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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
EFFLUENT
IN WATER SUPPLY
Contamination of Bloomfield
System Traced to Dis =
posaI Plant.

The Bloomfield Board of Health 10
In receipt Of a communication from
Herbert B. Baldwin. chemist to the
Department of Public Health in this
city, giving an analysis of a sample
of water submitted for examination
by Health Inspector Joseph c. Sale,
of Bloomfield. The sample, which
was taken without the knowledge Of
Mr.. Baldwin from a stream which
courses from the Madison-C Chatham
sewage disposal plant into the Pas
sale river near where Bloomfield,
Glen Ridge, Montclair. Nutley and
Passaic obtain their water, is found
to be impure.
In his report Mr.. Baldwin says:
From its examination, however,
I should conclude that 1t is some kind
of a sewage etfluent. The liquid has
a strong, disagreeable sewage odor,
contains no dissolved y and Is
readily putrescible. There are a large
number of bacteria. of which colon
bacilli are numerous. Sewage efflu-
ents of similar quality are liable to
create a nuisance and should not be
discharged into streams" :
Many persons now boil the water
before using it. This discovery will
no doubt arouse further sentiment in
Newark and other municipalities bor-
dering on the Passaic against the
Imhoff disposal plant in B~elleville-
Bloomfield territory.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
Samaritan Has
Narrow Escape

A good samaritan act executed by
Mrs. J. Edward Frobisher, of 500
Belgrove drive, Arlington, Just
missed resulting seriously. Mrs. Fro
bisher, wife of former School Com
missioner Frobisher, was alone In
her home a few days ago, when a
negress, who gave her name as Miss
Minnie Torrey, appeared at the door.
The visitor announced she was Ill
and out of work.
Struck with compassion, Mrs. Fro
bisher invited her visitor within. A
room was prepared and the negress
was assigned to 1t. The understand
ing was that she would enter the
employ of the Frobisher household
upon her While the woman
lay at the Frobisher home, health
authorities of Kearny and Newark
searched high and low for her, as
she was suffering with d~iphtheria.
Health Inspector Henry v. Am
norman Of Kearny, finally located
the Torrey woman. He ordered her
to dress and had her conveyed to
Newark, where she was placed in an
isolation hospital for treatment. The
who was under observation
at her home. 20 Cherry street, New
managed t o slip away and
made her way to Arlington before
she was missed.
AS a result of the visit the Fro
bisher home was subjected to a thor
ough f~umigation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
Mute Regains
Speech in Cell

Say, officer, I've been deaf and
dumb long enough" said Rastus
Moore, negro, as Patrolman Thomas
Dolan, of Harrison. passed his cell
in the Harrison lookup yesterday.
Dolan, himself, admits he jumped at
least WI feet from the corridor floor
when he heard the dummy" speak.
He looked at the fellow in the cell
and pinched himself to make sure he
was awake.
"Yass. sub, dis sho am an arful
game chirped the prisoner. Only
a short time before Moore had been
arrested for begging and when he
faced the desk at headquarters he
handed the sergeant a card which
explained that the bearer was deaf
and dumb"
A short while before he had nodded
his head in refusal when food and
drink had been offered. He was play
ing the game for all that was in it,
firmly believing he would arouse suf-
fcient pity to cause his release. When
finally arraigned in court Moore de-
he becomes a dummy" every
time he feels hungry. Upon his prom
Use to give Harrison wide berth in
the future Moore was discharged. 1t
did not take him long to get out of
town.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
RvTNGTON

