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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
TWISTED WIRE HIS
EXCUSE FOR TWIST

When Acting Judge Oehring took his
seat in the Second Precinct Court today
the first two prisoners arraigned were
placed under $4,000 and 81, 900 bail each.
Three others who we're next called be-
gan to shudder for fear they were
about to De severely dealt with, but
the Judge was rather lenient when the
name of George w. Robertson, of 50
Sussex avenue, East Orange, was
called.
Robertson, you are charged by Po-
llceman Cullen, of the Fifth Precinct,
with being under the influence of
liquor: What, have you to say for your
self? Guilty or not guilty."
II am guilty, your honor; but, you
see. it is like this: 1t don't happen
often.' Robertson then handed the
court a card showing that he was a
salesman for a twisted wire concern.
"Oh, / understand remarked the
magistrate; then 1t is in your line of
business to get twisted, Is it? How
often do you twist yourself so tight?'
Not so often
We'll. about how often have you
been arrested for getting twisted?'
once. in East Orange"
We'll, Robertson, l want to tell you
this, thai I don't want you to be
twisted more than once in Newark. /
have no jurisdiction in East Orange,
and if you find it necessary to do twist
ing business. do it in East Orange.
Don't get twisted here. If you do, |
will make it pretty tight for YOU. IL
allow you to go this time under sus-
pended sentence"
Dennis Condron, 50 years old, of Il
Orange street, ard john Gregory, of JOS
Commerce street, arrested by Police
man Provost in Washington Park, were
mex called.
Dennis admitted that he had been
arrested in other precincts and Gregory
cont ssed to having taken three drinks.
The fact that both had told the truth
won for them ~suspendefs sentences,
with a warning that if they were
brought b fore the court again they
would be severely dealt with.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
LIGHT THIEVES
CONTINUE ACTIVITY

The petty robberies in the blazing
arc light district of South Broad street
still continue. Last night Miss Hen
rieAta Watteyne, a photographer, of $50
Broad street, reported to the police that
her studio was entered and a valuable
Sx10 camera stolen. Various other small
articles used in the Photographic line
were also taken. The photograph gal
lery is on the third floor.
The band operating in the white light
district seems to confine itself to sec
ond and third-story robberies. Within
a few weeks a series of robberies have
been committed. The first was in the
tailor establishment of A. Coyino, of
S51 Broad, then Day & Co, at Sal
Broad, and then the bold attempt to rob
the tailoring establishment of Farley
& Farley, at S53 Broad street, over the
Newark trust Company.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
ACUTE ALCOHOLISM IS
FATAL TO MRS. WELSH

Mary Welsh. As years old, IF 10
Nicholson street, was found dead in
the kitchen at 2:30 o'clock his morn
ing. County Physician Mckenzie
viewed the body and stated that death
as caused by alcoholism.
Mrs. Welsh worked at the Nicholson
street address as a domestic servant
fer Herman Dreyer, who found the
body. For the past few weeks she had
not been feeling we'll and was treat
ing herself with stimulants. Last night
She appeared to be in excellent spirits
ard retired early.
About 2:S0 o'clock Dreyer was awak-
esd by the sound of the woman fall
irg. and. going to the kitch n, from
whence the noise came, found her lying
fiat on her face. He turned the body
over, and saw that she was dead. II
communicated with the police. The
body was removed to Holes morgue
Mrs. Welsh had a husband, John
Welsh, but had not lived with him in
many years. Her mother is in an
Asylum.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
STRAP TONIC ORDERED IN
NAUGHTY BOYS CASE,

On complaint OF Patrick McGarry, a
conductor, of the Central avenue line,
Samuel Kapner, l. years old, of p
Bergen street, was hailed before Acting
Judge Oehring, in the Second Precinct
Cour today. McGarry told the cour
that the boy was in the habit of jump
ing on the ear while it was in motion
and riding from Norfolk street to Hud-
son street, Sammy pleaded o guilty.
d u you, or did you not, Sammy
ride on these cars?"
Yes, sir"
well, then you are guilty.
His father was called and. seemed to
take the judges remarks as a joke.
See here, Kapner, thisi isn't anything
TO laugh at" said the court. Il am going
to tell o that this habit of jumping
eff and on cars has got to stop. and
you will have to make your lad do it,
and under this understanding / am go
ing to suspend sentence. | want you to
go home and give him a reprimand,
and along with it the strap. | will have
the other boys brought here and if
yours is brought back again | will COM
NIT him to the reformatory until he is
81"
Kapner, much abashed, assured the
judge that he would comply.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
FANS WORK HARD
FOR FAVOR|TES
Votes Pouring In in STARS
Contest to Determine Most
Popular Tiger.

