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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-29

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-29
ALIBI MAIN DEFENSE OF
ALLEGED WIFE SLAYER


New York. May 2S.--With the de-
fendants own story on the witness
stand late today the trial OF Theodore
$. Whitmorc OF Brooklyn, charged
with having murdered his wife and
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-29
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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
WRIGHT BEATS ALL
RECORDS; IN AIR
NEARLY z HOURS
In Attempt for Michelin Cup
Wilbur Flies for | Hour
So Min. 50 Sec.
BEATS PREVIOUS MARK
TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES
American AeropIanist Gives Re-
markable Exhibition
in France.

LEMANS, France, Dec 1s.-Wilbur
Wright, the American aeroplanist, of
Dayton, o.. established a new world S
record for heavier than air machines
today while trying for the Michelin
cup remaining i'll the air / hour. So
minutes and SO seconds. The best pre-
vious record is / hour. 81 minutes and
81 seconds. which Mr.. Wright made
September 81.
The aeronaut attained an average
height of "a feet today and the distance
was officially measured as 611a miles,
which does not include the wide sweeps
and turns made during the flight. He
descended only because the oil feeder got
out of order The flight was made In a
light breeze, occasionally broken by
puffs of twenty miles an hour. Weather
permitting, Mr.. Wright will try this af-
'ternoon to break the record for height
The Michein cup is to be awarded to
the aviator who makes the longest aero
plane flight before December 81 1908
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
GIVES DAUGHTER
TO HER FRIEND :
ON DEATH-BED
Father May Sue in Court for
the Recovery of His Child
Madeline.

The death bed gift by dying mother
of her young daughter to her dearest
friend is to be contested in the Court
of Chancery, according to James W.
Reiss, of 425 Washington street, father
of the child.
Reiss was summoned to the First
Precinct Police Court today by Mrs.
Edward Bertram, Of Morton and West
streets, because he had gone to the
Washington Street School in an effort
to get possession of his 11-year- old
daughter, Madeline. Then was re-
vealed the final act of the dying mother.
Reiss's wife died year ago and just
before she died she gave little Madeline
in the care of Mrs. Bertra1n. Mrs. Ber-
tram and Mrs. Reiss had been school
girl chums and had always been the
very dearest of friends. So Madeline
changed her abode to the Bertram
home and this arrangement satisfied
Reiss, because he knew that his daugh
ter had good home.
But recently Reiss married again and
then he sought to have his daughter
come to live with him. Mrs Bertram
objected, because she had become at
tached to the child and because she
cls led Reiss had not given her any
thing toward the support Of the girl.
Reiss insisted and yesterday he went
TO the Washington Street School and
tried to take Madeline home with him.
But Madeline had been posted by
her foster-mother and. besides, she
realized that she had good home with
Mrs. Bertram, and she would not go
with her father, but told Mrs. Bertram
when she reached her home. Then
Mrs Bertram obtained the summons
for Reiss.
Judge Simon, in court today, said
that it was a case for the Chancery
Court. and Reiss promised not to try
to take his daughter until he had OBJ
tained the authority of the Court OF
Chancery.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
EMPLOYEES UNDER
WORKS BOARD VENT
WAGE GRIEVANCE

At conference this afternoon of the
Board of Works, Mayor Haussling, City
Counsel Nugent, Auditor George For
man, Chief Engineer Sherrerd and Pat
rick Ryan, president of the Common
Council, Board of Works Commission
er Denman stated that he had received
complaints from the various employees
of the Board of Works in which they
declared that their salaries were COM
paratively lower than those paid en-
ployees of other city departments
Whether the salaries could be raised
was questioned, and City Counsel
Nugent said that. because of the civf
service law, limit has been placed on
the raising of salaries, - follows: That
a man receiving $500 might be raised to
81 900; one who receives $1,000 to l,50O,
and continuing on an equal basis.
Mayor Haussling, after looking over
the alary lists delegated Messrs. Nu-
gent Forman, Sherrerd and Comp
troller Bacheller a committee to devise
method of equallzihs salaries for tho
auli,e work In ali departments and re-
port on It 10 him.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
Interesting Test Case Filed in
Court by Anton Ruddy Against
Plumbers Organization.
GETS $3.50 DAMAGES
FROM NEWARK LOCAL
Result of Trial Is Eagerly
Awaited by All Organized
Workingmen.

