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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-31
New York Hotels Are
Threatened with a Cen
eral Walk0ut of Watt
ers Within "a Hours.
ALL BIG HOSTELRlES AND
LUNCHROOMS INVOLVED
Marie Antoinette and Great
Northern Deserted at Break
fast by Serving Force. but
There Is No Disorder.

NEW YORK, May a.-New York
faces today " possible strike OF every
rnion waiter and cook In the city. Twenty
five hundred walters from dozen famous
hotels and restaurants are on strike,
and unless they win their fight for
higher wages. shorter hours and recog-
milton of their union within twenty-fonr
hours their leaders say they will order
q general walk-out This order, ac-
cording to Edward Blochlinger, imam
cial secretary of the Workers Union,
would call from their places cooks anu
walters in every hotel not already af-
fected and extend to employees of hun
dreds of restaurants and ''quick-lunch'
establishments serving food at popular
prices.
Walters at the Marie Antolnette and
the Great Northern hotels Joined the
strike this morning. They walked out
during the breakfast hour without dis
order.
other hotels and clubs turned out their
complement of union employees to swell
the strikers ranks. At Sherrys, the Cslu-
met Club and the Hotel Seville cooks and
walters left dining rooms filled with
luncheon guests. Corps of strikebreakers,
held in reserve, took their places,
There was not a corporars guard Of
union walters working today at the Ho-
tells Plaza. Astor. ST. Regis, Waldorf
Astoria, Knickerbocker. Belmont, Gotham.
Imperial. Prince George, Rector Bresin
Or the Holland House
Approximately l,o00 negroes are ready
10 be brought into the city from South
ern points to break the strike, the prin-
cipal hotel managers say The negroes
have been recruited, 1t is said, from
hotels and employment agencies in
Florida, Baltimore, Washington, Rich
mond, St Louis and other Southern
cities At. the Plaza Hotel, where the
walters laid down their dishes last
night, negroes have already taken up
their work.
Nearly all the demands of the strikers
have been granted by the hotel men,
but recognition of the union has been
refused
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DEAL; RAP 1T

Exception TO statements made recently
by + w Canielo, secretary of the New
Jersey Coal Dealers Associations. which
is being attacked for its alleged attempt
TO monopolize the coal supply in this
city Was taken today by several inda-
pendent dealers. The Independents. who
have formed an organization known as
the Retail Coal Dealers Association 81
Newark are fghting the coal combine.
and emphatically declare the coal trust
here has grown so strong that only dras-
tie measures win prevent 1t from 'freez-
ing" out every independent competitor.
In a long written statement several
members of the retail association polnt
out the inconsistency of Mr.. Candeidis
assertions, and the actions of the New
Jersey Coal Dealers Association. Mr..
canfed, speaking for the association, de-
clared that many retail dealers in tie
"Hill" section OF Newark are not sd-
mitted as members of the association he
cause they are really dn the Judgment OF
the stronger association membersl
merely coal peddlers
Secretary Garfield then enumerated
several qualifications which an applicant
must have to be eligible as a candidate
for the New Jersey Coal Dealers Asso-
eiation The independents, in the letter.
name several members OF the exciusip,A
coal dealers association who II is said.
are now doing the same thing which Mr..
Garfield declared barred candidates from
admission to the association
Most Of these small Dealers Mr. Tan.
feld said, "peddle in lee, coal vegetables
and anything else that they can make
money out Of IN the face OF this fact
you can see readily Wy the protesting
dealers cannot qualify as members OF oHr
association, because we insist upon hay
ing information which win show positive,
" that an applicant is going into the
coal business in earnest. and to stay
The retail dealers in answer. say sev.
eral OF Mr. Canield's members are selling
ice. groceries, wood, rags and incIdcntaiiy
coal. One Independent today said he Will
not start internal trouble in such
weloiled machine as the hig assoein-
tion. but WIN give Mr.. Candeld the
names, SO that the charge nigh, he
verified.
II is also said by the independents that
several Of AIR canncld's members are
not citizens Of the United States.
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CUTS WRIST,
mo PULSE"
Mrs. SOnnfeld BemOanS
Her Inability to Die of
All-night Wounds.
COULD NOT REACH MAIN
ARTERY IN THREE TRIALS
Taken to Hospital, She Is Won
der of Physician Who
Attends Her.

