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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03
.PROGRESS|VES IN
A JUb|LANT MOOD
At Last Nights Meeting They
Figured "lt's All
Over"

Those who attended last nights SEES
sion of the Progressive County Com
mittee at headquarters, I'll Halsey
street, were in exuberant spirits and
acted and spoke as if everything was
all over but the shouting, with them
selves victors.
A canvass of the wards and the
townships showed that most of the
county committee vacancies were
filled. In order to properly protect
party interests at the polls on pri-
mary day, it was decided that the
legal committee should get up a set
of instructions for the benefit of the
party agents and challengers at the
polls.
Up to last night fourteen of the six
teen wards had sent in their selec-
tions for aldermanic candidates. The
two wards without a candidate were
the Twelfth and the Fifteenth. 1t was
reported that the Fifteenth ward will
be filled before the time expiration.
while in the Twelfth ward there will
probably be no candidate.
Those for whom petitions for alder
man will be filed today. following In
the regular order, are: William H.
Roberts, Frederick c. Joel, Edgar b.
I1dlH6S, w iilldtn LIZ juice, f<uWhi
Thompson, Samuel P. Stein, David
Lesnik, Daniel Hopper, C. H. Walker,
John F. Young. Theodore Gottlieb.
Charles G. Meyer, Joseph Tannen-
baum and William S. Andrus.
There was general discussion OF
the situation following the reports OF
work performed
Speaking of some discussions In the
party ranks Charles Stelzle, among
other things said: THE mere fact
that there are differences of opinion
shows that we are alive. The day
that we will all be of one mind will
be the day when this party is ready
to have itself buried"
Samuel L. Fisher, president of the
Colored Progressive Club, OF Mont
clair, spoke of the effectiveness of
the block system used to good ad-
vantage in Montclair in getting out
the vote, and having its origin in
Tammany Hall, New York.
Nathan Berger suggested that every
member constitute himself working
unit and go among his fellows to
gather converts to the cause. and A.
G. Fisher commended the project of
holding political meetings In public
schools. The first meeting of this
kind will be held in Cleveland School
tomorrow night.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03

oppose him, when Mayor Wittpenn
had been more active and jealous
hacker of the President than Mr..
Fielder In everything the President
mad, desired to accomplish, as evil
denced by the support of Mr.. MARITIME
for United States senator, when Mr..
Fielder, according to newspaper re-
ports, announced at that time his own
candidacy; as evidenced by the
activity of Mayor Wittpenn in secur-
ing for the President delegates for
the national convention, when Mr..
Fielder did nothing towards this end;
as again evidenced by the support of
the Presidents candidate for State
treasurer, when Mr.. Fielder sup
ported the opposition candidate?
us the designation of a choice of
candidates by the leader of party
leadership? To my mind leader in
politics is one who can distinguish
between sound and false theories of
government, who selects the sound as
the principles of his party, who Sc
cures for these principles by the eff
fectiveness of his advocacy the sup
port of a plurality of voters, who
practises in the concrete that which
he has advocated in the abstract, who
never sacrifices party principle for
the attainment of a personal end,
who stands for the party first and
self last.
Presidents Logic UnanswerabIe.
Acting Governor Fielder further
says in his statement that the logic
of the President in his letter to Mayor
Wittpenn is unanswerable. On May
1, 1918, the President stated that he,
had no choice for governor. and that
the object of the direct primary was
to permit the people to make their
own choice. On July % he designates.
as the leader of the party, Mr.. Fielder
as the choice. The reason assigned
by the President Is that in his analy-
sis of the situation a three-cornered
fight is unwise, and in such fight
the strength of Mayor Wittpenn
would not be great enough TO count
decisively. Mayor Wittpenn by the
generous and repeated transfusions of
his political blood had become in the
ened politically that he could not OBJ
tain the nomination, yet If he re-
manned in the contest 1t might SO
subtract from the strength of Mr..
Fielder that the writer would be
nominated, so Mayor Wittpenn was
requested by the President to with
draw.
For the attainment of the desired
end the logic or reasoning of the
President may be unanswerable, but
does the act of the President square
with the spirit of the direct primary
act or the position of non-interference
assumed by the President in his
speech at Newark on May 1? Is Ii
fair and unprejudiced% as Acting
Governor Fielder says?"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03
NEWARK DOCTOR
l AIDED INJURED
Ralph Waldron Was Visiting
Near Scene of New
Haven Crash.
PRAISES BRAVERY OF
BOYS FROM SUMNER CAMP
Local Man Was First to Reach
Side of Millionaire Biddle,
of Philadelphia.

