. He was
given one to three years, and will
have to serve In addition four and
one-half years of a previous term,
which he got out of by good behavior.
He was caught robbing a house on
Seymour avenue, and had some small
articles and a few dollars In cash In
his possession.
Blosl Albano, twenty-three, of 385
Tyler street, and Gero Stano, twenty
five, of IS Malvern street, both of
whom pleaded non vult to an assault
and battery and robbery upon a wom
an In Montclair, in which Scocoa was
Implicated, were sent to the reforma
tory, They obtained only 33 cents and
a piece of garlic as their booty in this
robbery. The police chased them-and
a revolver duel took place between
Scocoa and the policemen.
Of seventeen law violators to face
Judge Harry V. Osborne for sentence
yesterday all but fpur were under
1 twenty-eight years of age. Nine of
the seventeen offenders were placed
on probation, the others were sent to
the reformatory, penitentiary and
State’s prison.
The oldest men to face the court for
sentence were George F. Grantzow
and Herman de Valllere, the latter of
Plainfield. Grantzow’s age was given
as forty and de ValUere as forty-two.
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ALDERMAN LEE
TO START SUIT
AGAINST KELLY
$50,000 Damages for Defama
tion of Character Will Be
Asked.
RESULT OF CLASH AT
MEETING IN CITY HALL
Contractor Called Official a
"Crook”—Men Were Former
Business Partners.
Alderman Thomas J. Le©, jr., of the
Sixth ward, today announced that ho
hag taken preliminary steps toward
the institution of a suit for *50,000
damage* against James F. Kelly, a
steamheating and plumbing contrac
tor. The latter yesterday afternoon
openly criticised Mr. Lee after the
buildings committee of the Common
Council had gone on record as refus
ing to award a contract to Kelly. Mr.
Lee Is chairman of the committee. He
formerly was a partner of Kelly In
the Oratige Supply Company.
Alderman Lee this forenoon went to
the law office of George XV. Ander
son. It was then decided to have Mr.
Anderson Immediately start suit
against Kelly for defamation of char
acter. Kelly during his attack on
Lee declared the alderman to be a
"crook,” and also denounced him in
other strong terms.
Mr. Kelly, after the committee had
voted not to grant to him the contract
for work at the new city almshouse
at Ivy Hill, addressed the meeting.
He was lowest bidder. He said he
did not think it fair for Chairman Lee
to hamper him In endeavoring to ob
tain work from the city. He said he
had obtained a contract for some work
at the City Hall, but was not able to
carry it through because of the oppo
sition of Lee. He said lie would like
"to tell the committee something.”
The challenge was Immediately ac
cepted by Chairman Lee, who defied
Kelly. He urged the contractor to
go ahead and tell all he knew. Kelly
came back with the declaration that
If he told all he knew about Lee the
latter would go to Jail. Lee again
challenged the contractor and the
latter answerpd that Lee was a
crook, ’tttere were further recrimi
nations to which Lee held his tongue.
Mr. Kelly Is head of the firm of
James F. Kelly, Inc., which has re
ceived large contracts for work on
Newark public institutions. He
formerly was Connected with Storms
& Co., which firm went hi to bank
ruptcy. . . ;
Previous to this Kelly was a partner
with Alderman Lee In the Orange
Supply Company. There was a dis
agreement between them, and as a
result there has been a display of
animosity by both Lee and Kelly,
which culminated In the clash at the
City Hall yesterday.
High Preanite System.
The almshouse matter which led
to the clash came up on the question
of passing a resolution awarding the
contract for the Installation of a high
pressure water system. Alderman
Littlefield said materials were going
up in price.
"There’s.the resolution. All it needs
is four signatures. Go ahead and
sign it.” replied Chairman Lee.
Alderman James P- Rogers said Mr.
Lee had no right to solicit prices from
other firms after competitive bids had
been received and the low bidder as
certained.
Mr. Lee said the Leader Iron Works
would Install a high pressure system
for *1.700. He said the Kelly price of
over *4,000 was exorbitant and he
would not sign the resolution.
"I’ll sign it." said Alderman Little
field. Alderman Rogers, a Democrat,
did likewise. Alderman John McGov
ern was asked to sign the resolution.