"I cant find my pulse" groaned Mrs
Amelia sonnfeld 30 years old of 1os
Emmett street. this morning as her
friend Mrs. Shumann, entered her room.
I've cut and cut at my wrist, but |
can't find my pulse
Mrs. Sonnfeld who had been living at
the house of her friend. Mrs Shumann.
retired at o'clock last night, and a few
minutes later she cut her wrist with a
potato knife she had taken from tho
kitchen. She then went to bed, and ac-
cording to her statement when she found
the result of the wound had not tended
TO weaken her. she made second slash
at her wrist.
This also failed 10 weaken her and
she dragged herself to the window in
order TO get the light on her hand. She
cut the third timo, and going back to
bed waited for denth.
At o'clock this morning Mrs. shu-
msnn entered the room and asked her
friend II she did net intend to get up
soon and have breakfast.
Mrs Sopnfeld snid she did not want
anything TO eat. and told Mrs. Shumann
to call her later. At 9:30 o'clock Mrs.
Shumann again entered the room, and
this time was attracted by the woman's
attempt to conceal her left hand under
the blankets.
Upon nquiring why she did this. Mrs.
Sounfeld said she had been trying TO kill
herself. but could not hnd the pulse IN
her wrist in order to sever IL. Her hand
was almost ont through
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TO PUT COAL
MEN ON RACK

NEW YORK. May S1.-The committee
of the Merchants Association to In
vestigate the advance In the price OF
domestic hard coal is to begin its work
next week. and several operators. 1t is
expected, will be asked TO answer ques-
tions Coal dealers also viii be request
ed to appear
This is the first time the coal trade
has undergone an investigation OF this
kind. Henry r. Towne, president Of
the association. said that while the com
nfttee has no power 10 compel the al
tendance OF the operators. 1t is hardly
likely that they would refuse to testify
I'VE are not going off at half-cock
on this matter" said Mr.. Towne. 1T is
the pubIic's right to know everything
about the case.
"The price of anthracite has been in
crea asing since 1902. and now 25 cents a
ton is added, ostensibly because the
wages of the miners have been In
creased a little more than 8 per cent
New York, which, on account of the
anti-smoke ordinance, has TO burn an
thraeite is particularly interested in the
natter
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Oil in Theatre Fire Pals
Is Mosquito Board Order

That's to keep the mosquitoes from
breeding explained the manager mildly.
.'Indeed9,' returned Hoppe. Then the
best way tQ XII them for good and all
would be To throw a match in it. They'd
roast alive so quick that you wouldn't
have time to get out the fire depart
ment."
When Inspector Hoppe reported to Cap
tain Gasser the following letter was inl-
mediately Forthcoming:
Essex County Mosquito Commission,
500 Broad Street.
Newark, n. J.
Dear sirs-Reports reach me from
inspectors attached TO this bureau that
employees of the Essex County Mos.
quito Commission have recently visited
the theatres in this city and haye
ordered kerosene oil put on top of the
water In the theatre fire pnils. ! am
reliably Informed that this is done TO
prevent the breeding of mosquitoes;
"a moments thought of the serious
danger will, I am sure, convince you
that It is unwise to put Kerosene oil In
pals intended solely for use in ex
flnguishment OF fires"
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Say Milkman
Stole Diamonds

Charged with stealing three diamond
rings worth $500, Rubin Enrich, p years
old. of 1877 Brunswick street, milkman,
was held in $1,000 bail to await the ac-
ton Of the grand jury by Judge Herr
in the Fourth Precinct Police Court to-
day.
He was arrested on complaint OF Mrs.
Pauline Hammerschlag, of t@ High
street, from whom the rings were
stolen.
I,ieutenants Horter and Tenore. of po-
lice headquarters, were given the case
with practically no clues TO aid them.
They found out that Enrich who had
been a milkmsn, had given up his po-
sition. Although he denied that he was
in the Hammerschlag home. the detec-
t,ves assert that they can prove that
he was seen leaving II on the day the
Jewels were missed.
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family without her chauffeur husband or
of clinging to him and being ignored by
her -relatiSer7~-
The girl clung to her husband and de-
voted herself TO housekeeping and the
duties OF any wife In ordinary circum-
stances, but now tho stork may serve as
n messenger of family peace and recon
cillntion
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Atlantic City Councilmen
Admit Guilt as Burns
Produces Evidence with
Dictagraph.
FOUR BOARD MEMBERS
ARE TO BE ARRESTED
Asked 81 900 to Repass Con-
crete Boardwalk Ordinance
After 1t Had Been Vetoed BY
Mayor.

