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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-11
IN
EXPRESS CO.
ROBBERIES
Police Have Eye on Former
Employee Youth COnfesses
and duplicates Brother.

Abraham Greenstein. II years old, of 225
West Kinney street. has confessed to De-
tective Sergearts Fohs and Pagan that he
had been systematically robblng the
United States Express Company for the
past four months. Greenstein was ar
raigned before Judge Howell last night
and held In $1,000 bonds for the Grand
Jury on charge of grand larceny.
A man at one time holding a responsible
position in the local branch of the COM
pany may become involved in the case be-
fore the police are through with 1t.
Greenstein said that hundreds of dollars
worth of merchandise which mysteriously
disappeared after reaching the local branch
of the United States Express Company
had been stolen by him and sold to his
brother. The police. are now looking fol-
the brother.
The police, through Greenstein's confes-
sion. have been able to account for over
$500 worth Of stolen goods. Greenstein
drove a wagon for the express company
for four months He always delivered the
articles charged to him. but stole other
cases of goods which were laid aside for
other drivers.
The police are working on the case and
hope. through Greenstein's story, to trace
goods that have been missing for a year or
more.
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Fort, SOmmer and Pitney
Each Have Delegates to Re-
publican State Convention.
CONTRADICTORY CLAIMS
Semmer's Friends Say Returns
Indicate Growing Strength.
Gardner Colby Claims County
Convenience Chairman Dal.
rympIe Does, Teo.

As the result Of yesterdays primaries
three candidates for the Republican Cru
bernatorial nomination will be put before
the Republican State convention by Essex
County delegates, ms candidates for the
nomination for Governor. They will be
Supreme Court Justice J. Franklin Fort,
Sheriff Frank H. Sommer and Supreme
Court Justice Mahlon Pitney.
The forces following County Chairman
Alfred n, Dalrymple will be for Fort and
the influence of Major Carl Lentz will be
for Justice Pitney.
The New Idea forces, now claiming at
least 100 votes of the 236 from all parts of
the county are ready to wage one of the
most strenuous battles In the political his
tory of New Jersey for Sheriff Sommers.
Chairman Dalrymple today laid claim 10 q
State delegation pledged to Justice Fort
to the number Of $50 or 100. when the full
reports have come in.
He. however is not taking into consider
alton the fact that the election of Major
Lentz as delegate to the State conven-
tion may take away many from the Fort
ranks and put. them In the Pttney forces
making triple "splt" in the delegation
1t is assured that the Major will make G
hot fight for Justice Pitney on the floor
of the State convention. for he has been
advocating the Morris County justice
strongly. and the fight he is making
against Fort is a bitter one.
Sheriff Sommer refused to comment or
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SOMMER GETS TWO
DELEGATES IN THIRD.
Portion of Ward Transferred from
Ninth Were Favorable to New
Idea Men.

There was no less than four interesting
fights between the Regular Republicans
and the New Idea men in the Third ward
The latter only opposed the machine in
four districts, and in two of these, the
seventh and ninth, they won. The first
and sixth they lost. Both their victories
were unexpected, and came as a surprise
to Regulars, too.
In the first district DIR. Victor F. Struck,
a former alderman and Regular took
the measure of Otto Lowy by vote of
the county committee by similar vote
over William j. Odgers.
Things were bit livelier in the sixth.
where the Regulars won out, Charles
Rosen securing LAT votes against IS for his
opponent, George w. Pitney. The latter
was also bested for leadership by Paul
SHERMAN by the same vote.
The seventh district takes in large por-
ton of what was in the Ninth Ward, and
DR.. Louis l.. Davidson. the New Idea dele
gate defeated Philip Krimke by the tally
of 80 to 49, George V. Goehring, jr.,
Regular candidate for leader, met his
match in John F. Lange.
The only other fight was in the ninth
district, also formerly part of the Ninth
Ward. The district gave Edward r.
Ward Sommer Delegate, 103 votes, against
60 for Henry w. Heller. Regular In the
same district Henry Hahn the New Idea
candidate. won out for county committee
member over George Weber by vote of
gS to "A. Hahn also sought the nominal
ton for School Commissioner but was no
match for Charles r. Rob, who is now
serving his third term.
There was no Opposition to Alderman
Emil Wolfarth, who sought denomination.
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ON WAY HERE
ATTEMPT TO
ESCAPE
Brothers, Arrested as Horse
Thieves, Try to Jump
From Moving Train.

