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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
COURT RELEASES
FOUR WITNESSES
IN WH|TMORE CASE
Counsel for Alleged Wife=Slaye
Will Make Effort to Get
Bail.
Especial to the Evening star.l

JERSEY CITY, June 9.-Georgie
Dickinson. whose real name is Char
lotte Mcdonald. went back to New York
today, promising to return for the next
trial of Theodore S. Whitmore. She
was released from the custody in
which she had beer held as a witness
since last January, n deposited with
the court her witness fees of SIS, to
which shs was entitled, as a guarantee
of her return when wanted.
With her were released at the same
time Albert Thompson and Frederick
Kirkman, who found Mrs. Whitmore's
body in the Lampblack swamp, at
Harrison. and Frank Englert, who had
known Mrs. Whitmore intimately. They
all left their witness fees as a guaran-
tee of their appearance when wanted.
Alexander ]. Simpson, counse for
Whitmore, will make an application in
a few days for the release of the ac-
cused man on bail. His argument will
be based on the fact that nine of the
jurors at the first trial voted consist
emily for acquittal, and that that fact
warrants the assumption that as many
or more jurors will vote similarly at
the next trial.
Assistant Prosecutor Vickers an
nounced that the next trial would not
be held before October /, but Mr.. Simp-
son said that in the event his client
was not admitted to bail he would move
for an early trial, perhaps within a
month.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
OPTIMISM WILL
Be KEYNOTE OF
INSURANCE MEET
To Be Held in Newark with
President Dryden and Other
Prudential Men Present.

Former United States Senator John
F. Dryden, president; DR.. Leslie d.
Ward, first vice-president; Forrest F.
Dryden, second vice-president, and Ed
ward Gray, secretary of the Prudential
Insurance Company, are in Buffalo tc
attend a three days meeting of the
Western superintendents and assistant
superintendent of the company. They
will return the latter part of the week
to participate in a meeting here of en-
ployees from the Eastern States.
The Newark meeting, which Is sched-
uled for next Monday, is expected to
be the largest of it's kind ever held in
this city. Plans are being made to en-
terrain between 400 and 500 visitors.
Both meetings are for the purpose
of having a heart-to-heart talk among
agents, and mapping out an optimistic
campaign for the coming year.
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Y. M. c. A. MINSTREL
ATTRACTIONS MANY

A minstrel troupe of fifty members
of the boys department of the Y. M. G.
A.. will give a performance next Fri
day night, June ~, in Wallace Hall,
The chorus is being trained by L. D.
H. Gilmour. Louis Hitler, Of Ridge
wood, will entertain with his tricks;
Raymond Smith and Frederick Metz,
the assistant physical instructor, will
swing the illumined Indian clubs;
Ranels and Teare will appear in a
"hand-to-hand" balancing stunt; NAL
colin Shackleford will impersonate a
down South darkey with his banjo;
Joseph Ret SIS will give an exhibition
of clever 'jigging;" l.. d. H. Gilmour
will sing character songs, and a quar-
tet from the East Side Branch of New
York will sing. The entertainment
will close with a farce by members Of
the Twenty-third street, New York
branch.
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OF CHOIR
GIRL THREATENED
IN CHURCH ROW
Trenton Police Guard Pretty
Ethel Hughes at Home and
at Church.
Especial to the Evening start

TRENTON, June 9.-Miss Ethel
Hughes, IT years old, and pretty, was
under constant police guard today.
fearing that an attempt would be made
on her life by enemies who are trying
to drive her from the choir of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church. A police
man has been assigned to guard the
home of her uncle, Edward M. Marge-
rum, POT Spring street, with whom she
lives, and tonight, when she attends a
| church meeting she will be escorted to
the church by two officers
Some of the letters received by Miss
Hughes are in red ink and one con-
ing her name, and with the sketch Of
DR.. Jones standing at the bier preach
ing her funeral Another one
read: IF you come out Sunday night
you may not go home until Monday
morning" Another said: Cheer up;
the worst is yet to come" Another
reads: 40, Praise the Lord;' it won't
be long before the choir is singing that
song. The Sunday after you go under
the ground I'll bet the choir is going
to sing; %. That VIII Be Glory for
Me-"
All of the letters and postals are
decorated with skulls and crossbones.
They have been turned over to the
postal authorities n the police, and it
is believed that an arrest will be made.
If suspicious are true, this arrest will
cause a great sensation, as the person
OF whom suspicion rests now is very
prominent, not only in the church, but
in high social affairs.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
PRACT|CALLESSON
IN OPTIMISM At
C|TYS BIG STORES
Will Advertise Special Goods at
Low Prices to Give Factories
New Impetus.
OPTIMIST CLUB PURIFIERS
PLANS FOR BIG MEETING
Ways and Means Committee Is
Backed by Merchants Who See
Great Things in Movement.

