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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
FIGHT ON FOR
LIGHTING RATES
ON NORTH BROAD
Board of Works Joins Mer-
chants in Demand on
Public Service.
WOULD PAY ONLY
Sz70 FOR EACH ARC
Corporation Declares $500 Is
the Least Lamps Can Be
Had For.

Members of the lighting committee Of
the Board OF Works and OF the Broad
Street Merchants Association today
Joined forces in demanding of the Pub
lie Service Corporation that the com
pany agree to place the flaming arc
lamps in North Broad street at the
same figures as in the thoroughfare
south of Market street. The conference
was held in the Board of Works room
at the City Hall. r. r. Young repre-
scented the Public Service.
The company has quoted rate of
5000 a lamp for North Broad street.
South Broad street has to pay only
$270 a lamp. In defense OF the conf
panys action Mr. Young stated that
when the latter rate was quoted it was
made ON theoretical basis. 1t hae
since been found, he said, that the COM
pany loses money on each lamp.
Commissioners Denman. of the board,
expressed surprise at this. He said
that in his experience With the COM
panys engineers he had found they
were not apt to go on theory.
Chief Engineer Morris Il. Sherrerd
asked if the company wos not expert
menting with a lamp that would be
cheaper to operate. MIR. Young replied
that this was true enough, but that 1t
had not gone beyond the first expert
mental stage and the company could
tell nothing about it.
Continuing, Mr.. Young said the COM
pany had gone into the thing in the
first place more as an advertising ven-
ture than anything else. Now, he said,
they had got enough advertising out of
business basis.
Moses Plaut. of the Merchants Asso-
citation, replied to this that the iner-
chants were spending lot IN adver-
tising, too, and he couldn't see why the
Public Service Corpora ton should moi
do the lighting at actual cost
President Eggere. of the board, re-
marked that the proposition of the city
Joining with the merchants and placing
fifteen lamps salong Military Park
would involve the expenditure of 81, ,00C
aAyear. He said the board had better
go slow till they found whether they
would have the money to spend.
Engineer Sherrerd then suggested that
1t might be well to arrange to have
only every other one of the lights left
burning all night. He asked If the
company could not make an allowance
for that. Mr.. Young said they could
allow $50 light for those put out.
Mr.. Sherrerd said they should allow at
least s100
At noon the conference adjourned to
meet again next Thursday at 4 o'clock.
The finance committee OF Common
Council Will be invited to this confer
ence.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
NEW BALLOT BOX
INVENTED BY CITY
CLERK CON!NELLY
He Will Introduce Bill in Legis.
lature to Permit Its. Use
in the State.

City Clerk James r. Connolly will in
troduce a bill in the Legislature on
Monday providing that municipalities
or counties may adopt ballot box he
has been working on for a long time and
has just perfected. Mr. Connolly has
applied for o patent on the device,
which he considers will do away with
many of the Objectionable features of
the present ballot boxes. Its best fea-
ture, Mr. Connolly considers, is it's
practical inability to get out of order.
In order to cast a vote with this box
in use the ballot in its envelope is
thrust through slit with. a hinged
door resembling the opening in a pri-
vate letter box. The judge raises this
lid, puts in the envelope and closes the
lid again. The closing put the simple
mechanism In operation, bell rings
and the envelope is strung automatical-
ly on one of four wires the box con
tains. The wire passes through the
flap of the. envelope and does not in
terfere with the election officer remov-
ing the ballot without taking the en-
velope from the wire
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
HER PLUCKY FIGHT
ENDS IN DEATH
OF MRS. BOYER
Expires from Burns Soon After
Being Taken Home from
City Hospital.


With her last wish gratified BY her
removal from the City Hospital to her
home, so South Fourteenth street. Mrs
Peter Boyer died today of the injuries
she had received from the explosion of
an oil can with which she was attempt-
Ing to light fire last Thursday She
had been IN a state of coma since leav-
ing the hospital
The physicians were surprised by the
fight for life which the woman made In
the face of terrible suffering and were
hopeful that she would win. But ex-
haustion from the ordeal and tho agony
caused by her burns proved too much
for her. Mrs. Boyer might have recov-
cred, the hospital authorities declare,
had she not inhaled the flames.
Her daughter Miss Catherine Boyer,
was badly burned about the face and
arms in helping to fight the flames, but
her injuries are not considered serious.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
from tho South Fourteenth street ad-
dress. The interment will be in Fair
mount Cemetery.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
STORY OF F|LAL
LOVE REVEALED
BY GIRLS DEATH
Pretty Margaret Duggan's Sac.
rifice All for Aged Par
ents' Sake.