Creating a precedent which may fur
nish the basis for innumerablc similar
suits. Anton Ruddy, non-union
plumber, of 2s Tilinghast street, today
commenced suit in the First District
Court against Journeymen Plumbers
and Gas-fitters' Local No. "a for $500
damages, on the grounds that through
their activity he lost two positions and
has for long time been without en-
ployment.
Judgment for $3.50 was given in
Ruddy's favor.
In papers filed in the case by Samuel
Press Ruddy declares that he was in
April, 1907, employed as a plumber on n
building then in course of construction
in New street, near Washington street
with other non union, plumbers. by
master plumber named Jacobi
Because he and his non union friends
were working on the building he de-
clares workers in the other building
trades refused to have anything to do
with the building, and when jacob
persisted. he alleges in running along
with non union men, he was forced TO
give in, discharge his non-union as
sistants and employ union laborers
This is styled mishap No. l to Ruddv,
who lost his job. He declares that the
defendant union was especially Insist
ent upon demanding his discharge.
Mishap No. came, he alleges, when
he was employed ass a non -uhion
worker on the Turn Verein hall last
July. AT that time, he declares, there
was a strike When the strike was set
tied, he AYERS. ne lost his position be-
cause of alleged malicious interfer-
ence" of Local No. "a Since then, he
declares. he has found il impossible to
get work.
Although a non-union man, in the
sense of not being affiliated with the
building trades unions, Ruddy is a
member of National League of Plum
bers No. 3, an outlaw organization,
never recognized by the national body.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
KRAUS NOR CASE
IN JURYS HANDS
AFTER 6 DAYS

At the close of an eight-d trial of
Kraus Mor's action for $1,000 damages
against the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Company for the al
legged diversion of Stone House brook
so that it injured his property in South
Orange, the patient jury that heard the
mass of evidence submitted retired 70
deliberate upon the verdict after Judge
Adams had charged them today.
There were no less than twenty five
witnesses in the case, which was tried
for the third time. On the two other
occasions when it came before the
court the actions never reached the
jury stage, as in one instance there was
nonsuit and in the other negotiations
for a settlement prevented it from get
Kraus Nor is a wealthy miller and
the gist of the grist with which he kept
the mills of justice busy for so many
days was that when the railroad COM
pany built its dam near his property
way back in 1895 it diverted little Stone
House brook so that it over1owed on
one of his cornfields.
Nearly all the witnesses examined
were oldest inhabitants of South Or
ange and their testimony. boiled down.
related wholly to the location of the
bed of the stream before and after
the dam had been built
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
Four Are Given, Two Years in
Prison and Fined $500
Each.
GOT DOODLE OUT OF
FURNITURE CONTRACT
Got Nearly N,000-Acqultted
Of Defraudipg State in
Other Supplies.

HARRfSEl re. Pn.. Dec. tS,-Two
years imprisonment ard sinc of $500.
the maximum penalty. wss the sen-
teucc mcted out today by Judge
I<unicI, In The Daupbin County Court,
10 encb Of the four men who were con-
Yicted of defrnu6inE t-ic state In cnp-
ncction with the furnishing Of the
Capitol building in this city.
Immediately after se1tenco was pro
nounced the defendants wcro remandcd
to the custody of the sheriff and taken
to side room pending application for
n supersedeas, which was made in tho
Superior Court at Philadelphia after
notice of the sentence here was given.
AS soon as it is granted the defendants
will offer bail pending appeal to the
Superior Court
The four defendants are John II
Sanderson, Philadelphia, contractor for
the furniture; James NJ. Shumaker,
Johnstown, superintendent of the
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
at the time the contract for furniture
was let; William p Snyder, Spring
City, and William L. Mathues. Media,
respectively auditor general and State
treasurer during the operation of the
contract and by virtue of their
positions members of the Board of
Grounds and Buildings.
The men were convicted of defraud-
ing the state out of $40, ,3oS in contract
for wooden furniture Other charges
involved large sums in the aggregate
They were tried last spring, and last
week they were refused new trial
The men convicted today were tried
a second time and acquitted of a
charge of defrauding the State in a
metal furniture contract
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
Pretty COrset=Maker Asks SIO,-
900 from the Public Serv-
ice Corporation.
ACCIDENT A PUZZLE
TO JUDGE HEISLEY
Jurors Given Comprehensive In
structions in Charge
of Court.

