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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
SCOTIA DAUGHTERS
MEET IN HARRISON
Mayor Riordan Welcomes Del
egates to international
Convention.

Three hundred women from all
parts of this country and Canada are
in convention today at Pentschler' s
Auditorium, Harrison, where the
fifteenth annual international meet
of Daughters of Scotia is in progress.
officers of the grand lodge were
seated on the rostrum when the gavel
dropped at o'clock for the opening
of the session.
Mrs. Jeanie Mathers, chief daugh-
ter of Argyle Lodge, of Harrison,
which lodge is host of the occasion.
welcomed the grand officers. Fol-
lowing this consultation of grand
chiefs was held after which creden-
tials were collected. Mayor Joseph
P. Riordan, himself a bachelor, al
though the only male In the hall.
never faltered once he made a start
for the rostrum. where he well
coined the delegates.
AS he looked over the assemblage,
the executive seemed to add to his
courage. "We'll get you a wife from
this assemblage," whispered one
woman in the ear of the mayor. He
blushed.
This town in the past has been
honored in entertaining conventions
of a local nature, but this is the
first time in our history that we
have been graced with a convention
of such magnitude as this" the
mayor said. I'VE are doubly hon.
ored by the fact that our guests are
ladies'. AS mayor of this town, I
bid you welcome within its gates and
gladly hand over to you the keys"
Mayor welcomes Delegates
The mayor then went on to point
out the advantages of the town. In
concluding his address, he said: II
hope your stay among us may result
in lasting friendships, and your delib-
erations at your convention be
marked by progress and profit to
yourselves. We are glad to have you
come to our town and hope you will
carry away with you pleasant i'm
pressions of the town and its people"
The mayor was cheered as he
stepped from the platform. The ap-
plause lasting for several minutes.
One woman shouted: ''Mr. mayor, il
the women of this convention could
make you president of the United
States, you'd be the next man to go to
the White House." A smile broke
over the mayors face when he heard
this.
Following the address the business
of the day was formally commenced.
Preparations We're made for the read
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
!, FIFTEEN CH|LDRE|
HURT IN SCHOOL
platform CRASH
73l Boys and Girls Thrown
Into Struggling Mass by
Collapse.
IL IN HOSPITALS WITH
BROKEN ARMS AND LEGS
Posing for Group Picture When
Stage Suddenly Folds Up
Like Jackknife.

POUGHKEEPSIE. n. Y. Sept. II.
"A collapsible platform. sixteen feet
above the ground, on which 731 pu-
pills of the Poughkeepsie High School
were grouped for a photograph, gave
way shortly after noon today. F'if-
teen pupils were injured; twelve Of
them were taken to the Vassar and
General Hospital. most of them suf-
fering from fractured arms and legs.
The platform on which they were
standing was forty feet long and had
been erected an hour previously
alongside the wall of the building
The entire school body had been
grouped by Superintendent of Schools
Shear and Schuyler Fox, superintend-
ent of the high school. and were
looking directly at the camera when
the crash came. Shear and Fox were
standing beside the photographer
The platform folded up like a jack
knife half closed, the middle portion
sagging to the ground and the ends
remaining in their original position.
Into the rude V thus formed the 731
children were hurled.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
SON TOO LATE TO
SEE mother ALIVE
Mrs. Charles M. Decker Dies
Before injured Man
Arrives.

Mrs Charles NJ Decker, wife of the
head of Charles NJ. Decker & Bros,
well known as a firm of grocers, with
many stores in New Jersey, died yes
terday at her residence at Convent
Station, Madison. A few hours after
she had passed away Richard Deck
er, her son, who was badly injured
in the New Haven wreck near Meri-
den, Conn, was taken to his home
in Summit from the hospital where
he had been since the accident. He
was brought from New England in
special railroad coaches. but arrived
too late to see his mother alive.
The funeral OF Mrs. Decker will be
held tomorrow afternoon at the house
and interment will be in the family
plot in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange.
Mrs. Decker was in her sixty-sixth
year. Death was due to complica-
ton of diseases. Mrs. Decker. who
was Miss Harriet Louise Jones, was
the daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Jones. of William street, near
Baldwin street, East Orange. Her
father was a prominent builder and
a former director of the Board of
Freeholders and subsequently, presi-
dent of the American Insurance Com
pany
Surviving Mrs. Decker besides her
husband are four daughters, Mrs.
Reginald Baker, of Madison; Mrs.
Harriet Sears, of Acton, o.; Mrs.
Wendell Taylor, of New Haven,
Conn.,, and Miss Catherine Decker, of
Madison, and three sons, Harrison
Decker, of Stamford, Conn; Arthur
Decker, of Madison, and Richard
Decker of Summit.
There are twelve surviving grand
children.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
ArSOnetteS Fire
Historic Castle