Back Of the funeral today of pretty
Miss Margaret Duggan, popular and
beloved by all who knew her, lies a
story SO pathetic that the heart of the
great corporation she worked for was
touched and made her last hours com
fortabie with all that human aid could
give. There Is general mourning in
the vicinity of her home, III Warren
street.
Miss Duggau was one of the small
army of female clerks in the employ of
the Prudential Insurance Company.
She was the sole support of her two
aged parents, and gave her earnings
and her labor to make their declining
years happy. Many were the sacrifices
she made, her comrades declare. but
each one, they say, endeared her all
the more to them.
The ordinary ambition of young
woman, to marry and become the mis-
tress of a home of her own, she cast
aside In her .filial love, declaring that
her parents hads first claim upon her
end that her whole duty was to them.
When she became Ill. seven weeks
ago, the Prudential Insurance Com
pany employed a physician and a
trained nurse to attend her. They did
all possible to aid her In combating her
ailment, but In vain She was buried
today from st. PatricRs Cathedral.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
Gull / \
Col. Duncan B. Cooper
and Son Robin Get
Twenty Years.
VERDICT OF MURDER
IN SECOND DEGREE
Jury Out Since II O'clock Last
Wednesday-More Than
Seventy Hours.
BAIL FOR PAIR Is
FIXED AT SIS, 900
Defendants Receive the Verdict
Without Any Show OF
Emotion.
BAIL FOR PAIR IS
FIXED AT SIS, 900

NASHVILLE. Tenn, March ~. -
Guilty OF murder in the secoad degree
with twenty years imprisonment M The
penalty was the verdict of the Jury -
day in the case against Colonel pus-
can ". Cooper and his sou, Robip
Cooper, charged with the murder or
former United states senator e. ".
Carmack. Their bail was Hxcd 1T
S25.G00 each.
The defendants received the verdict
coolly, almost without emotion. Mrs.
Burch and Mrs. Wilson, tho young
daughters of Colonel Cooper, were
brave, and. aside from fearful eyes,
restrained their emotion gamely Mrs.
Burch sat with her arm around her
brother Robins. shoulder and Mrs.
Wilson was at her fathers right.
The jurors looked worn out, and
when the colwt remarked IT thank
you, gentlemen. for your patience aud
devotion to theJState. and, dismiss yo,1
to your homes and your personal avo-
cations" The entire twelve spranx
from their seats as one man and hur-
riedly left the court rooni.. The defend
ants and their counsel remained to
complete the bond prennlinaries and
the motion for a new trial
Rumors that the jury had agreed
brought crowd to the court room this
morning and caused the presence II the
attorneys on both sides long before the
usual hour for converting.
AS soon as Judge Hart entered court
and even before he removed his coat.
he ordered the jury and the defendants
brought into court.
Il understand they have agreed, he
remarked to the press table, ''and am
sending to see."
Exactly at e:25 a. m. the twelve men
entered the room and took the same
seats they have occupied for nearly
nine weeks.
Have you agreed upon verdict.
gentiemen?" said Judge Hart
I'VE have" replied Foreman t. NJ.
Burke, hoarsely.
Advance, Mr Fcrnan, and read the
verdict"
Owe. the Jury, find the defendspts,
Duncan ID. Cooper and Robin j.
Cooper, guilty of murder in the scc-
Ond degree, and assess their puui.h-
nient at confinement tn the state prnf-
tentiary for period of twenty years.
80 say you all, gentlemen?''
so say we ALL" replied the jurors
in chorus
The court then thanked the jurors
and dismissed them.
Judge Anderson, of the defense. rose
at once, exclaiming:
Your Honor, We move the ease be
declared nnistrjal because of the ver-
dict yesterday. We contend that yes-
-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
MARRIAGE SECRET
KEPT OVER YEAR
BY A. {. CRAFT

Relatives and friends Of Alvin e.
Graft, battalion quarterbaster of the
First regiment. and who holds a re-
sponsible position witf.a trust company
in East Orange, were surprised to learn
the other day that he had married Miss
Edith r. Schaefer on February 1S. 1908.
The marriage took place in Jersey city.
the Rev. William f. Palmer officiating,
but for more than year the couple
succeeded In keeping their secret.
The young mans father, Alvin H
Graft, who is a manufacturer Of
plumbers supplies in Sixth avenue this
city, had no comment to make today.
except that young Mr.. and Mrs. Graft
were happy; that he was glad of 1t, and
that they had received the parental
blessing. Young Mrs. Crafts mother
is a widow.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
LACK OF A MATCH
/. LEADS To DEATH
OF SAMUEL FLEET
Breaks His Neck in Falling Down
Stairs of His Eleventh Ave-
nue. Home.
FOUND IN HALLWAY BY
HIS SON EARLY TODAY
Family Convinced He Missed His
Footing While Cropping
, in the Dark.