Friends of the Newark. baseball play
ers who are now battling for the cham
pionship in the Eastern League are
rallying to the support of their favorite
diamond performers in a manner which
surpasses all expectations In the New
ark STAR contest to decide who is
the most popular member of the team.
The voting coupon was printed on
page 2 yesterday for the first time, and
issued the battle of ballots commenced
The standing in the contest will be
published tomorrow. There is every in
uication that 1t will be the greatest
contest to decide a much-mooted ques-
ton ever held il. Newark. A diamond
studded medal goes to the inner.
Newarks players We're notified of the
inauguration of the contest yesterday
in Rochester by Edward P. Duffy, the
STARS special staff correspondent
with the team. All received the news
with the greatest enthusiasm, and it
was evident that the players confidently
expect to have their friends get busy.
Joe McGinnlty complimented the
STAR for displaying such interest in
he players, and said that much good
natured rivalry among the friends of
the men was sure to develop.
Each night, on page 2 of the Newark
STAR, a coupon will be found, and
each fan can go the limit so far as
casting a number of votes goes. The
squirt that the Tigers have made in
the last few weeks has set the city
baseball mad, and there is little doubt
in the minds of loyal fans that the
1909 pennant will foat from a brand
new flagstaff at Wiedenmayer's Park.
The player fortunate enough to win
the STAR medal will undoubtedly APP
preciate it, not only for its value, but
as a token of appreciation from the
fans. Many of the present Newark
team will be cavorting on other fields
next year, and if one of these should
win, would he not have the kindliest
feelings for Newark and its loyal and
a~ppreciative fans?
Hustle and get you man in the lead.
A good start helps a lot. So get busy
and settle the question as TO who is
the most popular member of the 1909
Tigers.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
PARK POLICE WILL
SWIM FOR PRIZES
Close Contests Expected at
Annual Aquatic; Meet at
Branch Brook Monday.

The policemen of the Essex County
Park force will hold their annual SWIM
ming meet next Monday, August 80, at
9 a. m. in the lower end of the Branch
Brook Park lake near the b%oathouse.
Practically all of the force has entered,
and as the policemen ave been prac-
Using at least onee a week throughout
the season. close fights for the honors
are expected. Charles Holzhauer, jr.,
Gustav Hornfeck and j. H. Harrison
have been chosen to act as judges.
There will be -four events. The swim
mers are divided into three classes, ac-
cording to their ability and previous
records-juniors, intermediates and
seniors. The juniors will compete in a
59-yard dash, the Intermediates in a
100-yard swim and the seniors in a
100-yard swim. In each of the races
there will be handicaps. The other
event will be dying for an object,
which is practically equivalent to a
~life-saving drill.
In this event a dummy, equal in
weight and general proportions to a hu-
man body, is sunk twenty-five yards
from the ~boathouse. and the contestants
swim from the landing and dive for 1t.
Patrolman Brodcsser, who has an ex-
cellent record for l~ife-saving, does not
expect to be able to compete. having
been sick for some time. AS the men
who have had more experience than
others are handicapped, the races are
always even.
silver medals for first in the events,
n bronze for seconds have been
offered by the Park Commission.
Alonzo Church, secretary of the board,
expects to be present at the meet, and
it Is hoped that some of the commission
will be on hand, also. Last year the
meet was a pronounced success, n
was held about this time. The public
Is invited to attend.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
ONLY FIVE TROOPERS
LEFT FOR REUNION,

The five surviving Newark members
of nne Second New Jersey Cavalry
have received notices of the eighteenth
annual convention, which will be held
on September 8 in the headquarters of
Lee Post No. 5, Camden.
The president of the organization is
c. e. Blackwell, of 81 Camp street. this
city.
All five of the Newark survivors,
said Mr.. Blackwell today, have sigpi-
ned their intention of attending the re-
union. We enjoy these meetings and
have missed few of them. Survivors
from all parts of the State will be
present"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
ST. GEORGE WOMEN
DISCUSS ELECTION