Next week, commencing Monday, will
be Optimist Week with the big retail
stores of Newark. The managers of
all of the large stores have agreed to
extensively advertise special sales of
goods made in Newark and vicinity
at such low prices that they will be
readily sold. The idea of this is to be
able to place big orders with the New
ark factories so that manufacturers will
employ their full force of help continu-
ously. Thus, the weekly payroll is
greatly increased and the spending
power of the general public augmented,
hence the return of business prosperity.
The advertisements of these torres
will preach the doctrine of optimism, as
prescribed by the hustling Optimist
Club of New Jersey. They will explain
that the sole reason for Offering the
advertised goods at such ridiculously
low prices is to furnish employment to
the workers. The manufacturers have
agreed to cooperate in the movement
by Offering their wares to the stores at
the cost to make, thus the goods will
be offered to the purchasing public at
the manufacturing cost, and the only
ones to profit viii be the purchasers and
the persons employed in making the
goods.
The ways and means committee of
the Optimist Club held another i'm
portant meeting today in the Board of
Trade and further discussed plans for
the great Get Together mass meeting to
be held soon> Assurances were received
that the meeting will have the pleasure
of hearing a world-famous grand opera
singer, and will listen to an address by
a celebrated humorist.
Contributions to the fund to pay nec-
essary expenses of the campaign of
optimism are coming into the treasury
in a flattering manner But the more
money received the further and deeper
the doctrine of optimism is to be
preached and the greater good accom-
plished. Frank Holt, of the big jewelry
firm of Frank Holt & Co., 739 Broad
street, its treasurer and will furnish re-
ceipts for all contributions.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
BUTTER IN ON
FAMILY TROUBLE
BUTTS INTO COURT
Gruber Helped COrder's Wife
with a Knife, Says
COrder.

Andrew Gruber, As years old. of S44
Summer avenue, was held in 5000 bail
for the Grand Jury for stabbing
Charles Corder, AZ years old, of same
address, under the left eye during a
fight yesterday afternoon.
AT the Second Precinct court today
Corder informed Judge Herr that every
time he and his wife had trouble Cru
Der Quilted in" and helped Mrs. Corder
to assault him. During a quarrel
with his wife yesterday, he said, Cru
Der got a table knife and made a rush
at him, cutting him under the y so
badly that he had to be taken to the
City Hospital and have the wound
sewed up.
Corder said that Gruber did not live
with him, but had two rooms in the
same house.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
O HALF FOR,
HALF AGAINST, BRYAN,

PROVIDENCE. June 9.--The Rhode
Island delegates to the Democratic ma
tional convention have split evenly on
the question of indorsing William Jen-
nings Bryan for President.
The delegation will leave for Denver
July 3. at $50 O'Clock in the morning.
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STEVENS tech"
SOPHS HANG AND
BURN OLD ENEMY

HOBOKEN, June 9.-Sophomores of
Stevens Institute Of Technology have
held their annual trial of King Calcu-
lus. AS of yore, he had no show from
the start, was promptly convicted, SEN
fenced to be hanged, his body driven
through the streets and then burned.
Red fire was kept burning and rockets
and Roman candles shot off in front of
the fraternity houses.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
PROBING FOREMAN'S DEATH,
SUSPECTING FOUL PLAY,

NEW BRUNSWICK, June o.
Thomas Martin, foreman in the Con-
solidated Fruit Jar Works, was found
dead in a vacant lot, his forehead COW
cred with blood, and it was thought he
was the victim of foul play. His watch
and chain were missing.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
RECEIVER ScHEERER DISCHARGED.

