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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
Tunnel TO
SAVE 100000
IN SEWER PLANS
$500
Secretary Gibson Describes Rad
icaI Changes by His
Commission.

In an address before the Eighth
Ward Improvement Association last
night. John S. Gibson outlined a radi-
cal change in the plans of the Passaic
Valley Sewerage Commission. A tun-
mel under the Passaic River, Bayonne
peninsula and New York Bay. is to be
built at an estimated saving of $1,000
600 in the cost of construction of the
Passalc Valley trunk sewer.
With a capacity to take care of the
ewage up to the time that the popu-
lation of the Passaic Valley reaches
!, SOC. 900, the tunnel, it is declared, will
not cost more than the W iron tubes
first planned which could care
for the needs of more than 100000 peo-
pie.
John S. Gibson. secretary of the COM
mission. in speaking of the proposed
tunnel before the Eighth Ward Asso-
citation last night said:
1.-THE commission was ready TO sub
NIT its report about eight weeks ago,
when further investigation evolved q
plan whereby it is expected to a v
about 5000, 900.
I'm a very short time the commits
sion will be able to submit its plans to
the interested municipalities. They will
have ninety days to act upon them.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
WOLFF ACCOUNTED FOR
ALL MONEYS RECEIVED,

David Wolff. a well-known merchant
of this city, who has been asked to
give an accounting of the estate of
Jacob Stern, as co-executor. said to-
day that the statement made that he
received large sums of money belong
ing to the estate. for which he failed
to account. was ridiculous, because
there were no large sums involved. He
added that he accounted for every
thing.
The case came up for a hearing be-
fore Advisory Master Charles F.
Kocher, sitting in the Orphans Court
yesterday, and will be continued Mon
day.
Mrs. Rose Sternberg, formerly Mrs
Stern, made the application. She is
c~o-executor with Mr.. Wolff. Her first
husband, whose estate is involved, died
nearly a score of years ago. He was
in the jewelry manufacturing business
in Oliver street in a small way. Her
second husband, Lazarus Sternberg
was formerly a partner of Mr.. Wolff's
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
BELATED SCHOOL
MONEYS SOON IN
COUNTIES HANDS
Martin Bill Likely to Become
Law by Middle of Next
Week.

The Martin bill, authorizing the State
Comptroller to distribute his collec-
tions on account of the Perkins rail-
road tax act, collected for last year.
rushed through the House yesterday,
will go to the Senate Monday and is
expected to be ready for the signature
of the Governor Wednesday morning.
This will mean that the additional
legislation" asked for by State Comp
troller. West before he would distribute
the 81, 900, 900 collections to the various
school districts, will have been provid-
ed, and the money, or part of it Will
be received by the various county su-
perintendents.
This money should have been PAID
over to the school districts for the
maintenance of the schools last year,
hut the comptroller declared that he
could not sign a warrant on the State
treasurer for the money until all had
been collected.
The total for 1907 amounts to nearly
50, 500, 900, and of this amount several
hundred thousand is now tied up In
the courts by the Pennsylvania Rail
road, and $4,000 has not been collected
from a little South Jersey road that
is in the hands of a receiver.
Newark's share is $463, 900.
The railroad tax for 1905 will be dis
tributed this year to the various schoo
districts, and Newark's share will bC
about $4,000.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
TRIES TO SHIFT
SCENE Of LENA
WH|TMORE CASE
Prosecutor Makes Move to
Show Crime Was Not Com
mitted in Hudson.
Especial to the Evening star.l