The delegates who are attending the
national convention of the Daughters
of st. George, which is being held In
Orator Hall, were today discussing
with considerable animation the cleo
tlon of officers which will take place
tomorrow. Mrs. Annie Pratt. of Chi
caso, Is next in line of succession for
the presidency, but considerable OPP
position to her developed.
The points of the constitution that
viii be amended were considered today.
These related to the government of
branches and to the admission of new
members,
Tonight th.re will be a drill at Hill
side Park. The degree teams from Chi
cage Providence. Cleveland and other
cities will participate.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
TONIGHT's BAND CONCERT.

The program for the public band con
cert at Westside Park tonight by the
National Band is as follows: Star
Spangled Banner; march, THE Diplo-
mat" Sousa; overture, Tampa Suppe;
Moroccan characteristic, The Trombone
Sneeze;' paraphrase, MY Old Ken
lucky Home" variations for eupho-
MUM, cornet, trombone and clarionet,
Daily; caprice militant, Roll!son; waltz,
Southern Roses" job. Straus; over.
ture. Bohemian Girl" from Balfe's
opera; selection, Hunting of the
SHARK Rollinson; overture, Sounds
from the Sunny SOUTH Isenman;
march. Tack Tar" Sousa: America"
Songs by Joseph Brown, Monroe Silver,
William Corcoran, Edward Weston and
William Schneider.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
SAYS HER DAUGHTER Is
HABiTUAL DRUNKARD

Mrs. Elizabeth Douglas. OF 80 Lock
street, appeared in the Second Police
Court today befcre Acting Judge Och
ring as complainant against her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mary Johnson, of the same
address. She charged her daughter
with being drunk and disorderly practi-
cally all the time,
The daughter in turn said she was
a hard working woman. and when the
summons was served on her she was
in the middle of a large wash. After
giving mother and daughter a lecture
The judge advised them to separate and
live apart. They were discharged.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
YOUNG CHINAMAN HELD
BY POLICE ON SUSPICION

William Wingk, a Chinaman, IT years
old, who said he had no home was
arraigned in the Fourth Precinct Po-
lice Court this morning and after an
examination was held for further in
vestigation. He was arrested by Pa
trolman Teutsch, of the Fourth Pre-
cinct, last night, who noticed Wingk
and a companion = acting very sus-
~piciously on Fifteenth avenue. When
they saw Teutsch they ran down Fiji
teenth avenue with the policeman
after them. At Jacob street they were
met by Patrolman Lunny, of the
Fourth Precinct. They separated and
he after a long chase caught Wingk.
AS he could give no satisfactory ac-
count of himself Judge Herr committed
him to await an investigation.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
EAGLES DISAPPOINTED;
THEIR OUTING Is OFF

There are a good many disappointed
Eagles in this city just now owing to
the fact that the proposed outing at
Witzels Grove, College Point, l.. l., on
Labor Day has been called off. 1t was
no fault of the committee in charge that
the affair fell through, but simply that
the resort propprietors were unable to
accommodate them on that day.
The steamer Isabella had been char
tered and arrangements were we'll IN
der way when word was received that
the affair was off.
The committee of fifteen decided ii
would be unwise to hold an outing at
any later date. The committee viii
be discharged at the meeting on Sep
TENDER Z
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
MAY SAVE SMITHS LEGS.

AT st. James's Hospital it was re-
ported that the surgeons think they
will be able to save both legs of Frank
Smith, a brakeman of the Central rail-
road, who was caught between the
bumpers of two freight cars on the
trestle that leads to Feigenspan's brew
cry, in Brill street. The physicians say
that an operation is not necessary and
that Smith is doing nicely. Both legs
We're broken near the hip. Another
brakeman saved Smith from falling
fifteen feet. Smith lives at "a Chapel
street.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
NEWARK SCHOOL HEAD
DISAGREES WITH RULING.

