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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
SAYS He FOUND
WOMAN POINTING 4
GUN At HUSBAND
Troubles of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Fowler Aired in Court, With
Landlord a Witness.

Appearing as complainant against her
husband, whom she accused of extreme
cruelty, Mrs. Harry Fowler. of 10 Nc
Nhorter street, was reprimanded and
lectured on the duties of a wife, by
Judge Hahn before she left the court
room. Her husband was not held.
Mrs. Fowler told at length of her
husbands alleged abuse and cruelty.
When her story was done Fowler was
called to the stand. He told the magis-
trate that his wife spent much of her
time on the streets talking to other
men. He said he objected particularly
to three of her women companions, who
were accustomed TO visit her at the
house.
Mrs. Fowler admitted that perhaps
the three IN designated by her
husband might not be everything they
should be, and promised that in the fu-
house.
Gerranno Psrello, the Fowlers' land
lord, called as witness, corroborated
much Of the husbands story. He said
he ran UP to the apartment occupied by
the couple Saturday night while they
were quarreling and surprised Mrs
Fowler with a loaded revolver in hel
hand, which she vas pointing at hei
husband. He took the weapon from tbs
woman, he said, and extracted the
cartridges. He asked that Judge Hair
request the couple to move cut of hi.
house. Mrs. Fowler quickly promised
that for the immediate future. Judge
Hahn paroled the couple for a hearing
next month.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
GIRLS DISPLAY
AMAZING SKILL
At GYMNASTICS
Judges Had Difficulty in Select
ing Prize=winners in Drill
Contests.

Competitive gymnastic drills between
girls of the Bruce Street Centre, held al
the Bruce Street School yesterday, re
vealed a degree of excellence in the in
~tricate exercises amazing 10 parent,
and friends, = All OF The vents were
closely contested, and the judges faced
a problem In many cases when 1t came
to making the awards. The judges
were Principals S. H. McIlroy. Six
teenth Street School. and David Nc
Clure, Chestnut Street School, and Prof,
George Sykle. Hamburg Place School.
The Avon Avenue Centre is to hold its
drill this afternoon and the other six
drills in preparation for the final drill al
the armory, Tune 2, win be held this
week. and next week.
James Cumberland. the assistant
physical Instructor of the city. acted a.
director at the drill yesterday.
Following is the summary of prize.
winners;
Girls Gymnastic Drill. 4B, Prize-Wor
by Marie P~royenZano, Bruce Street School
second. Rose Seibel, Newton Street School
third. Edna Armitage. Bruce Street School
Girls Gymnaste Drill, "A, Prize-Won by
Esther Enrich, Thirteenth Avenue School
second, Helen sellner, Thirteenth Avenue
school; third. Marion Pappalardo, Newtor
Street School.
Girls Gynnastle Drill. 5B. Prize-won b,
Sadie Milgrim, Newton Street Schools see
ond. Lizzie Watson. Warren Street School
third, Helen Van Duyne, Thirteenth Ave
pue School.
Girls GyInnastie Drill. "a. Prize-Won By
Florence Park, Bergen Street School sec
ond. Elsie Nerniek. Warren Street School
third, Helen Wenckowsky, Newton Stree
School.
Girls Gymnastie Drill, 6B. Prize-won b,
Sadie. Greenberg, Thirteenth Avenn'
Street School; third, Bertha Simpkin. New
ton Street Shoot.
Girls Gynlnastic Drill. GA, Prize-wen b!
Nettie Mafgullies. Newton Street School
second, Ruth Fuerst, Newton Stree
School: third, Mary GALLUP. Newton
Girls Gymnastie Drill. 7B. Prlze-won b,
Hilda Mock. Thirteenth Avenue School
second. Trina F~leishman. Newton Stree
school; third. Ann Schwarz, Thirteent
Avenue School.
Girls Gymnastie Drill. IA. Prize-Won b
Fannie schachtel, Newton Street School
second, Mamie strausberg, Nswton Stree
Girls Gymnastic Drill: sB. PrIze-won b
Estelle Davidson, Thirteenth Avenu
School: second, Charlotte MeChesney
thirteenth Avenue school; third. Rschs
Girls Gymnastie Drill. gA. Prize-won b
Anita Breunig Newton Street School: sec
ond. Pauline Fuerst, Newton Street School
third, Jennie Quincy. Thirteenth Avenu
School.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
YES, W|FE-SLAYER,
SAYS He KILLED
Man IN TOLEDO
Especial to the Evening st.r.l