The Irvington Town Council last night
accepted the plans and specifications for
a new police station on Washington ave-
nue. and adopted a resolution for the
purchase of $50, 800 worth of bonds for
the purpose of acquiring, e~quipping and
maintaining the Fairgrounds on the pres
ent site of the Durand pond.
Miss Lucy H~emhauser, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John C. Hemhauser, of 44o
Twenty first street, has returned from
a two weeks stay at South Beach.
The Shade Tree Commission will hold
its semi-monthly meeting tonight in
Town Hall.
Mrs. Erwin G. C.. Gauss, of Orange
avenue, and son and daughter are spend.
ing the summer at the home of Mrs. q.
E. Wolfe, of Dover.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
First Reformed Church will conduct
services In the large lecture room to-
night.
Preliminary steps have been taken by
the Town Council for the placing of an
eight-inch in Skinkle lane 45o feet
northerly from Springfield avenue.
The final report of the Board of As.
SCISSORS on the opening of Fortieth
street has been continued to the Town
Council meeting of August 8.
After hearing protests from a num-
Der of property owners on Ball street
against the opening and extension of
that street to Lyons avenue, further
action In this matter was abandoned
by the Town Council last night.
The legal committee of the Town
Council has been instructed to COM
municate with the town attorneys,
Rtker g. Riker, to take legal action
compelling the contractor, John Dorer,
to complete his work of paving Har-
rison place in accordance with the
specifications in the contract.
Henry j. Henderson & Co., of So
Twenty-first street. have been award
ed the contract for placing a heating
apparatus on the main floor of the
Colt street fire-house. at a cost not to
exceed S166.
A horse belonging to Samuel Ellie
man, of 126 Waverly avenue. Newark,
which fell exhausted at Springfield
avenue and Twenty-frst street yes
terday, was shot by Agent Louis Teed,
of the s. P. c. A.
Henry Rhinehart, 26 years old, OF
SO Darcy street, Newark, was found
guilty by Recorder W. Eugene Turton
last night of disorderly conduct Sun
day night on a Springfield avenue car
n resisting Roundsman Farmhouse,
who made the arrest. He was fined
$40.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
EAST ORANGE DEMOCRATS
INDORSE CANDIDATES


Harmony was the keynote Of the
evening at a meeting of the East Or
ange Democratic Club last night.
Martin Conboy presided. Resolutions
were passed indorsing the candidacy
of Governor Wilson and Governor
Marshall, and plans were made to
raise a campaign banner, the first In
many years.
Frank A. O'Connor, of West Or
egan, in his address, said that Essex
county would stand by the candi-
dates. Mr.. O'Connor said that a
third party will moi be needed. He
praised the preferential primaries
and paid it was his belief there
would never again be a convention
to nominate a presidential candidate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
BUY SCHOOL FOR
USE AS CITY HALL
Orange Common Council to Pay
Board of Education
$4,000

The Day Street School will be
turned ove by the Orange Board of
Education to the Common Council.
and the building will be used as a
City Hall after extensive alterations
totaling up to $4,000 will be made.
A resolution accepting the school for
this purpose was passed by the Com
mon Council last night. To provide
room for the several hundred pupils
at the Day street building the School
Board will make additions to the
Park Avenue School, costing $4,000.
This sun was received as considera-
ton from the Common Council for
the Day Street School.
The building will be vacated by
pupils in December, and work on the
alterations will commence Immediate
ly after. so is to put the City Hall
in condition for use as quickly as
possible. The front of the building
will be made ornamental, and it is
likely that next spring the city Of
fees now located in the Orange Ma
tional Bank building will be trans
to the Day street structure.
The Board of Health quarters in old
Hall and the police head
quarters in Day street will also be
removed to the new building.
The police station will be sold and
the dormitory of the firemen in Can
field street, used for several years as
a Common Council meeting room and
Court. will be given up en-
tirely to the firemen, the officials util-
lzing an auditorium in Day stree for
their sessions.
Considerable discussion took place
before the Common Council decided
to accept the building. Councilman
urged delay until August. in
accordance with a resolution passed
a fortnight ago. saying he did moi
want such talk In connection with the
City Hall as was caused by the scsv-
enger contract, which will come up
court in September. John N.
Lindsey, of the police commission,
using the school, as did
also Assemblyman Frank L. Murray,
School Commissioner G.. Wallace
Hutchinson and Police Judge Joseph
Bray, who sent a letter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
SOLONS REFUSE TO DROP
CASE AGAINST BLUECOAT

Hans Waldman, now a resident of
Jamaica, Long Island, failed to ap-
pear against Patrolman John Breen
at the meeting of the Bloomfield
Town Council last night. Council
men Unangst inc Sadler, of the
minority, voted to dismiss the COM
plant, but Mayor Hauser voted with
his colleagues and made it 5 to 2 for
a postponement until August 5.
Waldman wrote that he was in the
hospital and unable to be on hand.
He did not ask for an adjournment.
The charges against the policeman
are that he arrested the complainant
without cause and that he used
violence.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
BLOOMFIELD FINDS FAULT
WITH FREEHOLDERS' RULE