ATLANTIC CITY. May s1.--Trapped
In the act of accepting bribes to put
through City Council what they hid sup
posed was deal to build a new con-
crete Boardwalk for Atlantic City,
four councilmen have signed full con-
fessions and will be arrested today.
Warrants were issued for them.
A fifth councilman. with more nerve
than his mates. refused to admit that
he had accepted the bribe when con-
fronted with evidence against him. and
was placed under arrest yesterday az
ternoon. He was held in 5000 bail for
hearing before Justice OF the Peace
Burgan today.
The four councilmen whose written
confessions of bribetaking are in the
hands of Detective Burns are:
Samuel s. Phoebus. former boardwalE
hotelowner and member of councils
from the Second ward.
james w. Lane. member from tho
Fourth ward, who has been In councils
for several years
William Malta, member from the Third
ward and proprietor of a saloon and
hotel opposite City Hail. In one Of tho
rooms OF which the dictagraph record
cd the bribe-taking
Gustave Kessler. member from the
Third ward, and cousin of "comno-
dorc' Kuehnle.
The councilman who insists that he
had no part In the bifbe-taking. and
who was arrested yesterday, Is Harry
Dougherty, Third ward member, who
has been In councils but a year..
This latest exposure in the series
which has disclosed the grating opera
tions of the Kuehnle machine Is the re-
suit of 3ear's investigation by opera
tives working dnder the personal direc-
tion OF William J Burns, master detcc-
tive, who laid bare the bribery in the
Ohio Legislature, unearthed the details
OF the Mcnamara dynamitings, exposed
the San Francisco scandals under Boss
Renf and solved other cases Of national
interest
The evidence upon which the Atlantic
City exposure is based was obtained
through the use of the dictograph. the
hidden telephone apparatus. which was
made famous in the Ohio legislative
bribery scandal.
Following upon the heels of the re-
peated blows which have been dealt the
Kuehnle machine, but disclosing for the
first time In it's full enormity the venal-
ity OF the gangsters, the exposure aud
the developments that are certain to fol-
low. mean the end OF the machine that
has throttled the seashore city
There is not hole In the net that
Burns spread for the brlbe- taking coun-
Continued ON Second IBawel
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WARMER WEATHER is
TO COME TOMORROW

The sultry heat of Wednesday and the
cloudy uncertainty OF Memorial Day gave
WAY today to "A fresh, sunllt breeziness
that resembled early fall weather
The northwest wind swept along at
twelve miles su hour At a. IN. the
mercury stood at 81 degrees. BY Z o'clock
1t bad gone up 10 62 and at noon it regis
tered eS. This was only -four degrees
warmer than yesterdays coolest. Yestcr-
days highest was so degrees
The forecast Of The local bureau Isl;
Fair tonight and Saturday, warmer Sat
urday; moderate northwest winds.
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Fort Chairman
of Delegation
rFrom a stsn Correspondent ]

TBrom STAFF Correspondent
TRENTON, May a.--Former Governor
John Franklin Fort was elected chairman
OF the New Jersey delegation to the Ma
tional Republican convention at meeting
at the Hotel Sterling this afternoon by
the delegates elected in this weeks pri-
maries. The vote instructed for Theo-
core Roosevelt.
Borden u. Whiting will be selected the
New Jersey member at the Republican
uationaI committee 10 succeed former
Governor franklin Murphy.
George l.. Record. of Jersey City. was
chosen TO represent New Jersey on the
resolutions committee. John Boyd AVIS
viii b chosen as the New Jersey member
Of the credentials committee.
The delegates Will also select members
of the other committees vice president
and several secretaries.
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Church Is Hit by
Lightning Bolt

It will be several days before the dam
age done by the storm yesterday can be
cleared up. In the suburbs of the city
several streets are blocked and traffic is
entirely suspended Thousands of persons
who were at the cemeteries decorating
graves were drenched and unable 10 get
TO shelter in time TO escape the heavy
downfall
In Nutley particularly was the damage
heavy Six houses were struck by light
ming st. Mary's Catholic Church. in East
Nutley. was damaged to the extent OF
several hundred dollars In Hillside and
High streets passage Is impossible. The
streets are choked by trees and telegraph
poles which were blown down. Men were
at work today cutting the heavy sections
away. so as to afford a passage.
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BURY HIM
HEAD DOWN
Lspeclal 10 lhe Newark star !