An order was granted today by Vice
Chancellor Emery to Mulligan & Koe-
mig, attorneys for Louis p. Scheerer.
receiver for Nadel & Friedman. build
ers, Newark, discharging Mr.. Scheerer
from the receivership. He has paid
back to the partners $4,000 they put
into the business, and he has also set
tied all claims against the firm.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
THINK WIFE-SLAYER is
HIDING IN WOODBURY. HOME.

WOODBURY., June philadelphia
detectives have been in search of Eli
son P. Abbott, accused of having killed
his wife. Abbott's parents live in High
street here. His family and friends be-
lieve he has committed suicide.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
FEWER ATLANTIC CITY SALOONS,

ATLANTIC CITY, June 9.-The close
watch by officials on saloons is believed
to have reduced the number of applica-
tons for licenses. Only 40 of the 200
l~censeholders of last year made appli-
cation to the City Council last night.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
CHURCHES BAND FOR LOCAL OPTION.

ELIZABETH, June 9.-Congregations
of forty-five Protestant churches have
purpose of taking part in the fall CAM
paign.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
YOUNG MAN KILLED BY
TRAIN IN RUTHERFORD

A young man. whose name is be-
lieved to be Arthur Smith, was killed
by a train in Rutherford today. The
body was removed to the Arlington
morgue.
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DEATH OF DIR. ROBERT WATTS, JR.

NEW BRUNSWICK, June 9.-Rela-
stives and friends of Mrs. Robert Watts,
jr., have been notified of the death in
his New York home of her husband, DR..
Watts. Mrs. Watts was Miss Rice, Of
this city.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
GOVERNOR FORT WILL
SUMNER AT SEA GRIT

TRENTON. June 9.-Sea Girt will
soon be the seat of New Jerseys gov
eminent. When the Republican ma
tiona1 convention closes in Chicago,
Governor Fort will take up his quar-
ters at the Summer capital"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09

MOUNT HOLLY, June Ex-Governor
Fort spent several hours with his aged
father, at the home of Mrs. Walter II.
Oliphant, the Governors sister.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09
In order to reduce stock on the following lines

Of men's shoes we have ARRANGED, for tomorrow, a
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-09

from our regular lines and the reductions are pos
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tion among posted buyers. These goods are all

which we think will create a profound sensa-
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-29
DIVORCE FOR MRS. VANDERBILT
Alfred q. Vanderbilt Found Guilty Of
Misconduct Alimony Not
Mentioned.

New York, May 81. - Mrs. Ellen
French Vanderbilt was granted an in
terlocutory decree of divorce from Al
fred Gwynne Vanderbilt by Justice
O'Gorman in the supreme court yes
terday on the report Of David Nc
Clure. the referee. who was appointed
to take testimony and determine the
findings in the suit instituted by Mrs.
Vanderbilt. Justice O'Gorman con-
f1rmed the report Of the referee that
Mr.. Vanderbilt had been guilty Of
misconduct and directed that Mrs.
Vanderbilt be granted judgment and
absolute divorce.
The divorce decree provides that
Mrs. Vanderbilt way marry during. tho
lifetime Of Mr.. Vanderbilt, but pre-
vents him from marrying during her
lifetime. The custody Of William H.
Vanderbilt, the only child Of the mar.
riage, was awarded to Mrs. Wander
bilt. No provision was made for ali.
mony in the decree, nor was the SUBJ
ject alluded to in the report of Ref.
cree Mcclure.
The referees report developed that
testimony had been secured from Mr..
Vanderbilt's valet concerning the mis-.
conduct Of his employer on a railroad
train year ago last October in Vir-
ginia
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-29
Lap0rte Authorities Told of Man
Who Picked Up Victims
for Woman.
Man SEEKS LOST BROTHER
lola wis., Man Identifies Watch-Ar.
kansas Man Says Mrs. GUINNESS
Escaped In Male Attire.