The Bloomfield Town Council last
night went on record as being OPP
posed to the stand taken by the
Board of F~reeholders in requiring
that a permit be obtained and a de-
posit made before any county road
may be opened for any purpose by
the municipality in which it lies.
Chairman Charles j. Murray, of the
water committee, in explaining the
view of the matter held by said com
mittee, stated hat compliance with
this demand would work a great
hardship on the citizens of the town
and would : seriously hamper the
water departments progress.
The clerk IA instructed to write
to the county road board stating that
the council desired to install water
mains on Bloomfield avenue and
wished t work In cooperation with
the county authorities, but it does not
lesire to make a deposit or take out
a formal permit. 1t now remains to
be seer whether the two governing
bodies will act in harmony in the
matter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
MANY VIOLATIONS
OF FIRE ORDINANCE

Augustus F. Olsen, superintendent
of the Bloomfield fire alarm system,
requested the Town Council there
last night to relieve him of the re-
sponsibility of approving the wiring
and apparatus of moving picture
playhouses, claiming tina it was rot
within the scope of his duties. A
long debate followed, during which
Olsen stated that some of the propri-
etors had violated the law in that
respect.
Mayor Hauser, after vainly trying
to obtain from Olsen the names of
the alleged v%iolators, instructed him
to explain his contention in detail to
the fire and police committees and to
inform them Of any violations of the
town ordinances by the moving pic
ture concerns.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
OBJECTS TO |TEM
VETOES BUDGET
Orange Mayor Considers De-
probation Fund Burden
on Taxpayers.

R~eiterating his stand against rails
ing a depreciation fund for the Or
anse municipal lighting plant, claim
ing that the plan TO raise sufficient
money within fifteen and one-nat
vea RS TO entirely replace the present
plan, is an unfair burden to place
upon the present taxpayers, Mayor
Arthur B. Seymour SEN a message
To the Orange Common Council last
night vetoing the tax tor
1912. He doubted his right to simply
veto the item of 81 sos for deprecia-
fion. which he objects to. and told
the Council that was his only reason
for returning the tar budget.
Upon motion of Chairman Henry
T, Stetson. of the finance commit
re. the Council during h n
passed on second and ina readings
an ordinance creating the municlpai
electric light plant depreciation FUND.-
with Councilman Smith alone dis
senting. so as to have the whole
matter of the depreciation provisions
before the Council at the meeting
next month. 1t Is expected thal
Mavor will naturally veto
this ordinance, and the Two Vetoes
win be taken up at the same meet
ing
chairman Stetson last night INSIST
I'd that Runyon & Carey, consulting
of the light plant. urged
the creation of the fund, and the or
dinance passed last night will allow
The use of money raised by taxes
zach wear for necessary requirements
of engines and other equipment. 80 as
to extend the life Of the present plant
far beyond the fifteen and one-hal1
years at first estimated as a reason
able period of its natural existence.
It was explained by MIR, Stetson that
without changing the parts the sys-
tenn would likely last fifteen and one
half years, but with the requirements
of WORKOUT and Anticipated parts
time to time. out of the fund
to be raised each year. the life OF
the system would go on.
To ask the taxpayers of this and
succeeding years up to 1926 to raise
and pay a fund to build a new plant
for the purpose of relieving the tax
payers of that remote period of the
to Issue bonds, is not good
business policy, in the opinion Of the
IF the city government in
1925 desires to replace the present
plant" says Mayor Sey-
nour, ''let the then government do as
have done-provide the funds by
issue of bonds"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16

MOTORMAN OF CAR WHICH
lit MAN OUT ON BAIL


William s. Stergeon, of 105 Rose
terrace. Newark, the motorman In
charge of the car which struck Isaac
johnson, an aged druggist, in Central
avenue, East Orange, on Saturday
night, today was before Recorder
Mott in the East Orange Police Court
and was released in $1,000 bail for the
grand jury. William Burgess, Of 1876
South Thirteenth street, Newark, the
conductor. was paroled for the grand
jury.
Mr.. johnson is said to be in a dy-
Ing condition aethe Orange Memorial
Hospital as the result OF his injuries,
and last night members of his family
were summoned to his bedside. His
injuries were not thought to be seri-
GUS at first.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
CHARGE AGAINST AGENT