LONDON. Sept. ia suffragette
larson squad" early today tried to
burn down Penshurst place, the his
toric fourteenth century country seat
of Lord de L'Isle and Dudley at Tun-
bridge, Kent.
The inmates of the great mansion,
awakened by the cracking Of wood
and by clouds of smoke, found the
framework of number of windows
ablaze. A party of household en-
ployees succeeded in extinguishing
the flames with the apparatus on the
premises. Two women were seen flee
ing across the lawn in front of the
building and suffrage literature was
scattered about the grounds.
Great indignation prevails among
the neighboring residents. as it is
now certain that the mansion, hither-
to open to visitors. will be closed
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
SAVE TOTS FROM
DEATH IN FIRE
Children Playing With Matches
in Bed Start BIaGe-Little
Damage Done.

Two small children were rescued
from burning bed in the apartment
of Charles Braclen, at $40 Clinton
avenue, today by two young men
who saw smoke issuing from a win
dow of the fiat. The children were
the four and six-year-old sons of Mr..
Bracken.
Their mother had gone to the lower
part of the house. leaving the children
playing in a bed on the third floor.
In some way they got hold of matches
and struck a few on the bedpost and
dropped them in the bed. The bed
clothing and the mattress did not
burn quickly but sent out quite a
little smoke. The clerks in a butcher
store on the ground floor of the house
noticed it and shouted to warn Mrs.
Bracken.
Failing in this, they ran upstairs
and into the room where the bed was
beginning to blaze. They carried out
the children, frightened, but un-
harmed Mrs. Bracken was hysterical
with joy when she found the little
ones safe.
The damage to the furnishings of
the room amounted to about Sl00.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
FOES Of SULzER
BEATEN At POLLS
New York Primaries Show Re-
pudiation of Tammany in
Many Sections.

NEW YORK. Sept 1.-THE i'm
peachment of Governor Sulzer and
his fight for direct primary reform
played an important part in yester-
days Democratic primaries in New
York State. The governors friends
maintained that these issues were
responsible for defeats of the regular
Democratic organization in several
localities.
In Buffalo and Rochester. the
largest cities outside of New York.
the regular Democratic organiza-
tions which lined up with Tammany
Hall in the Sulzer impeachment fight
We're badly beaten. In Albany coun-
~ former State Committeeman Nc
Cabe. clerk of the Senate. firm
Tammany adherent. came so near de-
feat that the party leadership may
remain in doubt until the official
count.
In New York city the Sulzer issue
was not apparent Only one of the
Democratic district leaders was un-
horsed and this contest was purely
local
Suffers threat TO make the Demo-
cratic assemblymen smart for defeat
ing his direct primary measure was
recalled today when primary returns
showed that four of the assembly
men who voted against this measure
and for his Impeachment were de-
feated for denomination in Buffalo.
All five Democratic nominees for as
semblymen in Monroe county. which
includes Rochester. We're designated
by the opponents of Tammany Hall
Only one of Monroe's five representa-
tives in the Assembly at present is a
Democrat
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
SMITHS ACTIONS
PUZZLE DEPOS|T0RS
Unable to Understand Who and
What ex-Treasurer Is
Working For.