JERSEY CITY, March l9.-Prosecu-
tor Pierre Garven, of Hudson County,
Is doing everything in his power to
shift the place of the murder of Lena
Whitmore, the woman whose body was
found IN the Lampblack Swamp, in
Harrison, from Hudson County to
Newark.
He has ordered that photographs or
the place where the body was round
and of other points in h vicinity be
taken, in order TO establish his point.
"a list of ninety-five names from
which a struck jury Is to be drawn to
try Theodore Whitmore, who is now In
Jail charged with murder, has been
submitted to Whitmore's counsel, Alex
ander Simpson, by Prosecutor Garven.
From this list Lawyer Simpson will
select twenty four names, n from
these Mr.. Simpson and the prosecutor
will select the jury. Two other murder
cases are to be tried before the Whit
more case comes up.
Lawyer Simpson said today that he is
anxious to have a speedy trial, as he is
getting new facts Zach day that will
set Whitmore free. He said the trial
will not be a lengthy one and that de-
spite the efforts of the State to obtain
new evidence all had proven failures.
Whitmore's health is improving and
he takes much interest in the efforts
of the Salvation Army lassles to con-
vert him.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
FAILS TO PROVE
FRAUD IN FARM
DEAL, COURT RULE
Burr's Only Chance to Evade
Contract Lies in Sunday
Mode Defense.

That no fraud had been proved was
the declaration of Vice-Chancellor
Howell, at the close of the hearing Of
the complicated Burr case. William
Burr, of Fairfield, Conn, is endeavoring
to nave declared void a c~ontract-re-
ceipt which he gave for the first pay
ment of 5000 on a farm.
Burr declared that Mrs. Henry L.
Levison, who made the negotiations for
the sale, alleged falsely that. the con-
ditions met with the approval of his
son, Eben, who lives on the farm at
Oceanport, N. ].
He further declared that the transac-
ton had taken place at his home in
Fairfield on Sunday. and was there
fore void under the Connecticut law.
In outlining the form which the at
torney's brief should take, Vice Chan
cellor Howell said there still remained
the question of law as involved in the
Sunday feature of the case and tbs
question of fact as to whether Mrs
Levison was in reality the agent Of
William Rosenstein, one of the defend
ants. whose name was signed to this
check for 5000.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
Jersey City Preacher Writes a
Hot Letter as Result of
Crosby Measures Defeat.
COMBINATION TO UPSET
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL BOOM
Says, States Executives aid in
Strengthening Bill" Will
Be Boomerang.
special to the Evening Star.

JERSEY CITY. March BIN ac-
cordance with his threat made some
time ago that II the local option bill
was defeated he would get after the
Governors scalp, the Rev. John L.
Scudder, pastor of the First Congrega-
tional Church, today fired the first gun
against Governor Fort.
He a personally warned the Gov
ernor that IL he opposed local option
he would injure him politically, and
today he made public a letter he has
sent to the President warning him that
If she gave John Franklin Fort a place
on the national ticket he would invite
defeat.
In the letter the minister sets forth
that Governor Fort was mentioned as
a candidate for the vice-presidency, and
adds that he has incensed thousands of
Republicans in New Jersey "by aiding in
the slaughter of the local option BILL
and the letter goes on to say that the
local optionists would not vote for Gov
ernor Fort, and consequently a vote
against the Vice-President would mean
a vote against the President"
The writer goes on to inform the
President that there are ~anti-saloon
leagues in forty States and that most
of them WELD monumental political
power. and that they will all be in
formed of Governor Forts stand on the
excise question. The letter concludes
with the declaration hat the %no,nina-
ton of Governor Fort would mean that
the Republican votes would turn from
him n land a Democrat in the pres
idential chair.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
NEW JERSEY GIRL
WAS WIFE NO. 5
OF KOEHLER'S 8
Lena II, Eysel, of North Bergen,
Wed KOehler After Weeks
Acquaintance.
NO. l, WHO HAD II BABES,
KICKS WHEN NO. 8 HAS ONE
Original Mrs. Koehler Knew of
Other "Wiyes" Calls
the Man Weak-minded.