After Judge Heisley had charged the
jury today, in tho Circuit Court, in the
trial of Miss Grace Bishops action for
$4,000 damages against the Public
Service Railway Company, which at
tracted much attention during the last
three days the jury retired shortly be
fore II o'clock.
Judge Heislcy remarked that it ap-
peared difficult to imagine how the ac-
cident happened, unless it was because
of the negligence of one or the other of
the parties in suit, Ifft was due to the
negligence of the motorman, so he in
structed the jury. a verdict should be
found against the company. II it was
due to the negligence of Frank A.
Boettuer. the lawyer, who had charge
of the automobile which collided with
the trolley car. the court instructed
further, like return should be made.
as Miss Bishop, who was in nithe car at
the lawyers invitation, would not be
responsible Unless neglect should be
shown on her part the jury should find
in her favor
IF there is anything in the case to
show that she countenanced a reckless
rate Of Speed" the court concluded,
that would be a different proposition.
The question for the jury to consider
is whether she encouraged the man in
charge to run at dangerous rate of
speed, if the automobile was run at a
dangerous rate of speed"
Miss Bishop. who is a pretty young
corset-maker and lives in p Orleans
street, claimed that when the trolley
car and the automobile came into col
lision in August. 1907, at IIalsey street
and Central avenue, she was so badly
hurt that she became unconscious for
several days, lost her sense of smell
and impaired her sense of taste.
Mr. Boettner as the owner of the
machine, will follow the case up with u
claim of $1,000 because it was wrecked
at the time, while his brother, Freder-
lex. who was in the party. has a suit
for $4,000 pending against the com
pauy because he was also seriously in
jured.
Howard MacSherry summed Nup for
tn company late yesterday afternoon
and State Senator elect Harry V. os-
borne for Miss Bishop.
The case was scheduled to go to the
jury yesterday, but as the hour was
late the jurors voted 90 hear the charge
tsday ard the Judge agreed 70 deliver
IL
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
FATHER WALLACE
PASSES AWAY IN
PASSA|C HOSPITAL
Former Chancellor OF Newark
Diocese a Victim of Par
aIytic Stroke.
PRIVATE SECRETARY
TO BISHOP O'C0NNOR
Funeral TO Be Held Tuesday
Morning from st. Patrick's
Cathedral.

The Rev. Thomas A Wallace, until
two months ago chancellor OF the
Roman Catholic diocese of Newark, and
private secretary to Bishop John j.
O'Connor, died today in St Mary's Hos
pital Passalc.
He was stricken with paralysis at the
Episcopal residence of the bishop last
February and was removed to the hos
pital where he died. He never regained
the sense of speech after being stricken.
The funeral services will be held
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in st.
Patrick's Cathedral this city, where
the body will lie in state from Sunday
afternoon until the funeral a solemn
high mass of requiem will be offered
at thst timc. The Rev. James J. Shee-
han rector of the Sacred Heart Church,
this city. went to Passaic today and
will take charge of the body. The
interment will be in the Cemetery of
the Holy Sepulchre.
Father Wallace was in his 51st year.
He was born in New York July Il. 1851.
He served as chancellor of the local di-
ocese for two bishops during nine years
in all
In 1898 he was Appointed by the late
Bishop Winand NJ Wigger, and after
serving as chancellor for four years he
was appointed rector of Our Lady of
the Valley Church, Orange Valley.
After having that charge for six years
he was again made chancellor in 1903
by Bishop O'Connor He held that office
after being taken ill., Bishop O'Connor
having hopes of his recovery until two
months ago, when the Rev. Charles
Smith was appointed as his successor,
Father Wallace was ordained to the
priesthood in 1884 Previous to that he
attended st. Charles's College, Elliot
City, in Maryland. and Seton Hall col
lege, South Orange. He graduate from
the latter institution in 1884 and entered
the Seton Hall Seminary, where he
completed his theological course.
After his ordination, Father Wallaces
first charge was as curate in st Pat
rick's Cathedral. He served as as
sistant there for nine years. 1t was
then that he was made chancellor by
the late Bishop Wigger.
While he was assistant rector at
the Cathedral he had charge of num-
ber of important branches of the parish,
among them being the Sodality of the
Sacred Heart and the Rosary Society.
He also assisted in the supervision of
the parochial school of the parish
His knowledge of theology and eccle-
siastical law made his administration
as chancellor a successful one.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
TWO MOTORMEN
PLEAD NOT GUILTY
TO MANSLAUGHTER