While on their way to this city from
Buffalo, in charge of Detective Ser
geant Godfrey, of the prosecutors office,
Max and Samuel Blaumenlith, brothers,
the former II and the latter IL years
old, tried to escape. They are wanted
here on charge Of horse stealing, and
the officer was bringing them within
the jurisdiction of this county when
the attempt to escape was made at
Bath, N. Y.
The brothers were not handcuffed
when the start from Buffalo was made,
but later in the journey this precau-
tion was taken, and the detective sat
in a seat directly behind them in the
car. When the train slowed up at
Bath last night the brothers made a
quick dash for the door.
The train was still running wher
they got to the platform of the cai
but they were handicapped by theil
"cuffs" and made a clumsy jump tc
the platform of the station. Before the,
could move more than two steps, how
ever, the detective caught them ano
hauled them back.
The horse-stealing with which they
were charged was committed in Hill
side Park last summer.
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BOSs'S Plan to Fill Jail With
Faganites to Keep Them
From Voting Failed.
HABEAS CORPUS IGNORED
Sheriff Kaiser Kept Head of Po-
lice Board in Jail Four Hours,
Despite Writ Issued by Judge
Blair IS Pagan Controls
Delegates.
Especial to tho evening star.l

JERSEY CITY, Sept. 11.-Mayor
Mark NJ Fagan, of Jersey City, has
beaten Colonel Samuel D. Dickinson to
finish in his fight against bossism in
Jersey City, but Dickinson and his
followers die hard. They may still be
heard from. Mayor Fagan won the pri-
mary election yesterday by a large ma
jority He secured 1161s delegates to
the city convention to S315 for John
Mitchell, the Dickinson candidate for
mayor.
Every dirty trick heretofore known to
politics and a few new ones invented
for the occasion were tried against
Pagan, but he won in spite of every
thing. He had the entire machinery of
the prosecutor of the pleas office, the
sheriff's office, the county clerks office.
the postoffice and all Federal employees
on the job to defeat him. They re-
sorted to brute force and rowdyism in
all its forms to prevent men from vot-
ing for Pagan. They ignored writs Of
habeas corpus and openly defied Judge
Blair, and carried things in a high
handed manner throughout the pri-
mary.
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MRS. De FOREST
DIVORCES THE
INVENTOR
Secretly Filed Suit in Albany
After lie Had Aban-
dOned His.

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Dr. Lee De
Forest, the wireless telegraph inventor,
has lost in plain, old-fashioned di-
vorce mill the beautiful bride he won
in a romantic wireless telegraph court
ship Friends of the pair heard today
with some surprise that the wife, Luz
ellie S. De Forest, has gained an inter-
locutory, decree at Albany, where she
secretly filed her suit.
DR. De Forest made no defense, and
an absolute divorce may be entered
this fall, which will permit the young
woman to wed again if she wants to.
The doctors friends understood he
was prosecuting the divorce proceed
ings he filed against his wife, in which
he named Witt c. Flanagan, brewer
and of reputed wealth.
Soon after their marriage at the St
Regis Hotel in February a year ago
De Forest and his bride went to Europe
A few months after their return they
separated, Mrs. De Forest declaring the
inventor was entirely too Jealous of the
brewer. De Forest engaged detectives
and sent them to the Hotel Braddock
at Eighth avenue and One Hundred
and Twenty-slxth street, ia August
1905, to smash in a door and see what
they might md.
They didn't break the door, but they
found the name "T. G. Foster, Trenton,
N. j." on the register, and handwriting
experts said that was just the sort of n
FIST which appeared on the book at
the Hotel Marie Antoinette, where
Flanagan had registered,
Soon after this Mrs De Forest went
to live at the Hotel Marseilles. Broad
way and One Hundred and Third street.
She denied the charges made by her
husband and said she would fight it
out with him in the courts. That De
Forests suit against her was dropped
was not generally known.
DR.. De Forest said today that he had
not officially heard of the decree being
granted to his wife. His lawyer, Max
d. Steuer seen at Far Rockaway, adj
mitted, however. that the decree had
been signed by the Supreme Court
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FUSS ABOUT BLANKS
FOR PRIMARY RETURNS.
City Clerk Called on to Explain Over
sight of County Clerks Office.
Attachee Blamed.