Recorder Mott heard argument in
the East Orange Police Court today
as the result of a claim by Frederick
H. Smith, jr., of 321 Mt. Prospect
avenue, this city, that Samuel E.
Roush, a real estate dealer of East
Orange, had collected $50 in rents
from a two-family dwelling at 254
Parkway north, of which Smith is
now the owner. Roush was the
agent in charge of the property. and
1t is asserted that the change in own
ership did not come until after the
rents were due, and he was not
aware Of any deed being filed by the
new owner. Recorder Mott did not
believe there was any criminal intent
shown, but the matter will be fur
the argued on July "a.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
ORANGE LEAGUE PLANS TO
VISIT GOVERNOR WILSON

Members of the Woodrow Wilson
League of Orange will conduct an
excursion to Sea Girt on August 10.
where they will greet Governor Will
son and pledge their support This
was decided at a meeting held last
night in the Lindsey building.
John L. Davis was made chairman
of the committee to arrange for an
early banner raising of the Demo-
candidates, Wilson and Mar
shall, The banner will be put up in
front of the leagues headquarters.
The Common Council was asked last
night for permission to raise the
banner. The request was referred to
the Street Committee with power.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
WAITING FOR FRIENDS
WITH CLUB IN HANDS

Policeman White, of Orange. last
night had his attention attracted to
Angelo Verdernio, of I Lafayette
street, shortly after II o'clock. stand
ing behind a tree with a stout stick
In his hand. Two women were nearby
and White waited for developments.
When none came he walked toward
the man, who ran away. He was
arrested and told Acting Judge Alb
bot today he had been waiting for
some friends since 7 o'clock. He did
not explain how he intended to greet
them and was fined SIS and costs or
to spend sixty days in the peniten-
tiary.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
A. O. OF H. DELEGATES
CONVENE In CHICAGO

CHICAGO, July 16.-More than
1000 delegates to the convention of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians are
in Chicago today.
Preceding the initial meeting the
delegates attended solemn pontifcal
mass, celebrated by Archbishop
James E. Quigley. at Holy Name
Cathedral. Bishop John P. Carroll,
of Helena. Mont, delivered the SER
mon.
Later the delegates were welcomed
at their convention hall by Mayor
Carter H. Harrison. The principal
business of the convention Is said to
be a change in the constitution.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
MRS. ANN COLLINS

Mrs. Ann Collins, widow of John
Collins, and a lifelong resident of
Bloomfield, died today in her home
at Broad and Maple streets, that
town, at the age of 50 years. Mrs.
Collins vas n of the best known
of the older residents of the town,
and she had many friends. She had
lived in the house in which she
passed away for more than a half
century. Mrs. Collins was one of the
Oldest members of the First Presby-
terrain Church. She is survived by
n daughter, Mrs. Jesse Irving Tay-
Tor, and three grandchildren, Miss
Jeanette Taylor, Jesse l. Taylor, jr.,
and John Collins Taylor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
FOUND NOT GUILTY OF
THREAT TO HARM HORSE

Elias Bodenweiser, owner of a liv-
cry stable and fast horses in Main
street, East Orange, today, had
one of his grooms, James Buck
ley, before Recorder Mott in the
East Orange Police Court on com
plant that he made a threat yester-
day that he would do harm to "Dan-
ish Belle "a race horse of Boden-
weiser, now on the Salem track.
Buckley claimed what he meant was
that he would go to the judges and
try to prevent the horse being raced
in case he did not receive money for
his work for his employer. Buckley
was found not guilty.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
TWO ACCIDENTS
KEEP POLICE BUSY
Driver Pitched from Wagon
When Wheel Enters
Rut.