Edward Trawin, a motorman, pleaded
not guilty to charge of manslaughter
before Judge Ten Eyck, in the Court
of Quarter Sessions today, and was
held in bail for trial. January 13,
while Edward Beecher. another motor
man. charged with like offense will be
tried January 12. He was also bailed.
Both were represented by chauncey H.
Beasley.
Trawin was indicted on a charge
OF causing the death of William Shea
at White and Day streets Orange. last
October, by his reckless running of the
car, while Beechers car killed Julius
Kaufman, in Main street, East Orange
last September.
Mr.. Beasley also pleaded for Aaron
Hill, an inspector of the Bloomfield
line of the Rublic Service Company
mot guilty" and his trial day was
fixed for January II. lie shot at
George Fuller, Of East Orange, under
the impression, so his story was at
the time. that Fuller was "hold.up''
man
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
ONCE WELL OFF,
BEGS SHELTER FOR
GIRL AND SELF
Woma, Refined Appearance
Taken in by Sympathizer
! After Pathetic Story. -

Suffering from the cold and hunger,
although we'll dressed and of apparent
refinement, middle-aged mother and
her S-year- old daughter applied for aid
at the Rescue Home, Liberty and Green
streets, last night. To Superintendent
three years ago she had been in com
Portable circumstances. but then her
husband died and the little money she
had saved soon disappeared She and
the child came hero from Verona,
where she had been compelled to give
up her work because Of ill-healtil.
There was no room for them at the
Rescue Home, which has for some time
been filed to its entire capacity, but
the woman was sent to Mrs. Henrietta
Post, of "a Elm street, where she and
the child were given food and shelter
for the night. When they left Mrs.
Posts home today the woman, who was
reticent when asked her name, was fur
nished with sufficient funds to reach
New York, where, she said, one of her
relatives lived.
Superintendent Simmons said today
that he felt charitably inclined New
arkers can be depended upon to respond
in the event of an appeal to them for
taking care of the overflow. On Tues
day of this week, he said, a husband
and wife, the former emaciated from
a long illness, applied for aid. and their
condition appeared SO desperate that
he took a special interest in them.
Light employment was found for the
man, and a check from a Newarker
who refused to give his identity, en-
abled man and wife to make new
start in life.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
Boatman Who Tried to
Prevent Tragedy Is
to Testify.
HAS BEEN MISSING
FOR TWO MONTHS
II Had Been Charged that John
Tonn;ng Had Been Spirited
I Away.
AUTOMATIC REVOLVER TO
BE FIRED AT TRIAL
Eyewitness Gives Graphic Acs
count of the Shooting
OF Annis,