A match woulo have saved the life
of Samuel Fleet. who CROPPED his way
In the dark, missed his footing and fell
down stairs, breaking his neck. He was
found In the hallway Of his home, 81
Eleventh avenue early today by his
son, Herbert, who had been attending
an entertainment and reached home at
2 a. m.
He had apparently been dead some
time when found A search of his
pockets showed that he lacked match
to light him up the stairs to his fiat.
Early In the evening Mr.. Fleet had
attended a "smolSer" given by the VAL
ley Forge Cutlery Club, in Warren
street. When the family retired at 10
o'clock he had not returned but moth
ing was thought of the delay as he
had said he might be late in getting
horne. None of the family heard him
come home.
The body was removed to the under
taking establishment of Joshua Brierley,
In Broad street. after the county ply
sician had pronounced death due to an
accidental fall. The dead man is sur
yived by a large family.
There was no indication of foul play.
and the family are convinced that he
missed his footing In the dark.
The funeral will be held from Mr..
Fleets late residence on Monday after
noon at 2 o'clock. Internent will be in
Fairmount Cemetery.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
WH|TLAS EXPECT
TO HEAR FROM
k|DNAPPERS TODAY
All Clues Followed ThusA Far
Have Proved to Be
FruitIess.
PARENT WILLING TO
PAY $4,000 RANSOM
Millionaire Uncle of Lad Is Con-
Quoting all Exhaustive
Search.

SHARON, Pa. March 20.--It is con-
hdently believed by the family of little
William Whitla that some word will be
r lived during the day from, his kid
nappers. The lads father is of the
opinion that the abductors are now
safely ensconced in some retreat and
that after fifty hours of nervous sus-
pense he, will receive word from his
child. The fact that small army of
police have failed to locate any tangi-
BILE trace of the boy and his captors
aft they had deserted the buggy at
Warren, Ohio, has had a Oppressive
effect upon the hopes Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitla, and their only desire now is
to open negotiations with the kidnap-
pers. From the attitude of the parents
the probabilities are they will willingly
and secretly pay the ransom of $4,000.
Every clue. no matter how slight, is
being run down by the boys uncle,
Frank II. Buhl. the millionaire steel
manufacturer. and other relatives of
the family Their efforts have been
unsuccessful, however, and Mr.. Buhl,
who conducted an exhaustive search
in Cleveland last night, will return to
Sharon this afternoon. The abduction
of the Whitla boy has served to recall
almost similar kidnapping at Sharon
iii 1899, ten years ago, when the son
Of wealthy resident, A. Levine, was
the victim. At the time 1t was kid
mapped. the child was eight months old
and was in a baby carriage In charge
OF a nurse. The nurse had wheeled the
carriage along one OF the avenues OF
the city. and on reaching drug store
left the baby and carriage on the out
side while she enterrd to make a pur-
chase. During her absence, unseen by
any one. the baby was stolen from its
carriage. 80
The father. who was also friend OF
J. r Whitla, spent nearly every cent
he had in tryins 60 get a trace OF his
child. 1t was not, however, until over
q year later that peddler discovered
the kidnapped CHILD in a home at
Punxtutawney, Pa. where 1t had been
left eleven months previously by a man
and q woman who were supposed to
have been implicated In its kidnapping.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
JEROME YIELDS
Ak ON DOOR OF
GAMBLING HOUSE
New York District Attorney in
Personal Charge OF Band \
of Police Raiders.

NEW YORK, March 2o.--For the FIRST
time since the spectacular raids on the
Garfield palace of chance some years
ago, District Attorney Jerome himself
today led dozen policemen In q raid
on an alleged gambling house in Second
avenue, near Seventh street. Moreover,
the district attorney himself swung one
of the dozen axes that battered in the
front door of the Red Raven Social
Club.
After breaking down the door the Do.
licemen arrested nine men found in a.
room below. Poker chips and a table
with a nice green cloth cover were
found in the room.
Herman Rcsenthal. however. for
whose arrest the police had a warrant
as proprietor of the place, was no.
where to be found The prisoners were
held for trial On the charge of disor-
derlv conduct.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
EMPLOYEES At
STATE ASYLUM
TALK OF STRIKE
Object to Order Against Rough
Handling of Most ViO-
lent Patients.