He refused. Alderman William F.
Hass did not say how he felt about
the contract. He did not sign. This
left only two signatures on the res
olution.
"Why. you signed that resolution
yourself at the last meeting and then
scratched your name off.” said Aider
man Littlefield to Chairman Lee.
"I know I did, but I didn’t know
the nature of the resolution.”
Four signatures are necessary to
bring a resolution out of a committee
to the council. As a result the con
tract could not be awarded to Kelly.
COAL SHORTAGE
HERE LAID TO
RAIL EMBARGO
Bituminous Shipments Blocked
by Freight Traffic—Price
Jump Predicted.
Local coal dealers said today there
Is a shortage of coal. The shortage
Is due to the congestion of traffic on
railwa. s leaaing from the coal fields
Into New York. The shortage will
mean a raise In the price of the
commodity, dealers say, unless the
present congestion Is soon relieved.
The householder, it was explained,
will npt be affected by the tieup.
Most of the dealers who serve the
small user secure their supply of
icoal from the pockets of the coal
companies, which are IndirecUy con
nected with the railroad companies.
It Is the large dealer who secures
his supply direct and who supplies
the factories and mills through the
oity who may he hit hard by the short
age. Tl.e supply of soft coal on
hand in the various yards is reported
low and many of the coal dealers say
they have refused to accept orders
from other than their regulax cus
tomers.
The recent embargo placed on cars
from other Unes by the Pennsylvania
railroad has hit dealers who have
sidings along that line. Many ship
ments which have come In over other
lines and have been transferred to
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Woman Frightened by
Jitney Bus Loses Use
of Her Vocal Chords
Frightened speechless when a. jit
ney bus whizzed by her as she was
alighting from a Springfield avenue
car at Twenty-first street, Irvington,
last night, a woman who was recog
nized by a passenger on the car as
Mrs. Eva Eneiloth, employed by Ar
thur R. Heller, of 346 Mt. Prospect
avenue, was taken to the City Hos
pital where she was unable to answer
any of the questions physicians put to
her until this morning.
She then said that she was Mrs.
Eneiloth, a widow, thirty years old.
She insisted that she bad been struck
with something although declaring
that she had not seen any jitney go
past her. There are no bruises about
her body and she will probably be
detained at the local institution until
she fully regains her faculties.
JUDGE RESERVES
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P. Sanford Ross Co. First to Be
Proceeded Against Under
Federal Act.
Decision was reserved by Judge
Thome* G. Height in the Newark
branch of the United States District
Court today on a motion to dismiss a
proceeding instituted by the govern
ment against P. Sanford Ross, incor
porated, contractor, to test the limita
tions of the Federal eight-hour work- I
lng law.
The law prohibits mechanics and
laborers engaged in work for the gov
ernment to work more than eight
hours a day. Judge Haight adjourned
the case until Tuesday, when he will
announce his decision on the motion
rpade by counsel for the defendant to
direct a verdict of acquittal. The case,
is being tried before a Jury.
The defendant firm, which does a
general contracting business, has Its
office at 277 Washington street, Jer
sey City. P. Sanford Ross, Its head,
lives at 76 Johnson avenue, this city.
In the spring of last year, the firm
had a contract for dredging work in
Staten Island sound, near Elizabeth,
and the government charges seven
teen violations of the law, claiming
that men engaged in the work there
worked more than eight hours per
day.
The case is said to be the second
one ever tried in the Federal courts
throughout the country' since the
eight-hour law w»* enacted in 1182,
It is regarded as a test case, having
been instituted by the government,
tn order to get a judicial ruling of the
law, as amended in March, 1913. The
present case is the first that has been
tried anywhere in the country since
the amendment was passed. The
outcome will, therefore, be regarded
with interest by government officials
throughout the country.
Only one witness was called by the
government, and the defense rested
' Its case without calling any witnesses.
I Horace Klple. a government engi
neering Inspector, was the witness.
He testified as to the character of the
work done by the seventeen men
named in the several indictments
brought against the defendant cor
poration. He was minutely cross
examined by Robert H. McCarter,
: counsel for the defendant.
Following the cross-examination.