PERTH AMBoY. May 1s.-George
Yes. who confessed yesterday that he
had killed his wife. made another con
fesston to CHIEF Burke, of police head
quarters, this afternoon. in which he
said that be killed Joseph Ivan during
a quarrel at the boarding house of Paul
Hornyak, in Genesee street, Toledo, O.,
in 1904.
Yes was not brought into court to-
day, but will be arraigned tomorrow.
DR.. ]. L, Suydam. county physician,
performed an autopsy this morning
upon the body of Mrs. Yes and found
that death might have been caused by
either Of the W shots. One bullet en-
tered the abdomen, and the other
pierced the skuTsat the base of the
brain.
Yesterday Yes declared that ne slew
his wife at 10 o'clock, but the police
came to the conclusion that he must
have committed the crime about 8
o'clock. Yes now thinks that may have
been the hour. He had nc watch with
him.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
WOMAN FALLS OFF
ROOF AND MAY DIE;
FALL KILLED son
Mrs. Caroline Schwerdt Taken ID
City Hospital in Serious
Condition.

Mrs. Caroline schwerdt, wife of
Henry schwerdt, a saloon-keeper at
Clifton avenu mi Orange street. was
taken to st. Michaers Hospital in a
critical condition this afternoon. She
had two ribs and am arm broken and
was suffering from what may prove to
be internal injuries.
While she was hanging out .clothes
on the roof of the two-story extension
of her house yesterday, Mrs. Scfwerdt
fell to the ground, striking . washtub.
DR.. Leroy Kirkman attended the in
jured woman. who was semi-conscious
all night.
Mrs. Schwerdt's son, George, was
killed three years ago in ~ fall from
the Mutual BENEFIT Building. and her
brother, George Saubel of Brooklyn,
was killed by the explosive which sank
the Maine in Havana Bay.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
FIND SUSPECT IN
CELL AT COUNTY JAIL.

Recognized at the county jail. to
which he was sentenced as q suspicious
character May 10 from the Second Pre-
cinct Court, as the man railroad detec-
tives had been seeking for the robbery
of a freight car, James Kelly, of PSI
Market street. wax taken to police
headquarters today by ~serseants Kuhn
and Quinn. Of h detective bureau, 1t
is said Kelly had been out OF prison
but a Q He was sentenced In Penn
~sylvania, the detectives say, for a two
and a half year term. John NJ. Coax
ley, detective for the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad. recognized Kelly in the county
jail today as the man he was seeking
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
VIRGINIA SORROWS
OVER ROGERS'S DEATH.

NORFOLK, Va, May 1s.-The death
Of Henry II. Rogers, owner and builder
Of the Virginia Railway, was heard in
Norfolk and throughout Virginia today
with tho deepest sorrow. Particularly
keen was the regret that accompanied
the announcement here. where Mr..
Rogers had 81 recently found a warm
place in the hearts of the entire popu-
lace of Norfolk, the practical terminus
of his personally constructed railway
SYSTEM ALI of the days of the Virginia
systegn were today placed at haif-mast
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
CHILD BURNED IN BONFIRE
In CRITICAL CONDITION

Ffve-year-old Helen Duerscheidt, Of
81 State street, who was severely
burned when her dress caught FIRE from
a bonfire yesterday, is in the city Hos
pital, where physicians have little hope
OF her recovery. The child was burned
about the face and body, as told In the
STAR yesterday.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
ROOSEVELT KILLS BIG
FEMALE RHINOCEROS,

MARRIOTT, British East Africa, May
l~s'-Theodore Roosevelt has begun his
hunting expedition from the Ju ia
ranch Of George Mcmillan. whose guest
he is. He went nj last Sunday and
bagged a female rhinoceros. The hrst
snot wounded her In the shoulder, and
me animal ned to the bushes. Mr..
Roosevelt Followed on horseback, and
SIX more shots were required to bring
her down. The head and skin weighed
$50 pounds,
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
ROGERS. GAVE MILLIONS
N TO HIS HOME TOWN.