One of the first to arrive on the
scene of the fatal wreck to give as
sistance and help In the care of the
! injured was q Newark man, DR..
Ralph Waldron, of $40 High street.
DIR. Waldron was visiting relatives in
Wallingford, a town about three miles
distant from the scene of the acci-
dent, and was asked by railroad off,
Gals to go to the assistance of the
passengers, an automobile being pro-
vided and the trip made in record
time.
when 1 arrived on the scene, which
was about fifty minutes after the
. wreck occurred, 1 Immediately went
to work in caring for the injured and
getting them fixed up for the trip to
the hospitals where they were to be
sent said DR.. Waldron, at the same
time asking that nothing much be
said of his work, as it was only what
any one else would have done under
the circumstances, and telling the re-
porter to give all the credit possible
to the young men who were return
ing from a camping party in Maine,
whom he claimed were of the true
American type of manhood and who
showed the highest brand Of courage
under fire.
.It was horrible. In fact words
cannot express how 1t all appeared to
me 1t is beyond description. Wear
3ng apparel of all description was
hanging on the telegraph poles and
shrielSs and groaEs were heard on all
rides. The wreck occurred in bad
epot near what is known as the sand
pits, and the only water we had was
What we drained from the Pullman
tanks.
''As soon as We would recover a VIC
Elm from the wreckage we would first
ascertain how badly he was hurt, and,
81 dead, his body was placed on the
Ground in an adjoining melon patch.
while If alive, we Immediately placed
him on an improvised stretcher and
made ready to transport him to the
hospital in New Haven.
Bravery of the highest type was
peen on all sides, and the heart
rending scenes when we would re-
cover q body and leave behind a rela-
tive or else find one alive and the
other dead and afraid to tell the in
jured one the sad news. on account
OF the shock, will always remain in
my memory. attended A. NJ. Biddle,
the Philadelphia millionaire, whose
sister was killed in the wreck. and.
although he was badly injured, his
first thought was for his relatives
and friends, who were in the same car
as himself, the one that received the
brunt OF the shock Young Louis
AItschul, a brother of the boy that
was killed. was another who showed
his grit during the crisis, and numer-
Gus others, too many to recall at this
time, also showed their bravery
through their actions"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03

New Jerseyites who were passen-
gers on the Inflated Bar Harbor ex-
press, which was telescoped on the
New Haven railroad yesterday,
escaped with slight injuries although
several of their travelling companions
were among the twenty-six killed. A
number OF those who escaped were
residents of Essex county.
One who was a passenger on the
Bar Harbor Express on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad today detailed his experience
when the train was teleScoped near
New Haven. He Is Frank r. Wilson,
general manager OF the Universal
Stamp Works, at 256 Market street.
and was fortunate enough to have
secured a berth in one of the for
ward coaches OF the train. His
story is as follows:
"I was in the sixth car from the
front of the train, day coach, and
one OF six Pullmans and two day
coaches that made up the train. The
car | was in was crowded, as in fact
the whole train was bearing holiday
excursionists back to the city. l
boarded the train at Hartford at $40
thrown back on my seat, but never
even at that time did I think there
had been a wreck as the shock was
that of an engine coupling to the
cars
The train was two hours late out
of Hartford, and we were making
pretty fair time when the accident
occurred, and what makes the whole
affair look as though they cannot
help but put the blame on the rail-
road officials is that we left Hart
ford just one minute behind the train
that was practically put out of ex-
istence when our engine struck her,
while the law calls for five minutes
between trains.
"A big wreck has occurred We
have run into the other express, and
other expressions were heard on all
sides, and in a moment everyone was
making wild rush for the doors.
1 had no more than reached the
door than l saw men carrying women
and children from somewhere up for
ward, and although I was willing to
give all of the assistance in my
power | was not allowed to help in
the work of rescue but was sent back
TO Berlin Junction, then to the Water
bury and Highland division into New
haven, within half an hour after the
wreck had occurred.
1T is horrible to describe. l saw
women and children with their arms
and legs severed from their bodies
lying on the ground near the side of
the train and slowly dying. all the
time calling for water and inquiring
for their loved ones who were near
them when the crash came. / saw at
least fifteen or eighteen dead, and I
don't know how many who appeared
to be seriously injured. They were
all taken to New Haven to an i'm
provised hospital made out of the
Ferry street car barns. 1t was a mira
Gle that there were not more killed,
as the train was crowded to the
limit"
Frederick A. Seidler, % years old,
of "a Hillside avenue, Newark, gave
a vivid description of the disaster
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03
COMPANY DEFENDS SIGNAL
SYSTEM; is MUM ON BLAME