Mr. McCarter moved for a direction
! of a verdict in favor of the defendant
After Assistant District Attorney Jo
seph Bodine, who is prosecuting the
case for the government, had made
j answer to the motion. Judge Haight
announced that he would leserve de
cision until Tuesday morning.
Claims for Non-aoit.
Mr. McCarter based his claim for a
non-suit on a clause in the act a£
amended in 1913. The clause provides
1 that no one who was not "directly
1 operating dredging or rock excavating
machinery or tools” was subject to
, the act. He contended that none of
the men mentioned in the indictments
! actually operated any of the machin
j ery or tools in connection with the
1 work. Some of the men, he asserted,
: were engaged in oiling the machinery
and doing other work not subject to
the provisions of the act. 'Mr. Boaine
admitted that some of the men men
tioned in the indictment were exempt,
but maintained that certain others
assisted in operating the machinery
on a dredging vessel and were subject
to the law.
“The government has brougnt this
case,” Mr. Bodine declared, “not be
cause it lias any particular grievance
against P. Sanford Boss. Inc., but be
cause we feel that it is very important
that we have some court construction
of the 1913 law. The limitations of the
law have never been judicially de
fined."
But one prosecution was brought
under the original act of 1S92. A con
viction in that case was set aside by
the Supreme Court on the ground that
the men working on the dredging ves
sel in question were in the eyes of
tho law seamen, and not subject to
the act. The 1913 amendment did not
materially affect this ph^se of the
case. Mr. McCarter declared, it did.
however, exclude those men who were
not directing machinery or tools in
dredging work.
Judge Haight said he did not want
to pass on Mr. McCarter's motion
until he had determined fully whether
the government could appeal the case
in the event that he did direct a ver
dict of acquittal.
“I know that the defendant has the
right of appeal, but I am not certadn
that the government has the same
preorgative,” Judge Haight declared
He further stated that he wished to
have some time to consider the points
raised by counsel, and also to study
the language of the laws governing
the case. He then adjourned the case
until Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
“BLUE WORKS’EIVIPLOYE
IS BADLY HURL IN FALL
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Stephen Santo, thirty-five years old,
of 125 Delaney street, was today taken
in the City Hospital ambulance to St.
James’ Hospital with a fractured
skull as a result of a twelve-foot fall
this morning from the top of a fur
nace in the plant of the Heller &
Merz Company, manufacturers of
dyes, at theioet of Hamburg place.
PRINCIPALLY TO
Will of Mrs. Sarah A. C. Skin
ner, of East Orange, Filed
for Probate.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO
BE MAIN BENEFICIARY
Bequests to Charitable Institu
tions, Relatives and
Other Friends. '
The bulk of the estate of Mr*. Sarah
A. G. Skinner, of East Orange, 1* left
to the Episcopal Church under the
terms of her will as filed and proved
at the office of Surrogate Fred G.
Stickel, Jr., today. The estimated
value of the estate is *500,000. Be
quests are made to many relatives
and friends. Including one ot *20,000
to Margaret S. Jacason, who was a
domestic at hte Skinner home.
St. Barnabas’ Hospital receives *",
000 and *5,000 goes to Christ Episcopal
Church, of this city, to establish an
endowment fund for the rector's sal
ary.
The residue of the estate after the
various other bequests have been
made, will be converted into cash and
divided into three equal parts. One
part will be given to the Domestic
and Foreign Missionary Society of
the Episcopal Church of America; a
second part to the American Building
Fund Commission, also an Episcopal
organisation, and the third to the
general clergy relief fund for aged
and infirm Episcopal ministers, their
widows and orphans.
Bequests of $5,000 was made to
each of the following:
St. Alban's Episcopal Church. New
ark; St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church,
Newark; Church of St. Andrews of
the Fields, Philadelphia; Home for
the Aged, Metuchen; Arthur Home
for Boys, Summit; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
Newark: Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, New York;
Chatham Episcopal Institute and
School for Ctirls. Chatham, Va.: Wom
an’s Auxiliary to the Board of Mis
sions of the Episcopal Church.
Orphan Asylum.