Although the town police ambu-
lance was used in both cases, 1t was
impossible to get from the Kearny
police today any record of two acct
dents In that own yesterday. The
desk officer declared he had no
names in either case. As a result
of n of the mishaps n man is in
a dying condition. The other was a
heat case with no serious results.
Joseph Lehman, of 101 Winans ave-
nue., employed by the Crew Levick
Oil Company, was driving north on
Kearny avenue late yesterday.
When midway between Johnston and
Woodland avenues, Kearny, the big
wagon, weighing probably a couple
of tons, slipped into a rut, and Leh-
man was pitched head-irst to the
ground.
Before the horses could be stopped
one Of the front wheels had passed
over his head. He was picked up in
an unconscious condition and carried
to the drug store of DR.. John w.
Reid some distance away. DR.. Reid
gave temporary relief and the police
ambulance vas called. The injured
was hurried to the hospital and
1t was said there today he is suffer
ing with a fractured skull.
While working in Forest street, An
tonic Santonio, an Italian. was over
come with me heat. To VAS taken
to ST. Michael's Hospital in the ,oliee
ambulance. He refused to stay at the
tcSIital
Far soi'e time the Kearny police
have been Withholding news from the
press. Efforts to get officials e the
town to order the police CHIEF to give
oui the n-ws have tr.n futile. CHEZ
Tolen and Detective Oliver, who
travel together. though they have
been several times ordered to discon-
tinue the practise. handle very nearly
every ambulance cas- that leaves the
town.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
BURGLAR IN JAIL GETS
LOAN FROM POLICE CHIEF

James Hamilton, alias English"
the negro burglar sen away for a
year by Recorder Mott, of East Or
ange, to day sent an appealing letter
to Chief O'Neill for the loan of money
in order that he might get something
good to eat In the county Jail pending
his commitment to the penitentiary.
Chief O'Neill is going to send him the
money, and said he took the burglar
money as a loan and expects to be
repaid. A crisp 50 bill will go to the
negro,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
MAYOR HAUSER CALLS
IMHOFF SCHEME A "CRIME'

Calling the Imhoff sewage disposal
plant scheme a crime, Mayor Hauser,
at the meeting of the Bloomfield Town
Council last night, submitted plans
prepared by Alexander Porter,
showing that Montclair, Orange and
East Orange could build the pro-
posed sewage disposal plant in Mont
clair at a saving to that town Of
more than $1,000 and adding only
slightly to the cost to Orange and
East Orange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
r r FUNERAL

Rev. c. B. Condit. of this city,
will oficiate tomorrow at the funeral
of Mrs. Abby Ward. widow Of
stephen Ward, who died Sunday at
her home at Far Hills. Services will
be conducted from the residence of
a sister, Mrs. Margaret Gould, in
Sunset avenue, Verona. Burial will
be made in Prospect Hills Cemetery,
Caldwell. Mrs. Ward was So years
old. She is survived by two daugh-
ters. Mrs. Jacob Shawger, of Verona.
and Mrs. John Anthony, of Far Hills.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
DAYS VACATION
AFTER Is YEARS. WORK

For the first time in eighteen a
Henry Taylor, the veteran Orange
hackman at the Cone street station
of the Lackawanna railroad, is en-
joying a holiday today. 1t Is his sec
ond outing in his lifetime.
Accompanied by a friend Mr.. Tay-
lor left at sunrise for Rockaway
Beach, where he intends to take in
everything from the r~oller-coaster to
a dip in the surf.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
WILL NAME CANDIDATES

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, July 49,
1t vas expected when the Democratic
State convention convened here to-
day that its business would be dis
posed of before evening. Leaders ad-
that the nomination of Will
liam R. Thompson, of Huntington,
for Governor would be made without
contest. A complete State ticket is
to be named.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
CHURCH ENTERTAINMENT

The young people of Our Lady of
Mt. Carmel Catholic Church. Orange,
have completed arrangements forean
entertainment and dance to be given
in thu parish hall in Huriburt street
tonight. The program will consist OF
musical numbers and a successful
+'- =" Sn+r-ad. Refresh
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
DROWNED BOYS FUNERAL

The funeral Of Charles ]. James, IT..
who was drowned In the Hackensaclx
River. Saturday. took place today. A
requiem mass was offered in the
Church of the Holy Cross, Harrison,
and interment was in the Cemetery
= The funeral
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16

be of concrete and will hold 1000, 600
gallons. The bid of $4,48S. 80 presented
by the United States Pipe and Foun-
dry Company for water pipe was ac-
cepted, as was the one of the Rens-
se.aer Valve Company, amounting to
s25D, for gate valves.
Work is to be begun on the reser-
voir at once.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
TRENTON PASTOR RESIGNS

TRENTON, July 16.-Rev. Edwin
J.. Hopkins, pastor of Christ Evan
gelical Lutheran Church, has re-
signed to accept a call to take up
work at Elsmere, Del, under the New
Castle Presbytery.