NORTH BERGEN. March 19.-De-
clarlng that she knew her husband had
nine wives" Mrs. Joseph Koehler, or
Lena Herman EIysel. as she was known
here before her marriage in 1906. ap-
peared as one of the complainants
against Koehler when he was arraigned
yesterday charged with bigamy. She
gafd she married him after one weeks
acquaintance.
Wife No. !, Mrs. Caroline Koehler.
who married the defendant In 1890, and
said that she had borne him twelve
children, was the one who was respon-
sible for Koehler's appearance before
Judge Mulqueen, in General Sessions,
Manhattan. yesterday.
When Mrs. Josephine Singer. of
Brooklyn. wife No. 8. presented Koch
Ter with a baby wife No. / reported her
polygamist husband to the authorities,
1t was the last straw.
Seven of the children born to wife
No. l are living with the mother, at
SAG East Forty-eighth street, the
youngest only 9 months old. Five are
dead.
Wife No. 2 is living as Mrs. j.. L.
Alexander, at 14O East Ni~nety-ninth
street. She married In 1901. and says
Koehler left her when she refused to
transfer to him deeds to a saloon she
owned.
Wife No. 4 is said to beTa Chicago
woman, n No 6 to have been welded
to Koehler in Philadelphia. 1t Is
| claimed that she committed suicide
when she learned that he was a blga-
mist.
Nos. !. s and Q have not revealed
| themselves, but Mrs. Koehler No. !
said last night that she thought they
were all in New York city. She hao
met two of them.
Counsel for Koehler told the court he
thought his client, who, in spite of his
extensive matrimonial experiences, is
only "a, was weak-minded.
ITO make sure that this man doesn'1
take any more wives to himself. I vii
send him away for a WHILE said tht
court. Then Koehler vas remandeo
for sentence on Monday.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19

Vice-Chancellor Stevens said yester-
day that he would advise q decree nisi
in the divorce suit Of Updike VS.. Up
dixie.
Mrs. Rowena Updike, of Atlantic
City, brought suit against Marley V.
Updike, citizen at large of the United
States. the plaintiff declaring that
three short months had brought a
period TO. her dream of lifelong
marital bliss.
Just ninety days after she became
Mrs. Updike, she declared, her husband
left home, and it developed that he had
said his las farewell. =
After following him for a time, Mrs.
Cpdike lost all trace of her husbands
movements. and abandoned the search.
The hearing yesterday was held prin-
cipally to determine the plaintiffs resi-
dence in New Jersey since 1902, when
she said she was deserted.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
EMOCRATS ARE
SILENT ON BRYAN
IN EAST ORANGE
Proposed Resolution of lndOrse-
ment Fails to Make It's App
pearance at Meeting.