Who is Raymond E. Smith working
for, and why?
Those are the questions now puz-
zling everyone involved or interested
in the tangle that has arisen out OF
the lcoting of the Roseville Trust
Company.
Ostensibly Smith is working to
prove that the shortage is merely a
hallucination of the bank examiners,
or. at worst, a mere bagatelle COM
pared to what they say it is.
No Difference In Shortage.
But L. r. vredenburgh, deputy
state commissioner of banking and
insurance, said this afternoon:
I'm my opinion, there is no per-
leeptible difference in the shortage
since Smiths return. 1t still remains
approximately $37S.0O0. The shortage
remains just as it was"
"Will IT be possible for Smith TO
destroy evidence against hlmseif?
Mr.. vredenburgh was asked.
utterly impossible.
He was questioned as to whether
the examiners were ready to go pe1ore
the grand jury with any evidence at
this time.
"Well we haven't completed our ex-
aln1naI1On. ne Tepilcuf DAe W -
ready to go before the grand jury as
to the false report made by smith TO
the banking department on June 4.
Have you found any criminal
liability against the directors as YETI
he was asked.
"I will have to refuse to answer that
at the present time" he responded
guardedly.
In regard to the rumor that one
man who swore out an affidavit to
the effect that he owed the bank
but $1,000 has since been found to
owe it over $4,000, Mr.. Vredenburgh
said:
"It is true ip this sense: At first
we found on the banks books that
the man YOU refer to owed only
$4,000. Smith came back and told
the directors that this man owed
$4,000. The man himself made a
sworn statement that he owed $lf,-
600. In Smiths box and other places
we. have found notes that show this
same man apparently owes almost
$40, 900. You can see what sort OF
shape the accounts are in. Smith
and will have a talk tonight and
try to straighten this particular mat
ter out"
Mr.. Vredenburgh refused to give
the name of the banks DEBTOR:
sIn many cases we have found two
or three notes for the same note,
went on the deputy commissioner.
"The makers claim that the one note
fcontinued on Page 2. Column -
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
.NEWARKER SAVED
IN BUFFALO FIRE
w. A. Williamson, Overcome by
Smoke, Carried from Hotel.
Jerseyman a Hero.

BUFFALO, N. Y. Sept. 1.-TWO
hundred and fifty guests of the Hotel
Broezel were routed out of beds short
ly after midnight by fire that swept
through an adjoining building and set
the upper floors of the hotel ablaze.
Many of the guests rushed to the
street leaving all their belongings be-
hind them and several unconscious
women were carried to the street by
the firemen.
Six persons were injured. They are:
John ]. Ryan, Boston, Mass,
bruises, treated at Emergency Hospi-
tai; M. H. Day, New Manchester, o.,
bruised on back and body, resulting
from a fall down flight of stairs;
Captain Nerchell, Engine No. Z, frac-
tured left leg; f.. ]. Voye, Boston.
bruises on right side, from fall down
stairs; f.. J. Fair, Saginaw. Mich,
injured by fall; w. A. Williamson.
of Newark, NJ, j.. overcome by smoke
and carried to the street.
Within fifteen minutes of the first
alarm the top floors of the hotel were
. seething mass of flames, and it
was with difficulty that guests not
aroused when the first cry of fire was
raised were carried to safety. G. O..
Surney. of Milwaukee, and e. j..
Hope, of Jersey City, after hearing
the alarm. ran through the corridors
and awakened fifty guests on the
fifth floor. These made their way to
the street in safety.
The four-story brick building in
which the fire started was occupied
by the Dirnberger Popcorn Company
At 1880 the flames spread to six
Il (t.V. xst.~ oaf n
Joining the Dirnberger building. and
occupied by the Eureka Coffee Com
pany. The total loss is $500, 900.
Mrs. w. Alexander Williamson re-
ceived a telegram shortly before
noon today that her husband. who is
president of the c. T. Williamson
Wire Novelty Company, of 50 Badger
avenue. was safe. Mr.. Williamson is
expected to arrive in Newark tonight
His home is at 500 Clifton avenue.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
BY
DO[AN QUESTIONED
Civil Service Head Acts on Lo.
cal Judges Retention of
Court Attendants.