CAMDEN, May 21-Demandlng that
his nephew. Walter scverans, be buried
head downward seven feet under
ground John ]. Iaggard, collector of
Clementon township. called this after.
noon ut the county Jail TO see the body
OF the man his testimony had convicted
OF forgery.
Severans. who was 35 years old, was
found dead In his cell today lie was
convicted here last week on charge Of
forging the name Of Jaggard 70 three
township orders amounting to $3.50 and
was sentenced by Judge Carrow to -four.
teen years In State prison
He was arrested three months ago
AT the instance Of Harry Meyers, bank
crs' collector. of Philadelphia. who ne
gotinted the payment Of two townships
orders on the First National Bank, of
Camden. and one on the First National
Bank NJ Berlin. Camden county. me
forged orders contained exact reprodne-
tlong of the names Of Collector daRgafo
and of two members of the township
committee II was on these signatures
that the banks paid the money without
.oueetion Several days later. when the
First National Bank. OF Camden, attempt
cd 10 balance the accounts OF collector
Joorard. the shortage was discovered.
piukerton detectives were placed on the
case. and after a week Severans was ar
rested.
At his trial last week he admitted the
charge and laid his downfall to woman
in philadelphia and who, he claimed still
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Her romantic elopement surprised her
schoolmates and many friends here, and
when her wealthy guardian, Mrs. Rob
ert j. Byron, who Is also her aunt,
hoard OF Il. she tainted.
The girl was staying with her aunt
in a cottage at North Chelsea avenue.
Atlantic City, where Mrs. Byron was
one of the best-known residents OF the
fashionable summer colony. Last Sat
urday. dislikins the thought OF having
to return to school in the fall. she elopcd
with her chauffeur sweetheart.
Cupid Meets Her at Depot.
Miss Mclaughlin left Newark Janu.
airy 2s to join her aunt In Atlantic CITY
Cupid met her there and fluttered gaiiy
along with the taxicab In which she was
taken from the station to her aunts
cottage. For the driver of the taxicab
was Edward Newman
That was the first time the young
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AUTOUPSETS;
ONE KILLED

NEW YORK. May 31.--one man was
killed and fourteen persons seriously In
jnred early today when sightseeing
automobile skidded and turned turtle on
the Hoffman boulevard in the Borough
Of Queens. The dead man was John
Eagan, of New York.
The party was returning from Roeka-
way Beach Their car was SO badly
wrecked that it was left in the road
way The injured who were taken TO
hospitals in Jamaica, Long Island, in
cluded six men and eight young women.
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couple met. Their friendship ripened
quickly. although pretty Miss Mary was
far too astute to risk inviting him to
visit her aunt's home.
Last Saturday Miss Mclaughlin mys-
teriously disappeared. Her rela tives on
gagged detectives, but the police wera
not asked to help IN the search.
Aunt Faipts at News.
When the telephone rang yesterday at
her aunts home, Mrs. Byron answered.
She heard her uiece's voice:
rs this you. auntle? This Is Mary
have been married.
ITO whom" gasped Mrs Byron. You
silly child"
why, to Edward
Edward
tContinued on second Pagc.b
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Most Men Know Just as Much About
Merchandise as Most Children Do
About Astronomy
By J. r. HAMILTON.

rS HIS so needs proof bear out The aver
age sxtytwo different parts of which be
cheapened price and of which can be judged
xcen by the expert hoemakng The suit of
clothes has ffyeven pars the pair of trousers
has over sixty average fabric when it
sutely all wool through through be made diff
fent GRADES Your alsk pure,
grown fibre your knowing it and trying
10 make them entirely of cheap glue.
Now question is if starting out to buy something
today where shall you go?
The very simple If you do not know the merchan
disc you merchant The way judge the goods
to Judge best judge the through
the advertising
The man advertses the who signs his
econtinued
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2.4OO Volts Rob
Him of Speech

Stricken speechless, but still ailve'
Frederick Curner, "a years old, OF Nut
lev. survived current OF 2,4OO volts that
went through him today when ne
stumbled and fell across an open con-
tact in the Passaic avenue station OF
the Public Service Company
The physicians think they can save
his life, although whether or not ne
will recover his power Of speech -
question.
Curner would have been burned to a
erisp IL Lester Speer, the superintendent
of the station, had not arrived Just as
he pitched forward. The flames ieaped
around the mans body but Speer man
aged to drag him away from the feed
wire.
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KILLED BY OWN AUTO