Laporte, Ind, May 27.-Mrs. Bella
Guinness had aocomplices. This was
satisfactorily learned last night when
Martin Gurhelt of Iowa. Wis.,, arrived
to investigate the disappearance OF
his brother, Henry Gurholt, who left
lola in April, 1905, to go to Laporte
to work on Mrs. Guinness farm. Mar.
tin says that early in April, 1905, a
stranger came to lola. He formed
the acquaintance Of Henry Gurholt.
The stranger talked Of the beauties Of
Laporte, said he had sister, Mrs.
Bella Guinness, who was in need Of
such a man on the farm. The result
was that Henry Gurholt left for La
porte.
Drops Out Of Sight.
He arrived here on April IL, 1906.
He wrote home regularly to his par
ents, but after a letter written July
4, 1905, they heard no more from
him. He said nothing about leaving
Mrs. Guinness farm, but in December.
when Martin Gurholt wrote and made
inquiries for his brother, the woman
replied that he had left, had gone to
Chicago with some horse traders, and
If he had not returned home she fear
ed that he might have been waylaid,
murdered and robbed in Chicago, for
he had some money with him.
Identifies Watch.
Martin Gurholt had description of
his brothers watch, which tallies with
that of watch found in the ruins, ex-
cepting one digit of the number,
which, it is thought, is due to a mis-.
take on the part of the lola jeweler
from whom Martin obtained the num-
Der.
The digging yesterday brought to
fight no bodies, and no incidents Of
note marked the work.
New Theory Advanced.
Counsel representing Ray Lam.
phere, charged with the murder Of
Mrs. Guinness and her three children,
have eceived letter from a man in
Arkansas, who positively declares
that Mrs. Guinness escaped in mems
clothing. The writer declares that
not later than May 8, five days after
she was burned to death, according
to the official statement of Coroner
Mack, he received a letter from her.
That the body of Mrs. May Grilley,
who disappeared from Rochester, N.
Y, last fall, was substituted by Mrs.
Guinness for her own is the latest the
DRY advanced by attorneys for Lam
phere. They claim to have secured
evidence to substantiate such belief.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-29
People Talked About.

John H. Bradford, one of the most
prominent horsemen Of New York, is
dead of pneumonia.
Eugene Francis Marie Henri, ninth
duke of Harcourt, is dead in Paris.
He was born in 1864.
Clarence r. Paul, fifty-six years old,
editor Of the Ohio State Journal. was
found dead in his room at Springfield.
Mo.
j. Scott Richman. one of the Oldest
practicing lawyers in Iowa in years of
service, died at his country home
near Muscatine.
Capt. John A. Rodgers has been d.
rected to hold himself in readiness for
duty as commandant of the Bremen
ton navy yard, to succeed Admiral
William T.. Burwell, who retires in
July.
John A. Hamlin, owner of the Grand
opera house in Chicago, died sudden.
ly in his apartments in the Virginia
hotel. He was one of the most wide.
ly known theatrical men in the coun.
try. Mr.. Hamlin was seventy.one
years old.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-29
THREE MEN KILLED IN FIGHT,

Trouble Between Two Families Re-
suits in Four.Handed Fight.
Brook Haven, Miss, May 26.-Wil-
liam Hilton and his son, Thomas Hill
ton. and Benson Nation, all. farmers
residing near this city, are dead, and
Thomas Nation, father of one of the
men killed, is probably fatally wound
ed, the result of a four-handed fight
In the roadway near the Nation home
late yesterday.
The trouble between the families
originated when the elder Nation was
badly beaten during an alteration
with negro farm hand, an employee
Of the Hiltons.
When Hilton and his son were re.
turning from town yesterday and
were passing the Nation home. the
elder Nation, it is alleged, renewed
the trouble. Aiming himself with a
shotgun, the younger Nation ran to
his fathers assistance. A fusillade of
shotgun and pistol shots followed,
with the result as stated.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-29
Seven Dead, a Dozen Reported
Dead and 5000 Homeless
Property Loss Heavy.
CROPS PRACTICALLY RUINED
Cutting Off of National Gas Suspends
Business at Muskogee-Towns
Under Water.