FAIRHAVEN. Mass, May 1s.-Fair-
haven, the own in which Henry H.
Rogers sas born. So years ago. and
where the extensive Rogers summer es-
tate is located. everywhere bears the
marks of the generosity of the great
capitalist. His benefactions TO his ma
three millions of dollars. InS1SS4 he
made his first gift to the town, an
eight-room grammar school building,
and later gave the Millicent Library.
To the Unitarian Society of the town
he gave. as a memorial to his mother,
a magnificent church, parish house and
parsonage, costing in excess of g. 0, 900.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
POLICE HUNT men
WHO KEPT WOMAN
CAPTIVE TWO DAYS
Miss Emma Trotter, Mission
Worker. Gives Sleuths Good
Description of Abductors.

ASBuRY PARK, May 19.-The po-
lice today are investigating the story
of Miss Emma Trotter. the mission
worker. who avs she was drugged and
then kept captive two days and nights
in a hut by three men. Miss Trotter
has furnished them with an excellent
description of her abductors and the
police feel confident that they will be
able to pick them up.
AS a part of her work, Miss Trotter,
who has been in Asbury Park for sew
eral months. is frequently called upon
to go to the aid of young women in
distress. A few nights ago she sre-
ceived a m by telephone from q
girl who gave her name as Worrell,
asking her to come to her at an adj
dress in Ocean Grove Heights. Miss
Trotter responded promptly,
When she. reached the house she says
she was seized by three men. They
| dragged her into a back room, thrust
her into a chair, and standing over hei
in a threatening attitude. demanded te
| know the whereabouts of Charlotte
Graves, a girl who had been dtscov'
! cred with them and who was placed II
a home for unfortunate young women
Miss Trotter refused to give the In
formation and rose TO her feet, In.
stantly, she declares, she was knocked
down and drugged. When h woke vi
she found herself in a miserable hove
with the three men. She feigned un'
consciousness most Of that day until
two of her captors went out. Then sht
pleaded with the third to let her go
The eloquence necessary in her rescue
work won the mans heart, and openint
the door he gave Miss Trotter her lib
erty.
Miss Trotter rs 35 years old and II
employed by the Florence Crittendel
Circle.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
GRANDDAUGHTER GETS ESTATE.

The will Of Mrs. Sarah G. Freeman
was admitted to probate in the Surro-
gates Office today. Mrs. Freeman died
in this city on May s and left several
small requests to friends and former
servants. The bulk of her estate was
left to her granddaughter. Miss Theone
e. Freeman, and Philemon Woodruff
was named as executor.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
BABY KILLED IN INCUBATOR.

LONG BEACH, Cal, May ia
baby Incubator proved fatal yesterday
10 the 2-months-old infant Of Richard
pe spain, a young inventor. soon
after \ baby had been placed in the
Incubator q cork blew u OF a hot
wafer bottle and the haby was scalded
TO death.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
HIS TOMB UNDER LAWN.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 1s.-Per-
mission TO build a tomb beneath the
lawn of his luxurious home. in st.
Mark boulevard, Occur d'Alene street,
as a future burial place for himself
and wife, was granted last night by the
City Trustees Of Ocean Park, a sub
urb, to Ennis f. Kellner, a wealthy
mining man and broker.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
HELEN KELLER EDUCATED
BY FUNDS ROGERS GAVE.

RICHMOND. Va. May is.-one of
the most notable Of the sbenefaetions
OF the late n. H. Rogers was the edu-
cation of Helen Keller. whom he res
cued from the South when she was
deaf. dumb. blind and afflicted with
scarlet fever. 1t was with the aid of
his money that the girl developed into
one Of the greatest prodigies of the age.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
HUGHES WILL ADMITTED.

The will Of Charles Henry Hughes.
who died In this city May 4. vas adj
mitted to probate in the surrosate's
odice this morning His wife. Laura
HUGHES IL appointed executrix. ana in
hefits all properties n money.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
DAY SERVICES.

Ascension Day services at Grace
Church, Orange, tomorrow will be as
follows: Holy communion. 7 a. M; holy
communion and sermon by the rector,
the Rev. Charles T. Walkley, II a. M /;
sunday school service, 4:30 p. M; eve-
ming prayer and sermon by the rector,
- a.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
Gov. HudHES,S SON BETTER.