The Newark Orphan Asylum re
ceives $2,000, as does the Daughters of
the King, an organization of the Epis
copal Church. M. Penderell Walker,
of St. John's College, Shanghai,
dhina, is left $1,000, and $1,000 goes to
each of the following, whose addresses
are not given:
Rev. John W. Walker. William W.
Walker. Andrew Scott Walker. Mar
garet Welker and Rachel Walker.
George H- Grannis, of New York, is
a beneficiary to the extent of $5,000,
and the following residents of New
ark are left $5,000 each: Sarah Ade
line Emson. Frances G. E. Stremmell,
Sarah J. Higgins and Berthe Virginia
Higgins.
Mary E. Martin and Frances E.
Martin, also residents of Newark, are
given $2,000 and Charlotte D. Ellis,
of Amesbury, Mass., receives a simi
lar amount. Another $2,000 bequest is
to Jennie M. Van Brunt, of Beatrice.
Neb. _
The sum of $5,000 is ordered invested
for Mary L. Grannie, of Newark, upon
whose death it will go to Mary E.
Merriman and Alice M. Merriman. of
New Haven. Conn. Charles P. Mer
rtman, of New Haven, ia the bene
ficiary of a $5,000 investment also, and
upon his death the money will like
wise become the property of Mary and
Alice Merriman. In addition, each of
the latter, together with Edward D.
Merriman, receives $5,000 absolutely.
Mary A. Bonner, of Somerton, Phil
adelphia, is remembered for $5,000.
Kate H. Alcutt and Ellis A. Vande
grift. residents of Dolington. Bucks
county. Pa., each receive $2,000.
Dvqucsi to worn era.
Jane S. Miles and Margaret Miles,
of Newark, are left *2,000, to be divided
between them equally. Charlotte Me
Greary and Agnes Frase. of Newark,
may divide ,*4,000 equally.
The *20,000 bequest to Margaret S.
Jackson is contained in a codicil exe
cuted November 30, 1915. The same
codicil provides that *10,000 be in
vested for the benefit of Margaret
Van Auken, upon whose death it will
be placed in the residue of the es
tate. , , „
The will in its original form was
made June 2, 190S. It left *10,000 to
Charles H. Skinner, husband of Sarah
A. G. Skinner. The income from the
property at 19 Lenox avenue, East Or
ange, was also left to Mr. Skinner.
Mr. Skinner died later, however, and
the codicil provided that the *10,000
and the proceeds of the sale of the
Lenox avenue property is left to
whatever grandchildren survived Mrs.
Skinner.
The will provides that the sale of
real estate left by Mrs. Skinner shall
not be hastened by any of the bene
ficiaries of the will. The executors
are empowered to delay the sale, so
that the interests of the co-tenants
mav be fully protected.
The executors named were Mr.
Skinner, George H. Orannis and Hugh
B. Reed. No security or bond may be
required of the executors for the
faithful performance of their duties.
i ■ -—■
His Appointment Restores Dip
lomatic Relations With Car
ranza Government.
_
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.—Henry
Prather Fletcher, now ambassador to
Chile, was nominated by President
Wilson today for ambassador to
Mexico. Eleslo Arredondo already
has been appointed Mexican ambas
sador to the Cnited States and Mr.
Fletcher's nomination today restores
diplomatic relation* between the two
countries, broken off nearly three
years. . . ... _
AUSTRIA'S REPLY OR ARCORA
DISCUSSED BT THE CABINET;
NEVU ROTE APPEARS CERTAIN
____A _ I
IN MONTENEGRO;
Reinforced, Invaders Are At- ]
tacking Vigorously Along !
70-Mile Front.
_s_
By the United Proto.
PARIS, Dec. 17.—Austria has sent
reinforcements into Montenegro and
is pushing with great energy her cam
paign to capture or annihilate the
Montenegrin army.
Dispatches received here today said
the Austrians are advancing on a
seventy-mile front. The Montenegrins
are resisting stubbornly along the
Dim river, but lack heavy artillery
and ammunition to check the Invasion.
Inhabitants of eastern Montenegro
are fleeing before the approach of the
Austrian army, which now occupies a
front extending from twenty to thirty
miles within the Montenegrin frontier.