There was a large urnout of menl-
bers at last nights meeting of the East
Orange Democratic Club. 1t being ex-
pected that o resolution would be intro
duced indorsing the candidacy of Will
lam Jennings BrYan, but it was held
out. Tyler Parmly, chairman of the
Democrats County Committee. was
present and made a short speech, In
which he advised that harmony prevail
in all actions OF the Democrats, and in
the selection of delegates.
The club appointed a committee con-
sisting of Edmund Whittier, John w.
Lane and Edward HART to see mem
bers of the commission at work revis-
ing the election laws OF the State and
ask that a thirty days residence re-
quirement be placed In the law. This
action was decided upon as a result of
u charge that 1t a recent election it
was found that along Harrison street
persons were registered from the
haunted house and one that Is being
torn down. Over forty names were
stricken off the list from this locality
as a result. 1t was also claimed that
many negroes vote in East Orange, de-
spite the fact that they do not live In
the city five months previous to ar
election.
Colonel Slower led a bitter attack on
the new city charter for East Orange
and claimed it was so framed hat II
will allow the, Mayor to build up q
personal machine. Edward HART
claimed there was no minority repre-
sentation allowed on the Board of AS
SCISSORS, and he said he had went tc
Trenton to have Democratic Assembly
men offer amendments to allow for this
Martin Conboy, president of the club
and Edward s.. Anderson spoke n
favor of the main points in the charter
and answering the statements Of
Colonel Slower, claimed 1t was right
that he should have the power to re
move employees of the city when ht
was held responsible for their acts
During the talk it was wondered why
the Mayor only receives a few more dol
lars a month than the dog catcher.
"Well, he earns his living" was this
reply of Colonel Slower to this, and ther
an old fashioned debate ensued.
Colonel Slower also spoke against thu
appointment of a water commission
Mr.. Conboy defended the Mayors con
tention in this regard and claimed th'
Councilmen of East Orange were over
worked. The members decided to TAX
active steps in campaign work fron
now on, and meetings will be helc
about twice a month.
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let drop that the party the maid
meant was Mrs. Margaret Sondstrom,
the older daughter, who has been III
since last October, suffering from nerv-
Gus disorders. The doctor was in at
tendance for several hours this morn
ing, rallying Mrs. Sondstrom from
numerous failing spells.
''They woke me early this morning"
continued the maid. 'fhurrying ME by
SAYING that there was great sickness
in the house. When l got up they told
me of the trouble. | told them not TO
worry, that the things would be found.
But they We're greatly frightened, II
the detective bureau was notified, And
then il was no time before we laid our
hands on them again.
1T was only a small box, but it held
securities amounting to about S60,ooU'
"Had the servants any knowledge OF
its disappearance before they were toid
by the family she was asked.
Indeed, not. The woman down stairs
has been here for thirty years, n !
have beer here fer two"
Mrs. Sondstrom's condition Is re-
ported TO b. critical. Since her moth
er's death. a week ago, h has been
Frustrated. Miss Elizabeth Nichols is
also i'll, having been In constant attend
ance at her mothers bedside for three
weeks before she died. This new ex-
citement has unnerved both. Their
meals are served in their rooms. and
they see no one.
In an exclusive statement to an
EVENING STAR reporter at noon to-
day Miss Elizabeth Nichols said:
cit was all a horrible mistake The
box was mislaid. and it was found,
and that is all there is to say. ] am
thoroughly convinced of the honesty oil
all my servants.
""There is absolutely no mystery. she
added; I'VE are overjoyed to hin That
the box was found. of course we wor-
ried last night. and my brother wor-
ried. too. while II was missing. But
everything was cleared up this morn
ing"
Miss Nichols would not discuss the
finding OF the box. She stated h a II
had always been kept in her sisters
room, and that it was found on the sec
ond floor.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
IN WILD WEST GAME BOY IS
TIED TO TREE TWO HOURS.

BAYoNNE. March 1s.-while play
Ing wild west yesterday, about twenty
boys captured Timothy Donovan, a
youth of So Linnett street, and tied
him to a tree. They then went off and
left him.
Donovan was tied up with his hands
behind him SO he could not use them.
He could not rest except by shifting
from one foot to the other, n had TO
stand there for more than two hours
before Lawrence O'Neill went to his
aid and released him.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
ONLY SMASHED CROCKERY,
SAYS LELER in JAIL

At the city jail, where he is held
prisoner charged with assault and bat
terry, William Leler denied that he had
ever struck his wife.
During all the time we were mar
ried l v raised my hand against
ner,'' he said.
1--WE were married August ID. 1907,
and for a time we were happy. Then
l began to notice that things about the
house were disappearing and asked for
an accounting. When she refused ia
give 1t I'll admit l smashed some OF
the crockery, which was mine. ] would
have smashed the furniture, too, but
we had bought it on the installment
plan and it was not yet paid for. / had
girl friends. but l did not write to them
or see them after my marriage
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
DECLARES WIFE'S
BEAUTY HIDES
DEVL|sH SOUL
Hart McKee's Lawyer Makes
Relentless TRADE Upon
Her Character.
DRAGS LORD ROSLYN'S4
NAME INTO THE CASE
Every Conceivable Charge
Against Her as Mother and
Wife Made in Divorce Fight.