JAMAICA. n. Y, May a.-Herbert J.
Holmes, local business man, is dead
here from injuries received Sunday when
his own automobile ran over him. lie
was out driving when the engine de-
veloped trouble. As he got out OF the
car another automobile thrust him
against IT, This shock threw the clutch
in, and the wheels passed over him,
causing internal injuries.
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SUBMARINES AT DRILL

NEWPORT II. J.. May 3l.--rhe sub
n,arine flotiIla Of tho Atlantic feet is
holding important maneuvers here
This week new feature Of their
program is an order under which the
drill crews no longer run out 10 sen
ana then snbmerge. Instead. they now
submcrge alongside their tenders
and run out to sea under water. They
are often under water for as long as
three hours.
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Flag She Lowers
al Window Drapes
Her as She Falls

While taking In the American
flag, which had been fiuttering
from her attic window during
Decoration Day and through the
night, Mrs. Josephine Fieehin. 81
years old. of 24l Ferry street,
plunged headfirst to the street to-
day. fracturing her skull.
The flag, torn loose by her
frantic clutch. swept slowly down
after her and fell in folds about
her unconscious form.
AT st. James's Hospital 1t was
found that not only had her skull
been fractured, but both arms were
broken.
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TRENTON LAD is KILLED
BY BARRIE'S AUTOMOBILE

TRENTON May 31.--whilc crossing fne
street near his home yesterday Fred n.
Chamberlain, years old. of 393 BrnI.s-
wick avenue, was struck by an HGGomo-
bile belonging to Alexander Barrie,
publisher, OF Philadelphia. Use boy died
a short time later in Mckinley Hospital
in the car with Barrie at the time of
the accident was his wife and .atnerin-
law. Barrie was permitted by tho police
20 go on his own recognlzance for a
hearing later
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When Jnlln Steele French was mnrried
TO "Jackp Geraghty. the Newport ehauf-
feur. n little more than year ago, her
parents refused to see her again. Mrs
Elsie French Vanderbilt, who nlsrays has
regarded Miss Julia as her favorite niece.
was not quite so nnylelding. u was re-
ported ut the time. but nevertheless she
was not reconciled to the marriage the
upshot of 1t was that the bride was told
to take her choice Of returning to her
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Suffragist Beats Her
Husband; Goes to Jail

BINGHAMToN. n. T.. May 81
Mrs. Mary Dubul, " this city
is believed to b. the first suffra.
glst in the United states 10 se
given penltentiary sentence for
husband beating. She was ar
rested on warrant obtaiued by
Mr.. Dubal who complained hat in
a at Of rage she gave him a sound
beating. City Judge Albert Hotcb-
kiss found her guilty AMI declared
that II women tlesieel mems pre-
negatives ley shonld also have
mems punishment wfeh found
guilty ~ violation u aw He
always dealt sese-eiJ with wife
bcalers. ne said. ana accordingly
he sentenced he- 10 thfee mon.hs
In The pcnitentisry.
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Strikers Want
Their Jobs Back

committee of hve Of the nfty.hys
strikers at the Newark plant of the Bal.
bach Smelling and Refining Company Wis.
itcd the president today and asked to be
taken back.
AT least. That is what Superintendent
Emile Dieffenbach said. They couldn't
speak English but | gathered that they
were tired Of striking and wanted 10 re
turn In body"
The men will be allowed 10 resume
and. II is expected that they will be at
work before tomorrow night
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Snake 10000, 900 Years Old

CHICAGO. May 31.A reptile 10.-
00O, 900 years old has been mounted
at the University of Chicago and will
he on exhibition today for the first
time. The skeleton of the prehls-
toric creature was found IN. Arizona
last summer by y. w. Wtlliston, OF
the university. The creature is the
fIrst known land vertebrate and has
been given the name of ophiaoodon.
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FIVE ON TRIAL FOR LIVES

WHITE PLAINS. n. Y, May s1.-Jus-
tice Arthur S. Tomplxins, Of the State
supreme court, will begin the trials of
ave alleged murderers here next wek.
This will make a total Of fifteen mur-
der cases tried before him in about two
months.