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Sept. g.
After all the explanation of the off,
Gals of the railroad and the men in
charge of the two trains, the cause
of the wreck, in the opinion of most
of the passengers, comes down to the
simple fact that there was a grievous
fault somewhere in the signaling.
Whether it was the engine driver or
the nature of the system will be for
the investigators to learn.
The plain fact stands out that the
White Mountain express entered a
block against danger signal, al
though it had been allowed to enter
mile further north with a clear
track ahead. With heavy fog and
the engine driver not able to see
from one of the banjo signals to the
other, the locomotive doomed past the
first signal and then past the red sig
| nal and into the stalled train.
No fault has been found with the
great Pacific type of locomotive
which drew the express and no ques-
ton has been raised, as in the SIAM
ford wreck, as to whether a driver
would be able to stop it in time.
Albert r. Whaley, vice-president in
charge of operation, asserted that the
company was doing everything in Its
1T want to be perfectly fair with
the engine driver" said Mr.. Whaley
I'VE would not wish to have ii come
out as though we had tried in any
way to make one of our employees
shoulder the blame for this terrible
accident. We don't consider the old
system of signals on the road at fault
but in the lock and block system
you could not proceed as on the per-
missive style.
THE traffic between Hartford and
Springfield has been increasing won.
derfuf1y, and we wanted to have 9
more modern system of signaling
something that would permit OF
greater celebrity in passing the trains
along the line-but according to this
banjo system of signals 1t Is neces-
sary for an engine driver to slow
down when he knows the weather Ii
not clear. AS far as l have been ablt
to find out, Rufus w. Wands, driver
of the engine of the Bar Harbor Lin
tied, discovered that his brakes were
dragging when he quit the block ant
gave clear signal to the White
Mountain Express. He got about fifty
feet beyond the signal. And here
must explain that had he remained
ten feet the other side of the sigma
the driver of the White Mountain
| signal.
"The dragging of his brakes caused
Wands to get away slowly, and il
was while he undoubtedly was look
Ing to see what was the matter witt
his brakes that Miller's train tele
scoped into the rear cars of the sec
ond section of the Bar Harbor Linn
ted
MILLER took the train at Springfield
and he was due at Standard at thirty
six minutes past o'clock AS far al
I have learned he was about one hou
late or whereabouts. In fact all tn
trains. due to the great traffic O
Labor Day, were about fifty or sixt.
minut n behind time What Mile
VIII be asked is why he ran by tha
signal if 1t was set against him. III,
will also be asked why, when he knew
that there was fog, he did not pro
coed at caution"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03
ESSEX SURVIVORS TELL
VIVID TALES OF WRECK
Frederick A. Seder, of Boys Camp, Says Wreokage OF
Three Wooden Pumans Was Scattered All Over Railroad
Right of Way-Two of His Companions Were Killed.