PROVIDENCE. r. IT, May R.-Some
improvement was noted today in the
condition of Charles K. Hughes, IT.,
son Of the Governor, OF New York, who
is in the Rhode Island Hospital here
suffering from cerebro-spinal menin-
gifts.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
virginia and west virginia were guest

virginia and West virginia We're guests
of Mr.. Rogers, }
Mr.. Rogers rose, as he usually did.
a5euf 8 o'clock this morning. All 6
o'clock he complained Of feeling III and
n physician was hurriedy sent for.
Ills heart action was weak and it was
apparent that he was suffering from
a stroke Of spoplexy This was the
second illness of this nature suffered
by Mr.. Rogers. the first having occur
red in July. 1907. In spite Of all that
could be done for him this morning Mr..
Rogers sank rapidly and the end came
peacefully at I o'clock.
Following the seizure of apoplexy in
1907 Mr. Rogers began putting his al
fairs IN order. and he has been out of
the stock market entirely for months.
His Interests in All Of the corporations
with which he had been identified have
been placed in other hands during the
past year. This step was taken in or
der 70 safeguard his properties in the
event OF sudden death.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
COURT CALL.

Tomorrow's call in the Supreme
Court circuit is; Nos 1f5, lie n 10A
In the Circuit Court Nos, 25s. e6a. 200,
.7s, IA. css, 200 and zsl.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19

Rustic, N. J.

MOUNTAIN cOTTAGES-Bath, modern plumb
Ing; rent for season $3.50 TO s2o0: Lackap anna
y. r.. 600 Feet. above sea level; Communication
llc each day; this can't he beat; act dufck;
only two left, Write for free booklet, MEIs-
RIrT. Rustic. n. J.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-04-21
ECONOMY IN MINING
Cost Of Production In Anthraelts
Fields Materially Reduced.

Efforts to establish through Captain
w. A. May, general manager of the
Erie coal properties, that the cost Of
coal producing In the anthracite
fields had been reduced In recent
years, were made by Attorney J. c..
McReynolds, counsel for the govern
ment in its suit against the coal carry.
ing railroads.
Mr.. McReynolds asked the witness
whether since he had been interested
In anthracite coal mining operations
there had not been a gradual and
material Improvement In mining tend.
ing toward economy.
Yes, there has been," replied Mr..
May. Since 1899. he said, buckwheat,
rice and barley coal have been mar
keted as by-products. Such coal used
to be thrown into the culm or refuse
banks.
When asked which of the Pennsyl.
vania coal fields he thought would be
first exhausted Captain May replied.
"The Lackawanna. Wait a minute.
Perhaps the Lehigh. I'm not suffi
ciently acquainted there to state posi-.
lively"
"And 1t is reasonably certain that
the Schuylkill will be exhausted last?
"Yes, sir"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-04-21
INSANITY THE DEFENSE
No Appeal TO Unwrltten Law In the
HaIns Trial.

Flushing, Long Island, April 20.-
That the "unwritten law will not fig
ure In the trial of Captain Peter c.
Hams, Jr., U. S. A., for the murder
of William r. Annis, at the Bayside
Yacht club last August, was the posi-
tive statement made by John F. Nc.
Intyre, chief counsel for the defense.
at the opening Of the trial before JUS
tice Garretson in the supreme court.
Mr.. Mcintyre made the statement
in open court during examination of
talesmen. I'VE do not intend to ap-
peal to any unwritten law in this
case" said Mr.. Mcintyre, "and shall
impress that fact upon the jury when
/ sum up.
"Our defense is one OF insanity,
pure and simple" Mr.. Mcintyre said
that he would not call any alienists.
District Attorney Dewitt of Queens
county, who is prosecuting the case,
announced that he had retained three
alienists to combat any testimony Of
insanity which the defense might Of
fer.
The frs. iuryman accepted was
August Sundliug, tailor of Coro-
nia, L. I. George H. Higbe, a real
estate dealer od Springfield, L. l.,
took the second seat in the jury box.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-04-21
RUNAWAY AT A FUNERAL
Boys Prank Friehtens Team anc
Mourners Are Thrown Into Ditch.