PARIS, March 1e.-"Her gracious ex-
terror conceaIs d devilish SOUL was
the tenor of a four-hour relentless
TRADE against the character of MIS-.
Cornelia Mckee by Maitre Labor. the
defender of Dreyfuss, in the Hart Nc
Kee divorce trial in the Palais de Jus
tice here yesterday. Neglecting to dis
prove the charges brought by her
against her husband, he heaped upon
her every conceivable charge against
her motherhood and wifehood. in an at
tempt to win public opinion back over
to his client.
Under a fair and gracious exterior
she wears a devilish SOUL" he said.N
Her beauty conceals a nature incon-
ceivab1y false, cruel and p~erideous.''
The name of Lord Roslyn was
brought into the case when Labor
charged Mrs. Mckee with intimacy
with him before she was married to
Mckee, He elaborated the charge at
great length. su~bstantiating II with a
letter from a Folkestone hotel-keeper,
and then, at a climax of vituperatlve
oratory,- declared that Mckee married
her. to save her honor, and found
afterward that even then she would
not be true to him"
fIye pays Acqua'n'anos
He a that the couple ilao oee' Nv
ing togetner not only neIore tney were
married, put even ] v Gays aller tnes
met? closed TINS outpufst WIN tne
exclamation, what. ia she IS! no"
i~intnodestt how shalneiess'
how spe iorceo MCKEE 10 H =
Lydfe- sutton at an expense OF SfoV'ooV
IN" order lof marry 'ner Is h-kno
history How she mas now.tireo Of MN
and used her father IN tine united e'a.Ss
to prejudice opinion there against MN
is shown, by the newspapers Oh the
United states.
This seemed to be a sore point WITH
M. Tor ne displayed copies %
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
HER MATRIMONIAL
DREAM FADED IN
HONEYMOON DAYS
Mrs. Rowena Updike Seeks Dr.
vorce After Losing Trace
of Her Husband.
A PLANT or LOST LOVE
HEARD IN DIVORCE COURT.

p w 10 & RI
II went to Hot Springs. Ark,
and locked him up for desertion
and support. l told him l
would lock him I'D every time I
found him.
HE told me that i'll wanted to
spend my money following him
from State TO state, I could help
myself.
His lBHyer told me that ifTI
wanted to save the cost of a d.
vorce, MI. Updike would sue me,
If l promised not to defend the
suit.
II don't think he eve intended
to live with me long. He knew L
was a good money-maker, and
he was not particularly fond OF
-work."-Testimony of Mrs. Row
ena Updike.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
WOMENS GIFT TO PRIEST.
st. AIMS Pastor Recipient of a
Handsome Dinner Set.

st. AIMS Roman Catholic Church, was
presented with a handsome dinner set
at the celebration of the feast of ST.
Joseph, at the church last night. The
set was The gift of the st. AIMS Branch
No. "A, l.. C. B.. A. and the st. AIMS
Altar Society, and had the name of
Father Gruber in gold on each piece.
The presentation addresses were made
by Mrs. Mary Stielmann, president of
the Altar Society. and by Mrs. Frances
Siebold. president of Branch No. "a.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
NEW THEATRE FOR HOB0KEN.

HOBOKEN, March 19.-Hoboken is to
have a new theatre. 1t will he known
as the Gaiety Theatre. and will occupy
Quartet City Hall, which is to be re-
modelled. Ii is located in Washington
street, between Tenth and Eleventh
streets. One New %Jerseyman, Charles
Franklin, of New Brunswick, is on the
list of -lncorporators.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
AGED COMPOSER DIES
AFTER ACCIDENT SHOCK.

PHILADELPHIA. March 1a.--s. De-
catur Smith, 81 years old, member Of
a prominent Philadelphia family and
talented musician and composer, died
today from shock when he was ran
down by a. carriage on February 10.
Mr.. Smith was a descendant of AdmirTt
Decatur.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
AUTOTSTS' BANE AGAIN MT.

ATLANTIC CITY. March 19.-'squire
John w. Carver, the bane of autoists in
Atlantic County, was defeated for. re-
election as member of the Board OF
Education last night, Freebooter John
D. Irving winning over him.
This is his second defeat.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, March 1s.-Forecast:
New Jersey fair and slightly colder to-
night; Friday fair; fresh northwest
winds
NEW YORK, March 1s.-Local fore
cast: Genel ally. fair tonight; Friday
fair and colder; fresh to brisk north
west winds.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
WOMAN AGAIN SCHOOL nIREcT0R.

H~AMMONTON, March 19.-At the
annual school meeting yesterday Rob-
ert Steel. Wilbur r. Tilton and Mrs.
Flora Med. Little were reelected mem
bers of the Board of Education for
terms OF three years each. This will
make Mrs. Little's third term.