The greater part OF the confusion and
delay in the City Clerks office last night
and the cause that materially delayed the
returns from the primary election Off
GERS, was the error of clerk IN the
County Clerks office, who failed to send
out the official blanks for the ward re-
turns, and while a number of the older
election officers used their own discretion
and put the ward returns on the blanks
provided for the county returns the ma
jorlty of the districts were not officially
heard from last night In number OF
cases the officers had to write out the
names of the ward candidates.
Seven men of the City Clerks force, by
orders of Assistant City Clerk Martin
Bross. ir. are today covering large num-
Der of districts i'm the city to inform cleo
tion officers to file their ward and district
candidates.
Many of the officers appeared at the of.
flee today and protested that as they hao
received no blanks for the purpose they
kept on list, and this adds to the confu-
All night long City Clerk James f. Con
nelly, Assistant City Clerk Bross, and 9
would have 10 explain the electioh aWs
large force Of clerks worked frantieally tT
get things straightened out and added t
the error OF the County Clerks office, th'
election officers seemed to make more
errors than In former years.
All yesterday afternoon and evening TN
city clerk was constantly Mt the phone
telling the election officers that It was moi
the fault of his office that the return
blanks had not been sent and then h'
and state that all stationery for elections
came from the county clerk
Late in the afternoon Mr. Connolly SEN
out a number Of old blanks from 1904, ant
the names Of the present candidates ha(
to be written in.
Many of the election officers are angry
and declare that they will look furthe
into the matter.
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'Lusitania Proving Herself
Queen Of All Transat-
lantic Steamships.
FOUR-DAY RUN In SIGHT
Wireless Reports Show That
Vessel Speeds at Rate of 26
Knots an Hour..Expected
to Reach New York
Friday Morning.

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Ploughing
the seas at a speed never before at
tained by a passenger steamship, the
giant turbiner Lusitania, of the Cunard
line, is sweeping along at a twenty
five knot clip on her maiden voyage
to New York, and a wireless message
received from Cape Race, N. F., early
today shows that she has broken all
transatlantic records. If she main
tains her speed through the last thotf-
sand miles of her trip the hope of a
four-day trip across the Atlantic will
have been realized.
,9he Lusitania came into the wire
less zone off Cape Race at $40 O'Clock
today ard telegraphed that she was
then 225 miles southeast of the Cape,
or LIPS miles from the Sandy Hook
lightship. The dispatch showed that
the big ship had covered 1,655 miles
of the voyage in approximately 70
hours through swelling seas and murky
fogs, which hindered her progress, and
that she had averaged a trifle better
than 2315 knots an hour, a speed
record never before reached by a trans
atlantic steamship.
The Lusitania Is expected to flash
by the red-hulled lightship off Sandy
Hook about 1 o'clock Friday morning
which would make the time of the
voyage about days and 13 hours,
more than is hours better than the
record trip between Queenstown and
New York of days, hours and rs
minutes made by the Lucania, of the
Cunard line, in 1894
The Lusitania's maiden voyage
promises also 10 wrest the title of the
queen of the seas from the Deutsch-
land, of the Hamburg-Am line.
The Deutschland made a voyage from
CherbourG to New York in 1908 in 5
days, II hours and 81 minutes ove- a
course 3,054 miles in length at an aver
age speed of 23.15 knots. With clear
ing weather indicated the big Cunar-
der should make the last stretch Of
her voyage at top speed, and officials
of the company state today that when
the Lusitania edges her way through
the new Ambrose channel all trans
atlantic steamship records will have
been broken and that a new era in
the maritime world will have begun
A dispatch to the Cunard Company
from the captain of the Lusitania re-
ceived today stated that the ship was
then 1,139 miles. from Sandy Hook and
expected to reach the Hook at 4:30 a.
m. Friday. If she does arrive at that
time she will have averaged about 2S6S
knots per hour. Another dispatch by
wireless reads as follows:
''On board steamship Lusitania, via
Cape Race, N. F., September IL, Tues
day noon 1.136 miles from Queenstown.
fog, rain, northerly wind. Lnsitania
marvel construction, comfort. luxury,
steadness. No seasickness. All en-
thusiastic.''
The distance covered by the Lusita-
MIA between Tuesday noon, when the
above dispatch was sent and the point
at which she was reported to the Gu
nard line at 5 o'clock this morning is
about 455 miles, which distance the new
vessel covered in II hours, indicating
that she was making little better than
2Cknots per hour at that time.
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GIBSON IN FRIENDS CAMP.
Has Cinch in New idea Stronghold as
State Convention Delegate.