Pittsburg, April 20-While return.
ing from the funeral of Mauro Fl
none, a retired Italian fruit dealer Of
North Braddock, two horses attached
to the carriage occupied by the dead
mans family became frightened when
a boy threw a stick into the road and
dashed down a steep hill from the
Monongahela cemetery. The carriage
was wrecked and all its occupants
were hurt. Those most seriously in
jured are:
Ebert Daubenmeyer driver for j
d. Walton & Sons, liverymen; right
leg broken. left foot crushed, body
bruised; taken to Braddock general
hospital.
Mrs. Mary Fimone, widow of Maurd
Fimone; body bruised, right ankle
sprained
Two daughters and a son of Mrs
Fimone were bruised. The carriage
was smashed. When it was thrown
on its side in a ditch the driver was
pinned under the wreckage, while
those inside were unable to get out
until occupants of the second mourn
ers' carriage and the hearse driver ar
rived.
Freed from the rig, the horses raj
half a mile through the town an'
across the Pennsylvania railroa,
tracks before they were stopped. TIL,
boy who frightened the team disap
peared.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-04-21
WAS FIRST YANKEE MARTYR
Lowell Honors Memory Of Private Tay-
lor, Killed In Baltimore In 1861.


Patriots day in Lowell, Mass,
was marked by the unveiling Of
a beautiful monument to Charles A.
Taylor, the first soldier to fall in de-
fense of the Union in 1861. He was
a member Of the old Sixth Massachu-
sets infantry and lost his life in the
battle in the streets of Baltimore that
has been called the first armed con-
flict of the civil war. The regiment
held a reunion in Lowell.
Monday was the anniversary Of the
passage of the regiment through Balti-
more on its way to Washington. 1t
was the first body Of armed men to
reach the capital in response to Pres
ident Lincoln's call. The arrival of the
regiment was awaited with the great.
est anxiety by the president. The sol.
diers were welcomed by him with:
THANK GOD you are here. Had you
not arrived tonight we should have
been in the hands of the rebels before
morning"
To perpetuate the memory Of Taylor
a bronze tablet was unveiled. The
principal speaker was General Edward
f. Jones, former lieutenant governor
of New York, who commanded the
regiment.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-04-21
DR.. LAMB STRUCK BY PATIENT

Or. R. p. Lamb superintendent of
Matteawan hospital for the criminal
insane and who was one of the prin-
cipal medical witnesses in some of the
Thaw trial proceedings, had narrow
escape from death at the hands of
John Toptman, professor of Ian.
guages, who was sent to the institu
tion three years ago after having kill
ed a man during a saloon brNwl
Toptman, whose mental condition
had been considered good for a year
or more, and who had been installed
as a 'trusty," suddenly struck DR..
Lamb over the head with steel shov-
el, three feet long. cutting his head
and rendering him unconscious.
Luckily the blow was a glancing one
and the injury inflicted is not serious
in character
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-04-21
HEART STITCHED
BY THE SURGEON
Rare and Difficult Operation
Performed on Stab Wound.

Philadelphia, April 20.-One of the
most difficult surgical operations
known was performed at the Penn.
sylvania hospital by Chief Resident
Physician Bradbury, when he made
seven stitches in the heart of Mrs.
Catherine de Mateu of 622 Christian
street, who will probably recover.
While her husband and boy were
attending church former boarder en-.
tered the home and approached Mrs.
De Mateu. Repulsing his advances
Mrs. De Mateu turned away, when
the angry man stabbed her with a
stiletto.
Her !S-year.old daughter, Catherine
heard the cries of her mother and ran
to the street. meeting her father at
the door. The unconscious woman
was taken to the hospital, where DR..
Bradbury resorted to the expedient of
stitching her heart. The rare operation
was said to have been a success.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-04-21
Saturday.

Governor Hughes in a speech in
Brooklyn renewed his fight for a di-
rect primary nomination law.
President Taft visited New Haven
to attend meeting of the Yale corpora
tion and departed for Washington at
midnight
Panic hit the Chicago wheat mar.
ket and prices took sudden slump
when James A. Patten sold large
quantity OF his holdings.
New Zealand rioters, opposing the
governments gift of Dreadnought's to
Great Britain, tore down and trampled
the English flag, says a dispatch from
Sydney.
The Medical Journal takes issue
with statement made before the New
York aldermanic committee that pas
teurization of milk is advocated by
scientific men.