upon his arrival home. He occupied
a berth in the fourth coach from tht
rear of the express. and was awake
when the crash came. After being
shaken up in his berth he remained
quiet and heard the agonized cries OF
| the wounded. Upon investigating he
witnessed a number of heartrending
scenes which were painful to recall
Mr.. Seidler was returning from Lake
Cobbosseecontee, Me.
Tells Story OF Crash.
when the crash came" declared
Mr.. Seidler, 81 remained In my berth
for q few moments, and then
jumped out into the aisle, and upon
looking through the window In the
rear door OF the Pullman could see
the locomotive of the White Noun
tain Express, which had crashed into
US. Wreckage from the three wooden
Pullmans was scattered in all direc-
lions, and upon opening the door
agonizing cries greeted my ears. ]
saw numerous dead bodies around the
wrecked cars, and many Of the VIC
Tins with their arms and legs cut off.
One man, whom do not know, saw
choked to death by a pipe which had
caught him across the neck. and an
other man was walking around with
horrible sight which have ever seen.
Joel Schlesinger. the 17-year-old
son of Louis Schlesinger, was also
summering at the lake and occupied
the berth in front of Soldier Two of
their camp companions were killed
outright. They were William Alt
schult, of Norfolk, Va, and Albert
Green. of New York.
Among those reported injured Is
Richard F. Decker, a son of Charles
NJ. Decker, who heads the grocery
firm of Charles M. Decker Bro, of
Orange. The injured man resides at
IL Fernwood avenue, Summit.
Irving Giffen, of 81 Lincoln ave-
nue., Orange, was another passenger
who was injured. He was cut about
the head and severely shaken up. He
refused to go to hospital and In
sisted upon being sent home Mr..
Giffen is 80 years old and a son of
John H. Giffen, formerly vice-presi-
dent of the New York Life Insurance
Company, who has retired from busi-
ness. Mr.. Giffen was able to go to
his business in New York today.
Missed Being on Train.
Dame Fortune smiled on George
W. Osche, of IL Alpine street. this
city, and his daughter Mildred. and
prevented them from being passen-
gers on the express which was
wrecked. Osche, who is a well-known
acrobat, was returning to this city
from Meriden, Conn, and had
secured berths on the Bar Harbor
express. By chance their baggage
went astray and before it was re-
covered the Inflated express went
through.
When Osehe learned that his lug
gage was missing he was consider
ably wrought up. Before the next
express left Meriden. however he
learned Of the smash up and was
thankful for the mishap to his bag
gage. On his way to New York ne
passed the scene of the wreck and
was able to see the demolished car
in which he and his daughter had
secured passage.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03

Arms, legs, clothing, money, watches
and jewels lay all around. At the
rear of the wreckage flashed the red
signal in the banjo light, the signal
which should have stopped the on
rushing express train"
The Rev. Peter Wall, of Rochester,
who was on the Bar Harbor section.
administered to the dying. Father
Wall said:
~ don't know of any worse wreck
than this one, and 1t was awful to
stand in the fields and see persons
dying and injured lying all about me.
AS fast as l could / went from one to
the other, offering my aid and then
helping to take the injured to the
trolley cars so that they could be
sent into New Haven for quick atten-
ton. Some of them, believe, were
dying as they were being lifted into
the cars"
Fears that mishap had befallen
James Hale Steinman, of Lancaster,
Pa, a missing member of the Fox
party, who had been in camp at jack
man, Me, were ended when Mr.. Stein
man appeared in person. Unbeknown
to the other members of the party
he left the train at Portland Me. All
last night Mr.. Elkins kept up the
search for Mr.. Steinman.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03
CHANCELLOR ALLOWS
DIVORCE TO HRS. GOULD


Chancellor Walker today granted
final decree of divorce to Mrs.
Eleanor Gould, of 4S9 Kearny avenue,
Arlington, whose suit against her
husband, Winfield S. Gould, of 415
Plane street, was heard by Samuel
s. Bigelow as special master last win
ter. The decree gives Mrs. Gould
permission to resume her maiden
name, Eleanor Rylance.
Gould Is a member of the firm OF
E. Gould & Sons, carpenters, of 346
Seymour avenue. He did not contest
the case. DIR. James H. Cummins, of
413 Clinton avenue, was one of the
principal witnesses produced by
Edward S. Black, Mrs. Gould's at
torney.
The Goulds were married on March
is, 1902, and separated on July 10,
1911 Their only child is dead.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03
GENERAL MANAGER BARDO
ISSUES FIRST STATEMENT