That a State certificate is a valid
license to teach in any district in the
commonwealth was the notification re-
ceived by the Board of Educators
committee or instruction and educa-
tional supplies last night from State
Superintendent of Public instruction,
Charles j. Baxter. This decision means
that the local board must recognize a
diploma from the State normal schools
without examining the holder.
Il believe the State superintendent is
wrong declared City Superintendent
of Schools Addison &. Poland. such
a stand is radical and affects every
examining board in the State"
On the recommendation of DR.. Po-
land. the matter was left in the hands
of Charles M. Myers. the boards coun-
sci.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
WOMEN CLASH IN STREET
AND LAND IN COURT,

Lucia Candida. of 120 Garside street,
and NeunZiatia Parisi. of 100 Garside
street, were compliments In the Sec
ond Precinct Police Court today against
Rosina Colaprzlle, of 213 Eighth ave-
nue., who was charged with assault and
battery. They claimed that while
walking along Seventh avenu the
Colaprzile wcman mad IN attack o.
them without pro%Vocation. and she in
turn charged them with being the
cause of her being blackballed in an
order of 1'oresters she wished to join.
The case was SO ~puzZling to Acting
Judge Oehring that he paroled them all
to appear before the September grand
jury.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
BENEFIT BODY REoRGANIzES.

Chortkower r. NJ. Schapiro Lodge No.
80, |. O. S. of Jacobs, reorganized last
night. with a membership of fifty, as a
death and sick benefit association. The
officers for 1903 are: President, Abra-
ham Schlosser; vice-pres'dent, Samuel
Made; secretary, Ferdinand Bernstein.
treasurer, Max Polaner; trustees. Jo-
seph Hirsch and b. Brody.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
LADIES HAN CLUB ON OUTING.

twenty-five members Of the Ladies'
Ham Pleasure Club went on their an
nual outing to Coney Island today.
They took inner at Stauch's Pavilion,
after which they visited the various
places of amusements. Upon their re-
turn this evening a collation. will be
served at their headquarters, 1871 West
street. The committee in charge of the
affair consists of Mrs. George Reyn-
olds, Mrs. Patrick j. Cunning, Mrs.
Jehn w. Bulger. Mrs. Henry Meyers
and Mrs. Jacob Stab.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
BASCUSKY BURNED IN
GAS TANK EXPLOSION.

At the St. James's Hospital It vas
stated today that Jacob Bascusky. -
years old, of 8 Freeman street. who was
severely burned in a gas tank explosion
at Listers Agricultural Works, was
resting quietly. He was badly burned
about the face n hands. The large
gas tank exploded in an unknown man
ner and there was a general stampede
Of workingnien to ret out of the dan
aer. All but Bascusky succeeded in get
ting out of the way of the shooting
danes. He VIII recover.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
JAIL FOR NEGRO WITH RAZOR.

John Cousey, a negro, 80 years old, OF
"a Sussex avenue. was removed from
the City Hospital to the Second Pre-
clnct today to answer a charge of car
rying a razor preferred against him last
week by Policemen F. W. Thiele. il
was alleged that he used the weapon
on bis wife. Acting Judge Ociring
committed him to Jail in default OF
$1,000 bail.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
p. O. S. OF A. PLANS OUTING.

The Patriotic Order Sons of America
viii hold it's first annua trolley ride to-
night under the auspices of Camps Nos.
IS and 100. Cars viii be at Washington
and Market streets and the Roseville
car barns at 1870 sharp. and will pro-
coed to Melville Park, Bayonne.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
CHILDREN IN PERIL AS
LAMP is OVERTURNED.

Loss of life WAS narrowly averted last
night when the two children of Mrs.
Mabel Reynolds, of $40 Llttleton ave-
nue.. knocked over a Kerosene lamp
while their mother was out of the room
and set fire to a sidebcard ana the
carpet. The oldest of the boys, Will
lam, & years old, pulled the baby,
Charles, 5 years old, out of danger
and then screamed for help. The
mother stamped out the fire as much
as she could and then turned in an
alarm. The department finished the job
with a hand extinguiskcr.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
ALARMS OF
FIRE THIS YEAR
SHOW DECREASE
Only o. SO Far as Compared
With 81 for Corresponding
Months in 1908.