At the same time furious flghting
has been resumed between the Bul
gars and Serbs in Albania. These
thousand Bulgarian troops forced a
crossing of the river Drln after a
two days' battle in a severe snow
storm. The Serbs brought up rein
forcements and threw the Bulgars
back on the following day.
Athens dispatches today reported
that 150,000 Bulgarian and German
troops sire now massed at G egveii
and Doiran. To these forces will soon
be added 50,000 Austrians advancing
from Krivolak.
Heavy artillery is being moved
southward, and there is every indi
cation that the attack on the Anglo
French forces north of Salonika is
about to begin.
By the Associated Press. *
PARIS, Dec. 16 0:83 p. m.)—The
following official Montenegrin com
munication was received here today:
"At dawn of December 14 the Aus
trians directed a general attack at
all our positions in the Sanjak. At
nightfall our advance guard troop*
had to retire north of Chahovre and
Blelo. In the direction of Ipek-Roial
the enemy, after several days' fight
Ing. succeeded in occupying Rozel.
"Along the other fronts there was
iafanty Bring.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN" Dec. 17, via London, 8:15
p. m.—At army headnuafters the an
nouncement was made today that tiie
Austrian-Hungarian troop* which ate,
invading Montenegro have captured
BjeJopolje, on the Lim river, about]
twenty miles west of the Serbian!
border.
By the foiled Prw
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 17.—The Bul
garians lost 15,000 in the Cerna river
fighting, according to advices received
here today.
By the Auoclated Tree*.
PARIS, Dec. 17, 4:45 a. m.—The
Milan correspondent of the Journalj
says it is estimated there are 30,060
Italian troops at Avlona, Albania.
While the Avlona position Is hardly
favorable for an offensive movement,
he says, the expedition may be re
garded as the starting point of opera
tions on a large scale.
SALON! KI, Dec. 17.—Bulgarian
troops continue to bold their lines
about two miles from the Greek fron
tier and show no Intention of crossing,
according to dispatches received here
today. v
Anglo-French military officers, how
ever, believe that an invasion by
either Bulgars or Germans will begin
within a few days. In withdrawing
Greek troops from Sakmikl, General
Moschopulos sent a formal notice to
General 8a trail, declaring:
"The Hellenic army has been ordered
to retire for the purpose of leaving the
ground free for the belligerent
armies.”
By the Associated Pres,.
PARIS, Dec. 16, 6:35 p. m. (Delayed)
—The Saloniki correspondent of the
Havas Agency sends the following un
der date of December 15:
; "In the course of the fighting during
! the Franco-Britieh retirement from
Gievgeli (Serbia) towards Salenlki the
: Bulgarians captured two French ma
I chine guns and two batteries of Brit
ish artillery, as well as 280 British
prisoners.”
PRISONERS TAKEN
BY SERBS OVER
40,000, REPORI
i Captured Teutons and Bulgars
Said to Have Arrived
in France.
—
MARSEILLES, France, Dec. 17 (4:55
a. ra.L—Seven hundred and fifty Bul
garian, German and Austro-Hunga
rian officers, taken prisoner by the
Serbs, and 40,000 soldiers captured in
Serbia arrived here during the night
cn their way to a concentration
camp.
Another Italian Liner Sank
by an Austrian Submarine
I By the Inlird Pm*.
LONDON. Dec. 17.—The Italian
liner Porto Said has been sunk by a
submarine.
The Porto Said was owned by the
I Lallan Maritime Society, of Genoa, at
which port she was registered. She
was built in 1884 and displaced *,*01
tons. Presumably she was sunk to
the Mediterranean.
I
Some Terms of De-coded
Message Not Clear to
U. S. Officals.
BERLIN DOES NOT EXPECT
BREAK WILL BE CAUSES
Believes That Vienna Govern*
meat Will Make Important
Concessions Later.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.—Austria**
reply to Secretary Hanning's note <m
the Ancona, received during the night,
was laid today before President WSje
son and the cabinet, and was
cussed more than an hour.
The gravity of the situation caused
by Austria’s rejoinder to the Araerf>
can demands, which is considered
evasive, unsatisfactory and unaccepfc*
able, remained unchanged.