The action of Judge Patrick J
Dolan, of the Juvenile Court, in re-
tanning four court attendants appoint
ed by him, was questioned by Com
missioner Alexander r. Fordyce. jr.
of the Civil Service Board, today
Mr.. Fordyce forwarded a letter to
the judge asking him for his reason
in retaining as employees in his court
Bartholomew Freeman, Miss Anna A
Tansey, said to be niece of Judge
Dolan; Charles Dolan, his brother
and Edward Thompson.
The letter states that these ap-
pointments were without warrant and
an infringement on the rights of those
OIL the civil service eligible list
A special examination was held a
short time ago for the positions.
Six girls qualified for the position
now held by Miss Tansey. She was
fifth on the list. Fifty or sixty men
took the examination for male at
tendants and nineteen passed. Dolan
was the nineteenth. Thompson and
Freeman did not pass
An eligible list of those who were
highest was sent to Judge Dolan on
August 1, and he was given to August
15 to make the permanent appoint
ments. Since he has not done SO, Mr..
Fordyce said that the payroll has
been held up by him. The four en-
ployees receive salary of s1,092 each.
Under the direction of the Civil
Service Commission, an examination
for vehicle clerk in the water depart
ment was held at Turn Hall, in Will
lam street, today. Seventy-five men
+ool- tho tast Seventeen others took
the examination for promotion from
police driver patrolmen.
On Monday an examination will be
held for promotion from fireman to
lieutenant and from lieutenant to
captain. There are sixty-nine candi-
dates for the first test and eleven
for the second
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
Gunmen in Revolver
Battle at Primaries

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE east
side is being secured today for five
reen who in a big touring ear en-
gagged in pistol duel with three men
in another machine at Broadway and
Sixty-sixth street early yesterday
evening as an aftermath of the con-
test fol the Tammany leadership of
Three men were wounded and
numerous arrests made, Including
part of the crew in one machine who
we're captured after an exciting chse
The battle frightened scores of guests
in the Hotel Marie Antoinette and
promenaders along Broadway
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
Fielder Opposes Renewal
of Prison Labor Contract
IFrom "a stan Correspondent ]

TRENTON, Sept. 17.-Acting Gov
ernor Fielder today came out as op-
posed to the renewal of any contract
for prison labor In a letter to Caleb
H. Van Whitbeck, secretary of the
Board of Prison Inspectors, the gov
ernor declines 20 approve the renewal
of a contract with the Crescent Car
ment Company, made four years ago.
To extend this contract, the governor
says, on the same terms as before,
without competition. would be to the
States disadvantage.
The governor thinks the inmates Of
the States S penal institution can bet
ter be employed at the State farm in
Cumberland county and the quar-ies
in Warren county. soon to be pur-
chased and utilized by the State.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
WRITES MOTHER,
THEN SHOOTS SELF
Ill and Despondent Laborer At
tempts to End Life-Taken
to Hospital.

After writing farewell note to his
mother in Italy. Antonio Pisciatto.
twenty eight years old. of 81 Bedford
street. shot himself in the right ear
today. He was taken to the City
Hospital in a very serious condi-
ton.
Several times recently Pisciatto
has been forced to undergo operations
for appendicitis at the hospital. His
i'll health preyed on his mind.
He did not go to work this morning.
but spent the time laboriously writ
ing a letter to his mother and a note
bequeathing her all his trinkets.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
Ship Hits Whale; Forced
Into Port for Repairs

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. IA
collision with a whale caused such
serious damage to the Danish steam
er vladimir Reitz that the vessel was
forced to put in here today for re-
pairs.
The accident occurred Monday af-
ternoon about $50 miles east of st.
Johns. The crew of the steamer saw
the whale approaching at terrific
speed, but could not alter the ships
course in time to prevent the i'm
pact. The whale struck the steamer
head-on, knocking a four-foot hole
in the bow The monster sank inn
mediateiy, it's blood discoloring the
water over a large area.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
Robbers Kill Workman
in Department Store Raid

CHICAGO, Sept. 17.--Four masked
robbers forced an entrance to the
delivery station of Mandel Brothers,
2655 West Van Buren, street. today.
shot and killed Michael Waschuk. a
stableman: beat and bound three
other employees. then broke open the
safe and escaped with $1,000.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
Slain by Jealous Husband

BRISTOL, Va. Tenn, Sept. H.
John Burnett, under arrest on the
charge of white slavery, was shot
and probably fatally wounded last
night by Roy Oakes, who alleged that
Burnett had been too attentive to
Mrs. Oakes. Oakes was arrested.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
SULZER DEFIANT
ON EVE Of TRIAL
!. FOR POLITICAL LIFE
New York Governor Protests
Innocence OF Charges and
Confidence of AcguittaI.
CROWDS FLOCK TO HEAR
EXECUTIVE ARRAIGNED
Procedure of Court Which Will
Decide Merit of lmpeach-
ment Charges.