TRENTON, March 20.--Attendants at
the New Jersey State Hospital for the
Insane are said to be planning
strike because of the action of DR.
Henry A. Cotton medical director, who
has prohibited them from roughly han
ding lunatics under penalty of arrest
DR.. Cotton caused the arrest of two
of the attendants for brutality, and
third was acquitted in Mercer Court
this week on charge of manslaughter
The leader of the strike movement
said:
IF the attendants were not able to
use force In some cases the lunatics
would simply be the masters and make
us believe that we were the insane
and they the sane people In six months
every attendant in the hospital would
be ready for the straitjacket if we
could not restrain the lunatics. just
think how ridiculous it would look to
see a lunatic making an attendant bow
to him, go down on his knees and do
other stunts of this nature often asked
for by the inmates"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
MISS THAW AND MARQUIS,
BANK CLERK, ARE TO WED.

ROME, March 2o,--Another interna-
tional marriage is about to enliven
Roman society. This time the Ameri-
can is Miss Thaw, daughter of Alexan-
der Blair Thaw. of Pittsburg. The
prospective husband is young Marquis
Teodoli, a member of one of the best
known and Oldest Roman aristocratic
families. The young man works in the
state Bank of Italy. Mr. Thaw u a
son of the late William Thaw by his
first wife. making him half-brother of
Harry X. Thaw and the former Count
ess of Yarmouth.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
PLAN DINNER
FOR LAWYERS OF !.
ESSEX COUNTY
Committee Named TO Prepare
for the Function on
April "a.

Former Judge Thomas l.. Raymond
president of THE Lawyers Club, of Es-
sex County, has announced the dinner
committee for the clubs annual dinner,
to be held April "a. 1t will be COM
posed of the following persons: Alfred
#. Skinner, chairman; Edward NJ. Cole,
Robert H. McCarter, John r. Hardin,
Cortlandt Parker. Judge Thomas J.
Lintott, Samuel Kalisch, Edward d.
Duffield. Horace G. Grice, ]. Bayard
kirkpatrick and Joseph L. Newman.
The committee held a meeting yes
terday at the Office of its chairman,
former Judge Skinner, and it was de-
cided to hold the banquet at the
Women's Club House. Prospect street,
East Orange, on Saturday evening,
April "a. and from reports Of the sub
committees, assurance was given of its
being one of the best dinners ever held
by the club.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
FIND BODY OF
EDUCATOR, Who
DIED IN FLAMES
The Rev. John W. Simpson Dis
covered in Ruins of New
York Apartment.

NEW YORK, March 2o-The body of
the Rev. John w. Simpson. who per-
ished late Thursday night In the fire
which swept through the Fifth avenue
apartment house at "a Central Park
south and which was found early today
by policeman, was covered by a piece
of tin roofing when discovered. This
accounts for the delay In finding the
body.
The policeman came across the dead
man after the search had been carried
on all day yesterday. 1t was near the
rear of the house and close to a fire.
escape. indicating that Dra Simpson
had made an attempt to escape.
1t Vas burned to q crisp and parts
OF the limbs were missing. DR.. Simp-
son was formerly president of Marietta
College, o., and at the time of his
death was general manager of the FL
deity Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
LEAVES WOMAN
TH|RTY.F|vE CENTS,
THEN KILLS SELF
Atlantic City Fisherman Be-
queaths Sole Possessions
to Landlady.
Ispscial to the Evening star |

ATLANTIC CITY. March 20-In a
last pitiful attempt TO partially repay q
iodgirlg-house keeper. who had treated
him kindly, John Stickney. a fisher
man, wrote note bequeathing thirty
fiye cents, his sole cash possession, to
Eer, before turning on the gas in his
rcon last night The man was dead
when his door was battered down and
the case was so plainly one OF suicide
that no further investigation will be
made.
Stickney, who had made his head
quarters at Holly Beach for years, was
.one of the most daring seamen on the
coast, and dared many dangers before
he decided to end his life. 1t is be-
lieved that he feared disability that
would force him to leave his beloved
occupation with advancing years, and
that he decided that he would rather
be dead than d burden on his mates,
who had offered to assist him when he
became too weak ~ go to sea.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT
DROP THE LIBEL SUITS,