The next step will not be decide^
upon until some minor points ate;
clear in the official text are checked
np. The apparent discrepancies arg
not important, and may be due 69
transmission or translation from thd
state department code, but they wifi
be cleared up before another move ja>
made.
Secretary Lansing said after th|
cabtnet meeting that he did not know
when the text of the note would M
given out for publication and that If
certainly would not be made pubfid
until he had an opportunity to sftaM
it carefully and at length. -'AM
Another FxtbAngr Certain.
Diplomatic relations, althougfl (R
danger of being broken off, are not
likely to be discontinued, at least jH§
fore there has been another exchsajjtg
of notes with Vienna, and so tfft
crisis may be said not to be in lag
final stage. Another note setting otsf
why tha United States cannot accegl
A u,stria's reply will go forward oefosa
the situation takes on a more eetlkSl
aspect.
Meanwhile there are scree oppMIk
tunity and even hints of Informal
gotiations which might wnootb iaH
the troubled situation. The trequfliR<j
calls of Baron Zwetdinek. the AWdifl
•plan charge at the state'deparamM
give seme color to discussion x'oflR
that line, and those who expact UijB
at the end the differences win be awl
justed count on the influence of Ber
lin to counsel Vienna to avoid, m
break.
How much ground there to for suCS
an expectation' is not disclosed by
those whb entertain ft.
How-bui Fisas rneUsturbcd, '3g
So far as was apparent today tfB
situation has not affected i r-sidegd
Wilson’s plans for going on his hoiMM
moon journey after his wedding tog
morrow night
Before the president leaves, bMdK
ever." he will agree with Seeretwl
Lansing on the outline of a reply (B
Austria's note, and If there should tM
any further change In the situaaCWjB
Mr. Lansing will go to confer with IN
president at the place where he wIS
spend his honeymoon. That pftMlg
however, has so far been kept la
secret
By the i niteri Tram.
BERLIN via Amsterdam. Dec. lYjtfg
Berlin does not expect any dip: mattoi
break between Austria and the UnitRi
States as a result of Austria's fciMsSj
to comply promptly with 1 in itidB
demands in her reply to the Ancon
Austria is willing to make lag
portant concessions to prevent saSjl
a break, according to Information r*S
ceived here Another exchange- eflj
notes probably will clear the Whan
situation.
The position taken by the AnsteipH
foreign office in its reply not crnly a|
heartily approved here, but is exaofiH
the attitude Austria was expected jgj
taka It was pointed out by oSte^H
today that to have complied BtMRM
with the American demands at «d
would have cost Austria much tj
prestige and would have brougRB
down popular denunciation upon
Austrian government. i
By the Associated Free*.
PARIS, Dec. 17 (5:05 a. TO.) —*1gj
shall be very much astonished if fjgl
American government .dees not replB
to the Austrian note by simply 'fM
structing Ambassador Penfield tt M
for his passports and by handing
passports to the Austrian charge 31
Washington," says the Figaro. " j
"Austria’s answer is a barely M
guised refusal. The only sansfactiHi
Austria gives the United HtatealU
that she does not keep the UlsS8g|
States waiting for it. President M
sons long an Unity has its limits *m|
the dismissal of the Austrian citatgM
at Washington and the recall of AH
bassador Penfield will show fhidJjH
not a question of a fit of energy. M|
a carefully thought out resettMMf^H
By the A»»oei»ted Press.
LONDON, Dec. IT —A IB
the Exchange Telegraph Ca
from Amsterdam quotes a
received from Vienna as m
feeling there Is that the
States will ask for the recall
Austrian embassy, as the Au
note on the Ancona case is est
In such terms that such a ste^^H
sldered unavoidable.
"It is said that the neta
mitted to the German M
before its presentation to
dor Pen field." says the
dispatch, “and that
recalled ambassador to ■
States, took a hand in
document."
The message adds
day's editorials in Vienn^^B
on- the note extensive
pear. ■ sTf
BERLIN (via Lond<
17. 1:S5 a. m.—The Jxikal
the Tagesseitung, the
and the Ze'tung am M
press thorough ajiproval
tro-Hungarian reply to
note on the
town papers
the Cologne
Count Burian found w
opponent's fence.”
The Jjokal Ahxetger