FLUSHING, n. y, Dec. 1s.--John Ton
ming, the boatmou rho seized Captain
Hnips by the wrist Mt the time of the
shooting, and who has been missing
since early In October. hns been lc"atcd
and he will likely be witness I'm the
case.
prhe most dramatic story yet told of
the ela wing of William p. Annis was
recountcd today by Herbert Funke,
member of the Baysido Yacht CLUB,
who told how Captain Hams, lifting the
swinging boom of Annis's boat ana
calling "Annis,p fired several shots at
him as he sat at the tiller.
"'rhere was d pause after the first
shot thon came four shots in success
SION. after which came single SHOT"
declared Funke. 1T was after the first
81 Ut and before the other shots were
f "a thai Thornton Hains drew his re
velver and pointed 1t at me-
The prosscatsona claims that Fpnke's
evidence is another proof of the State
contention that the defendant was
p sncipsl and was aiding his brother
in carrying out preconceived plan to
probably take all day.
Counsel for Thornton j. Hains are
t, LAY preparing for unique demon
styation with the automatic revolver
With which William z. Annis was slain
10 show that the writer was not a
isrinoipal with his brother, Captain
Letter G. Hams, jr., in the shooting Of
Annis at the Bayside Yacht Club last
august.
IN ,he presence of witnesses the re-
l!ica of Captain Hains's revolver will
Ee fred to prove that the seven shells
in he pom can be discharged within
IA seconds Acting Captain of Police
Ivorr denied the defendants counsel
lcrinission to discharge the revolver
within the town limits, as it would be
in violation of an ordinance.
Alderman Hogan told Hains's law
yers that the revolver exhibition might
be held along Flushing creek. Some
time today, under direction of Major
John Hains, brother of the writer, the
automatic pistol demonstration will
take place
II il hoped by counsel that the owl
tlence showing the rapidity with which
The weapon is discharged will refute
the States contention that While the
.hooting of Annis was in progress
Thornton Hains drew his revolver and
prevented Annis's friends from coming
TO his assistance.
Frederick Storm, the real estate deal
err who testified yesterday AFTERNOON
that While Thornton Hams was talking
with him on the dock the writer sud-
denly broke off his conversation about
real estate and inquired the where
abouts of Annis, was one of the prin-
cipal witnesses under cross-examlna-
ton this morning.
Recalled to the witness stand for
cross ss-examination, he said that he had
been a friend of Annis for lifetime.
storm said he knew Mrs. Annis.
.Irs. Claudia E. Hams, wife of Cap
tain Hams will be one of the first Wit
nesses called by the defense when the
case is turned over to them next week.
Her testimony is considered to be the
most important adduced at the trial.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
ROOSEVELT PREPARING
SECRET SERVICE EVIDENCE.
Information Will Be Ready for
Congress After Christmas.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-President
Roosevelt has begun preparing for sub
mission to Congress mass of evidence
upon which he based the statements
in his annual message regarding the
secret service and for which the Per-
kins resoIution passed yesterday in the
House called upon the President to
produce. The amount of work neces-
sary TO put this evidence in shape for
presentation to Congress is so great
thai Il wil net bs ready To ssne 10 the
House until after the Christmas recess
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
Locomotive PloWs Into
Crowd OF Lab0rerS
at Plainfield.
MEN WERE SHOVELING
SNOW OFF TRACKS
Trio Are Caught Under Wheels
and Their Lives
Crushed Out.
WORKERS COULD NOT SEE
ON ACCOUNT OF RAIN
Victims Were All Residents of
DuneIIen and Native
Americans.
Especial to the Even,nE star ]

PLAINFIELD, Dec. 1s.-Three labor
ers were crushed to death today at the
Crawford yards, when a Jersey Central
switch engine dashed into a score Of
workmen clearing snow off the tracks.
The victims are all from Duncllen.
They are:
John Simons.
Vincent Nolan.
Joseph Heleick.
a heavy rain was falling and the men
did not hear the approach of the en-
gine. The noise of the shovels kept
them from hearing the engine.
The laborers knew nothing of the peril
until the locomotive pIowed through
their midst The dead men were struck
by the cowcatcher and drawn under the
wheels
The three men who were killed were
In a gang of about twenty men who
were repairing the tracks. They did nRf
see or hear the approach of the engine
through the storm. They did not know
that the engine was upon them until
the first one of the three killed was
struck
His death cry as he was hurled under
the locomotive was all the warning the
other men had. Most OF them had
barely time to leap from the track
Two others did not, and they were run
down in the same second that death
came to the first man.
The bodies of the three men were car
ried into the freight house at Crawford.
and were brought from there to this
city. where they were placed in Coles
r1orgue.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
CIRCUIT COURT CALL.

This Is the call in the Circuit Court
before Judge fieisioy for Monday; Nos.
esT. ass. a6s 3Si, 2ia, aSh cssa. I'll. as1
and 2i2. .-- ---444Is sia1- -~.sAs-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
COMMISSIONERS OFF ON
INSPECTION TOUR TODAY.

The Board of Works members, ac-
companied by Chief Engineer Sherrerd,
leave for Bridgeport, Conn, late today
to inspect an improved granite block
pavement in use there Word was sent
to the Bridgeport officials carly today
requesting them to have the snow
cleared of a part of the pavement.
The granite block pavement there
presents advantages over that in use
here because the blocks are mailer.
The surface Of the street is filled in
with ceneut and pebbles or tar and
makes a smoother and less noisy pave
ment than that in use here. The corn
inissionefs viii Inspect the psvefH6nt
with a sies to using Il hare aaa sstsSa
tomorrow.