WASHINGTON. March 20.-There
will be no abandonment of the Panama
Canal libel prosecution by the admin
istration, nor unseemly haste in bring
ing these cases to trial, according to a
high administration official today The
cases will be allowed to take their
places on the criminal calendars of the
District of Columbia and elsewhere.
and will be handled In the regular or
der by the government. Reports were
circulated today that the administra-
tion had decided to let these cases
lapse for the next four years
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
SERv|A ACCEPTS
POWERS ADVICE
AND WILL O|SARM
Russian Foreign Minister De-
cIares That Martial Show
Is Over.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 20.-The
Belgrade correspondent of the Bourse
Gazette says in dispatch that M.
Milovanovics, the foreign minister, told
him today that Servla had accepted the
advice of the powers to disarm.
Servia considers the action of tho
powers to be a guarantee, and she no
longer has reason to fear armed attack
from any side.
BELGRADE, Servia, March 2O-The
alarm over the possibility of war with
Austria Hungary Is subsiding rapidly.
The Russian minister here has had two
lorg conferences with Foreign Minister
Milovanovics, )ne last night and an
other today. No official information
has been given out, but there is reason
to believe that a peaceful settlement
of the controversy is now only ques-
ton of hours.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
EX-PRES|DENTS IN
SENATE FOR LIFE;
SALARY $4,000
Honorary Membership in Body
and Congress Privileges with
Pay, Bills Provisions.

WASHINGTON, March 20.--A bill
that has been introduced in the House
by Representative Coudroy. Of Mis-
souri, makes ex-presidents honorary
members of the United States Senate
for life. and as such gives them a
salary of $4,000 per annum.
Another bill, introduced by Represent
taaive Bennett of New York, provides
that ex-presidsnts shall have a seat
in the House of Representatives with
the right of debating but not of voting
Snder this bill rhcy would receive the
same compensation and allowances as
nAernbers. ...-.....-.-..
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
TAFT HOPES THAT
CANAL WILL Be
READY IN 1918
Expresses Wish to Colonel
Goethals, Who Puts the Date
Two Years Later.

+. WASHINGTON, MarcI, 20.--It devel-
oped today that during the recent con-
versation between President Taft and
Chairman Goethais, of the Isthmian
Canal Commission. the President ex-
pressed his desire that the Panama
canal be completed by July 4, 1918.
Colonel Goethals. however, is not at
al sanguine of accomplishing any such
result, holding to his heretofore ex-
pressed opinion that January /, 1915,
will see the canal open to navigation.
Colonel Goethals will leave New York
for Panama next Saturday.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
LAWYERS AT FUNERAL
OF THE LATE JUDGE GREEN.

TRENTON, March 2o.--The funeral of
the late Judge Elmer Ewing Green was
held at noon today. The committee ap-
pointed by the Mercer county bar to
attend was composed of Judge John
Rellstab, vice-Chancellor Edwin Rob
ert Walker, W. Holt Apgar, John A..
Montgomery and Gardner Cain.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
DROP MILITIA MUSICIANS.

TRENTON, March 20.--All but three
members of the field music of the Sec
ond Regiment, New Jersey National
Guard were dropped from the rolls at
a special meeting last night in the
armory to devise some means of adj
justing the trouble between members
Of the field music and the leader. John
c. Hills.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
THREE HURLED
TO DEATH AND
FORTY INJURED

BARROw-IN-FURNEss, England.
March 2o.-A gangway connecting the
,battleship Vanguard with the wharf at
the vickers Son-Maxim yard, collapsed
today Fifty workmen were precipi-
tated to the dock. Three were killed
and forty hurt
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
WE'D THANKSGIVING DAY
AND NOW ANNOUNCE IT.

The marriage OF Miss Lena Jardin,
of this city, to William Koehler, also
OF this city, on last Thanksgiving Day,
has Just been made public. The Rev.
j. w. Morgan. OF Bernardsville. mar
ried them.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
O. K. ROOSEVELT NAVAL POLICY.

MIDDLETOwN, Conn, March 2o.--
The first OF a series of debates with
Bowdoin was won by Wesleyan here
last night. Wesleyan taking the af-
firmative ON the naval poles of former
President Roosevelt.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20
BLOW SAFE: TAKE THOUSANDS.

DIES MONIES, Ia, March 20.--Rob-
bers dynamited the safe of the First
National Bank, of Imogene, last night,
and took several thousand dollars.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-20

HustIers and Ash-Caus.
Nacknst q poremus Co., fes-7ss Broad sk.--Ady.