ALBANY. N. Y, Sept. IL Work.
men today put the finishing touches
to alterations in the room at the State
capitol which will become historic as
the tribunal in which Governor Will
lam Suizer was tried on charges of
high crimes and misdemeanors. The
Senate chamber now Is in readiness
for the greatest legal battle IN the his
tory of the State.
on the eve of the trial Governor
Sulzer announces with remarkable
courage that he does not fear the is
sue. His accusers are just as sure
that they will send him from the gov
ernor's chair to disgrace and oblivion.
Albany is aroused From every city,
town and hamlet. and from nearly
every other State in the Union, men
of prominence and many of less
consequence are filing in, anxious 10
witness the legal battle that, it is
hoped, will untangle the muddied con-
dition that the affairs of the State
nave been in for the last few months
OF National Importance.
That the trial of Governor Sulzer is
to be of national Importance is
evinced by the many newspaper
writers who have come here from
nearly every city of prominence in the
Union.
Albany talks of nothing but the i'm
peachment trial-its probable course
of procedure, the battles that will in all
likelihood accompany ii, and the high
courts verdict. The studious who rest
their feet Familiarity on the brass rails
OF the bars take you back to 1868
and the impeachment of Andrew
johnson.
Others who smell of the dust from
the library shelves carry you TO the
famous trial of Warren Hastings and
show their fresh acquaintance with
Burke and Macaulay. A few viii talk
of the time when Louis XVI faced
the French convention and Charles J.,
of England, stood before the high
court of justice.
Disagree on Judges.
But there are others who do not
talk so learnedly or so historically.
To them the solemnity of the trial
means nothing. 1t is just like the
passing on the credentials o ia dis
credited delegate to a primary con-
vention. 1t is either Turn him OUT
or make him show that he has the
goods" Therefore the way the ina
peachment proceedings strike differ
ent observers in the capital of the
State all depends on the point of
view
OF the judges of the Court of APP
peals who will sit as members of the
high court of impeachment, Edgar
NJ. Cullen. the chief judge, was the
only one in the city this morning.
The others were to arrive during
the day, and with them the three
justices of the Supreme Court,
Hiscock, Chase and Miller. who were
designated by the governor some time
ago to aid the Court of Appeals in
getting through with the heavy work
confronting it.
1t is a question vet to be decided
whether or not these designated JUS
tees will sit in judgment on William
CONTINUED on Page A. Column ~
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-08-08
Good SUGGESTION from Cuneen

John F. Cuneen, of Chicago, makes valuable
suggestion. He says:
Local anti-saoon committees many parts of the
try the mistake of hiring incompetent to look
after headquarters during local option battle engaging the
just because he is cheap. If good accepts the
position low salary all right but such hard
to find
In several places noticed incompetent practically
in charge Of local option campaigns cheap would
be hired to headquarters He would be considered
the the office most of the work to
themselves the labor. The result sometimes would be
bnder good people nsued supplies ordered and not paid
for the good of the antsaloon injured
1t would be far better have headquarters than TO
run a place that Injuries the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-08-08
August 8, 1918.

Have you sent in your order for Lincoln-Lee
Legion Pledge Day supplies for Worlds Temperance
Sunday, November g. 1913,
FREE AND PREPAID, they will be sent to you
if ordered at once We are prepared to furnish them
FREE to about 10000 Sunday schools We hope to
be able increase the fund sufficiently to send sup
plies to all schools that apply Orders will be filled
they come in, 50 you had better order at The
supplies
1 Program-Setting forth the plan OF campaign
for National Prohibition we'll pressing home the
Importance of total abstinence. It contains eight ros
ing temperance songs with music, recitations and
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-08-08

sponsve readings, and has some part for all depart
ments of the school, from the primary to the adult
Bible classes.
?. Duplicate Pledge Cards, printed in two colors.
3. Wall Roll "a in 20 in. in two colors) with
spaces for $50 names, to be framed and hung in the
Sunday school room permanent local record OF
pledged abstainers.
4 Combination picture of Lincoln and Lee (I4
in p n) to be unveiled in the service and then hung
in the Sunday school room with the Wall Roll
All together for million signers to the Lincoln
Lee Pledge!
Cut out fill in and mail at once to the Lincoln-Lee
Legion Westervile, Ohio.