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. s.-The
following statement was made by c.
L. Bardo, general manager:
Train first No. 81, first section of
the Bar Harbor express passed Wal
.lingford at thirty-five minutes past 8
o'clock a. m. Second No. 81, consist
ing of baggage car and ten sleepers,
passed Wallingford forty-three min
utes past o'clock a. m. First No 95
consisting of baggage car, day coach
and five sleepers, passed Wallingford
at fifty-one minutes past o'clock a.
m, all three trains running approx
mately eight minutes apart. Local
train No. 1921 was running ahead of
first No. 81, which stopped following
trains at automatic signal No. 90 on
account of the local train making the
station stops, and train second No.
81 was run into by first No. 95 about
one mile south of Wallingford, at
the extreme end of a three-mile tan
gent, protected by automatic block
signals. There was a fog prevailing
at the time.
Train second No. Of was in charge
of Bruce c. Adams, conductor, who
mas Deen III the service nineteen years
nine years in freight service as brake
man and fiagman, ten years as freight
conductor and about five months in
charge of passenger trains.
Train first No. So was in charge OF
August B. Miller, engine driver, who
has been In the service since October
7. 1899 He was promoted to engine
driver in 1904 and served ten years as
engine driver and is the regular man
on this train. When second No. 81
stopped at the signal, Murray. flag
man, states that he went back al
once with proper signals and put two
torpedoes on the rail and that al
rear-end marker lights were bu--ing
Investigation is now being RD BY
the Public Utilities Commiss$ OF
| Connecticut Jointly with the o q ers
to determine responsibility for the ac
cidentn
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03

AIDS telegram, this company cannot
plead poverty of resources. Millions
of it's present capital was a gift to
stockholders during the last twenty
years. Am sending same telegram to
Massachusetts, Public Service Com
mission. but inasmuch as Pullman
business is largely interstate, think
your board the proper authority to
suggest legislation"
Commissioner McChord wired Mayor
Fitzgerald that he already had called
upon the Pullman Company for data
as to its cars, and that the informa
ton received would be used in the
New Haven investigation.
Commissioner McChord read news
dispatches telling of the New Haven
management burning wreckage at
Wallingford despite the commission's
request not to do so, without further
remark than to say the railroad had
assured the commission the wreckage
would be preserved for inspection.
McChord Raps Secret Hearings.
I'VE wired the railroad not to burn the
wreckage and received a reply that the
telegram would receive attention. 1t
seems they have burned the wreckage
anyway. l don't know what we can do
about It,"
Information reached Commissioner
McChord today that efforts were
being made by New Haven officials
to conduct the investigation of the
wreck in secret. He Immediately tele-
graphed Chief Inspector w. H. Bel
nap:
Have man at all meetings of coroner
or railroads regarding wreck to get what
is said and done. Our reports indicate
lam 4 lion I,AII
There will be secrecy about this
matter" declared Commissioner McChord.
1.-THE public is entitled to know the facts,
and 1t will get Them
The body of Miss Marvin, of Louis
vile, on which was found much jew
elry was identified during the night
A son-in-law of DIR. Marvin, Blake
more Wheeler, of Atlantic City, sent
word that the bodies of the doctor
his wife and daughter should be
shipped to Louisville at once. A fell
low passenger in the Marvin party
was Harry Arvner of New York.
He is at the hospital with a broken
arm.
Bayonne Girl May Die.
The hospital reports on the seven
teen injured were encouraging this
morning except in the case of Miss
Jeane Annette. of Bayonne, N. j.,
who was on the operating table this
morning. 1t is believed her spine is
fractured.
The body of the woman who whis-
pered her name as Mary Jane is
still at the New Haven Hospital.
Letters which It is thought belonged
to her have been found to belong to
others, and there is no means of
identifying the body. -
George w. Eltins, who with Mrs.
Elkins and their little daughter, We're
of the Fox party. of which Ave were
killed and two injured, today had a
special train prepared to take to
Philadelphia the bodies of Miss Davis,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03
CLEARS MISTAKEN IDENTITY

WASHINGTON, Sept. ga case of
mistaken identity in which the
auditor for the navy department con-
fused the records of a white Civil
War veteran and a negro sailor of the
same name was clarified and settled
today by Comptroller of the Treasury
Downey. The auditor credited the
negro with $21.62 when the commits
sioner of pensions advised the auditor
that he had credited John Esthur,
the negro, with the esrvices for
John Esthur, white man, VINO
served under two enlistments during
the Civil Var.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03
M'CHORD TO PERSONALLY
CONDUCT INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON. Sept. 3-Commis-
sioner McChord announced definitely
today that he would conduct person.
ally the investigation by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission In to the
WaIlingford wreck on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad.
He will go to Connecticut as soon as
arrangements are made for the for
NAL inquiry.
1t is the purpose of the commission
to make the inquiry searching. not
only for the purpose of f1xing respon-
sibility for the disaster, but also to
secure a basis for recommendations
to Congress for the enactment or
legislation further to promote the
safety of railway passenger travel.