In the third district of the Eighth
Ward the primary battle was con-
Quoted by Chief of Bureau of Statistics,
Winton c. Garrison. and former City
Comptroller John S. Gibson. who were
both running as delegates to the State
convention. The polling place was di-
rectly across the street from the homes
of both Garrison and Gibson
The Eighth Ward is a Colby strong
hold and it was easy sailing for Glib
son. John NJ. Lantz. a staunch Regu-
lar, who also lives across the street
from the polling place, and next door
to Mr.. Garrison. was conspicuous dur
ing the early part Of the evening, he
and Gibson getting into an argument
about politics sine the Civil War.
A surprise was sprung in the sixth
district by the Regulars through Henry
Dickson's defeat of Lathrop Anderson
by thirteen votes. Henry S. Tolen,
Regular, defeated the Colbyite in this
district for the county committee also.
Big Fireworks Display Tonight.
Hillside Pleasure Park, something unique. Adv
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N AY THROW
OUT FAGAN
DELEGATES

JERSEY CITY, Sept. n.--Eaving
failed to steal the primaries with the
aid of the Democratic machine IT is
now up to the Republican machine to
attempt to defeat the will of the Re-
publican voters as expressed at the
polls by capturing the city convention
of Jersey City through the instrument
tality of Sheriff John C. Kaiser, as
chairman of the Hudson County Re
publican Committee.
As county chairman 1t is his duty to
call the city convention to order, and
1t was openly stated by followers Of
Colonel S. d. Dickinson today that the
convention will be organized by the
Dickinson delegates VINO constitute the
minority, as false charges will be
trunped up against Pagan delegates
and their seats in the convention con-
tested
An effort will be made to have Kaiser
name a temporary chairman by a snap
vote and then have the latter select a
credentials committee to throw out
Fagan delegates and seat Dickinson
contestants without any semblance OF
hearing in the cases.
Mayor Fagan's supporters have
learned of the plans of the Dickinson
followers, and measures wiz be taken
to thwart any attempt to steal the con-
vention in the face of the primary re-
turns. That the Dickinson leaders are
desperate and are determined to sacni-
fee the party to defeat Fagan Is no Sc
crat THAT they can be successful in
turning down enough Fasan delegates
70 reduce the 116h votes in the conven-
tion of 200 delegates, and make a Dick
inson majority, is not believed
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ADVISES ACCEPTANCE OF
CENTRAL ARE BRIDGE BID

The bridge committee of the Elev-
enth Ward at its meeting today rec
commended to the Board of Freehold
ers that the contract for the erection
of the Central avenue bridge be
awarded to the Hay Foundry and Iron
COMPANY, whose bid, which was the
lowest was S49,9S5.
The board was Informed that the
plans for the new structure were the
best that had been submitted.
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WARRANT OUT FOR
COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN

A warrant was issued this morning by
Judge Howell of the First Precinct Court
for the arrest of Henry Lueddeke, Of 10
Arlington street, a member of the Republi-
can county committee. who was arrested
last night on a charge Of trying to bribe
voters I'm the Second Ward, and who was
paroled at that time to appear this morn
ing. He failed to appear at the appointed
time.
Iueddeke was taken into custody by
Deputy Cornell The latter was present in
court this morning and said he would press
the complaint against the county commit
teeman.
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CAUGHT TRYING TO
STEAL, GETS 3 YEARS
Saloonkeeper's Charge Sends Krimpel
Farmer Offender, to State
Prison