Fort Worth, Tex, May 26. - Seven
people are known to be dead. 5000
are homeless and dozen or more are
reported to have been killed in Fort
Worth and North Fort Worth as a re-
suit of the greatest rise in the history
of the Trinity river, which, beginning
at 1880 Saturday evening, reached a
climax at o'clock yesterday after
noon. Five of the deaths occurred
yesterday and two Saturday night.
Following the torrential rains of
Saturday and yesterday, a volume Of
seven inches, the river went three
inches above the record-breaking
flood of 1889.
Stock valued at many thousands of
dollars, including $500 sheep penned
up in the stock yards in North Fort
Worth, was washed down stream and
destroyed. The property loss cannot
be estimated as yet. The paralysis of
railroad service is almost total.
Oklahoma Roads Tied Up.
Muskogee, Okla, May 26. - Not a
railroad in Oklahoma was in opera
ton last night as the result of the
heavy rains and cloudbursts that have
occurred in various parts Of the state
during the past three days. The last
road to suspend operations was the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, which was
forced to quit at noon yesterday, when
the bridge on the main line at Eufau-
la went down. To add to the disaster
the main supplying natural gas to the
Indian Territory part Of the state was
carried away with the GAINESVILLE
bridge late yesterday, and the supply
Of gas for Muskogee and several other
cities in the southeastern part of the
state has been entirely cut off.
Business Suspended.
Officials of the gas company say it
will be week before repairs can be
made so that the gas supply can
again be carried. AS natural gas is
used for light and heat, business will
be suspended in a measure. Eleva-
tors have been forced to stop running
and hotels and restaurants have prac-
tically been put out of business.
During the past ten hours there has
been a rainfall of twenty inches in
this section Of the state.
The Canadian river rose ten feet
during the past twelve hours, and the
Arkansas river eight feet The en-
tire country is under water.
Crops Are Ruined.
Late yesterday afternoon message
was received from jerks, Okla, say
ing that the town was under water
and that help was needed. The rail-
road is powerless to send aid, as much
track and bridge went out early. It
is feared that a number of persons
have persisted.
It is impossible to estimate the
damage done in the outlying country,
as telephone and telegraph service is
crippled. It is known, however, that
in the lowlands crops are practically
ruined, and much live stock has been
drowned.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-29
THREE KILLED IN CAR CRASH.

Five Others Are Thought to BE Fatal.
Iy Injured and IS Hurt In Collision.
Philadelphia. May 26.-Three per.
sons were instantly killed and at least
five others were SO badly injured
that there is little hope for their re.
covery and forty@ave were seriously
hurt in collision between trolley
cars on Germantown avenue last
night.
Forty-f1ve persons were taken to the
Chestnut hill and Germantown hospi-
tails. several miles from the scene Of
the accident, and many were taken
away in automobiles by the wealthy
residents Of the exclusive Chestnut
Hill district. They are treated by pri.
vate physicians and in consequence
absolute detail as to the injured can.
not be obtained.
The accident was caused by a car
north-bound jumping the track while
going down a steep hill not far from
Chestnut Hill. The car swung across
the south-bound track and was struck
by car on that track. Both cars
we're filed with passengers.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-29
AIRshIP. BURSTS; SIxTttD HURT
Ten Thousand Spectators Stricken Dumb
With horror-Aeroaauts Escape
Death.

Oakland, May 26.-The great Nor.
rell atrship, the largest ever con.
structed, burst on its trial trip when
300 feet in the air above a crowd of
10000 spectators at Berkeley yester.
day.
The sixteen men who made the as.
cent with the big craft were dashed
to the ground and every one of them
more or less injured. Broken legs and
arms and internal injuries were sut-
fered by most of them, and it is be-
lieved that two will die.
The accident was a most spectacu.
lar one. A great crowd had gathered
about a vacant lot where the big gas
bag had been inflated with 100000 Gu
bic feet of Illuminating gas to watch
the trial of the airship.
Ship Has Sixteen Passengers.
Sixteen persons made the ascent
five of them engineers in charge Of
the five gasoline engines, several
newspaper photographers, the invent.
or of the airship, G. A. Morrell, and
an Australian aeronaut. who against
the orders of Morrell climbed onto
the rigging just as the ship lifted
from the ground.
All of these persons were injured
and their escape from death was al
most miraculous. :.
Rising slowly under the power from
five gasoline engines, the great air.
ship lifted to a height Of probably 800
feet. Suddenly there was ripping,
roaring sound and the forward end Of
the airship tilted downward.
Crowd Is Panic-stricken.
The great aerial craft began to set
tie slowly to the ground. The occu-
pants of the airship hung desperately
to the rigging, while the crowd of 10,-
900 persons were panic-stricken be-
fore what appeared to be impending
disaster to the sixteen men. AS the
airship settled toward the ground sew.
eral of the men leaped and were seri-
ously injured. Others stayed with
the craft until it reached the ground,
and they, too, were injured by the
heavy engines and the superstructure
Of the airship.
The injured are all doing well.