In addition to all the other troubles
that hound the fireman n the heads
of his department, that resulting from
the turning in of false alarms. either
intentionally or by mistake. is one of
the worst. 1t is bad enough to have
to respond to a real alarm, but TO turn
out for a fire that does not exist Is
harder yet.
From January 1 his year there have
been sixty-four alarms of that kind
turned in. as against eighty-one by the
end of August of last year. In the
whole year of 1908 there were III false
alarms turned in. The season of the
year appears to have little to do with
the subject, any time being good
enough for those who like to see the
engines dash by. At the same tins
there is no regular average for the
calls. In January of last year there
were eleven. Then the number dropped
down and stayed there until May. when
1t ven up again to fourteen, dropping
back for two months. In August it rose
again. the apparatus turning out seven
teen times. as a result Of some ones
Itl NElt 1d S-lAS6 VI Ia VI -
For the next four months the number
of boxes pulled was sixteen, eleven,
thirteen and ten.
Fifteen In March.
The high water mark for this year so
far was reached in March, when fifteen
boxes were pulled. Next ia line were
July and August, each with nine false
alarms to their credit. Another feature
OF the false alarms turned in in 1909
is that they have been pretty widely
scattered.
Last year there appeared to be IN
epidemic OF hox-pulling, most of it in
the Roseville section. One man was
responsible for most of the thirty-one
false alarms that were turned In from
there. Several have come this year
from boxes in the centre of the city,
and the question Of how 1t is managed
with the crowds constantly around is
what puzzles the fire department.
Another point is the fact thai several
of these boxes are pulled more than
once. This year seven boxes have been
visited several times. Box 139 has
been pulled twice; box 81. -four times;
box 221, twice; box 634, twice: box 639,
three times; box 647, three times; and
box 10 twice.
Mast at Night.
Most Of the false alarms come In
between the hours of II and l a. M.
and 10 n II pm, and nearly all come
In after 6 o'clock at night. Several
pulled boxes that have Jung in the
late afternoon are credited to children
coming home from school and looking
for a little entertainment.
The offenders are caught in compar-
atively few cases, and hen not many
are punished. If the box is pulled pur-
posely the person who does it generally
takes care to get out of sight before
the engines arrive and those who do It
accidentally and are captured gener
ally get off with a reprimand. The
fine for the act is $50.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
HARTMAN FO|LS
WALL STREET PLOT
Report that Grave Operation Is
Planned Again Upsets
the Market.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-By his un-
expected return from Europe on Tues
day for the "after-cure" at his Arden
home, instead of abroad, as had been
advised by his physicians, E. H. Har-
riman, it was said today, foiled a
gigantic Wall street plot.
Union Pacific was to have been the
medium of the ''melon cutting" A
number of prominent inanciers, some
of them directors in the Union Pacific
OF Southern Pacific according to the
statement of one of the railway wiz
ards closest friends in the financial
district, We're In the conspiracy. Har-
riman's death abroad was expected b.
them, and would have been the signal
for a 81, 500, 900 cutting.
The report published in a morning
newspaper that E. II. Hartman ha:
cancer of the liver was declared by /
relative today to be false. At Mr.. Har.
rinan's office in the Equitable building
no one would discuss the report. 4
representative of Mr.. Hartman sale
that a sufficient denial of the story wa.
DR.. Strumpel's report that Mr.. Harri-
man has no organic disease.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
Resting We'll, street Hears.

Denial was made in Wall street this
afternoon hat the day had seen any
development in the condition of E. H
Hartman. On account of the slump in
the Hartman stocks efforts were made
to secure more definite news about the
financier's health from the offices of the
Union and Southern Pacific railroads.
The best information that the financial
district could get was that he was
resting comfortably.
Judge Lovett, chief counsel of the
Union and Southern Pacific roads, went
to Arden this afternoon for one of his
numerous conferences with his chief.
From the frequent visits of Mr.. LoVett
and other leaders in the Hartman en-
terphises, it is believd that the financier
is not being shielded from business
cares as closely as reports about his
health have indicated.
Wall Street, which is vitality inter
ested in Harriman's condition just
now, sees significance in a visit paid
the hnancier by DR.. Norman E. Dit
man,, of &c East Forty-sixth street, a
specialist in diseases of the kidneys.
DIR. Ditman said that he was not at
liberty to discuss the inancier's illness
in any way.