George Krimpel was sent to State prison
for three years by Judge Ten Eycll, IN the
Court Of Special Sessions, this afternoon.
after he had been convicted of an attempt
to rob Morris Wolfman's cash register in
the latter's saloon, 172 Waverly avenue,
August IA last.
The saloonkeeper testified that he
caught Krimpel redhanded, and 1t was be-
cause Krlmpel had served time before for
like offenses that he was made TO take the
fun extent of the law.
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SOMERSET REPUBLICAN
DELEGATES UNPLEDGED

SOMERVIILE. Sept 1.-THE Somerset
County Republican delegates to the State
convention elected yesterday are Regular,
the Colbyites having made no fight in
this county They are unpledged, SO 1t
is not known whether they are for Fort,
Piuey. or a ''black horse"
The Democratic delegates will vote for
Katzen bach, It is understood
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HOTEL AND COTTAGES BURNED.

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich, Sept. H.
Seven cottages on the beach and the
Avery Beach Hotel were burned here
today Dynamite was used to blow up
the hotel to prevent the spreading of
the fire The loss on the hotel alone
is $4,000, covered by insurance.
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wAKELEE BEATS COOK.
No Pledges for Governor by the Bergen
County Delegates.
[sreclal 10 the Evening sian

HACKENSACK, Sept. 1.-THE Republi-
can organization of Bergen County has
elected S5 delegates to the convention out
of ia This is a victory for Senator Ed
mund w. Wakelee over former Assembly
man George Cook. Assemblymen James
Devine and Guy /. Fake are assured of
denomination.
The delegates will go to the convention
unhampered by any pledges to guherna-
toral candidates.
The Democrats made no contest.
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WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Sept n.-Foreeast for
New Jersey: Fair, cooler tonight and
Thursday; light to fresh west to northwest
winds.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Local forecast:
Showers and cooler tonight; Thursday gen.
orally fair; south, shifting to westerly
winds, mostly fresh.
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LOOKING FOR FRIENDS.

A man supposed to be Charles Dougherty
was taken by the police Of the First Pre-
cinct yesterday from a lodging house In
police sta lion, where it was found that he
was an imbecile. 1t is supposed he has
friends in this city.
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COLBY coNGRATULATEs FAGAN

Especial to the Evening Star.l
JERSEY CITY, Sept n--Mayor Mark
M. Fagan today received from State Sen
ator Everett Colby, of Essex. the following
telegram:
'sHeartily and sincerely congratulate you.
IT was a great victory and you deserve IT.
F. r. Low of Passaic, telegraphed to
Mavor Fagan;
Il am glad with great gladness.
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W :
maximum velocity, miles.
Total precipitation, trace.
Character Of the day-Cloudy.
One Year Ago Today.
Highest Lowest. Average
Temperatures. 81 deg. 65 deg. Y deg.
Character of the day-Partly cloudy.
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PIuTnbers' Tools and Supplies.
Roe & Conover. 2i-23 Mechanic street.-AdV
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THE WEATHER IN NEWARK.

Newark, n. j., Sept H. 1907
3 am. am. ~ m
Temperature. 6s deg. 72 deg rs deg.
Barometer. 30.11 in. 300o in. 20 SO in.
Humidity...o.... $500. 9S pct. % pct.
Wind-Direction at noon, southeast; We
locity. miles.
Precipitation, 0M inch.
Yesterday.
Highest. t.Lowest.Average.
Tempera ture..... "a deg. 65 deg. SO deg.
Barometer. 30.1S in. 3015 in. 30 16 in.
Humidity......... 95 pct. 95 pct. 50 pet.
Withdrawing direction, southeast;
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-01

The scant supply OF able seamen il
beginning to be serious question tC
master Of vessels. At the present time
there is a demand for sailors and the
larger ports can not find them. P. L.
Cherry the British Vice Consul said yes
tcrday that from advices that he had
from Portland the same condition OBJ
tains there which is holding the Chehalis
to her dock at Knappton.