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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
Million Loss in
Chicago Storm

CHICAGO. Feb. 22.-Damage caused
by the sleet storm which gripped
this city for thirty hours was today
estimated at s1.000.O00
Although the fall of rain and sleer
stopped early today the city still
practically is isolated from the out
side world as practically ali telegraph
wires are down, and it viii be
twenty-four hours before repairs can
be made.
The storm compelled one interurban
electric line between Chicago. Elgin
and Aurora to shut down for several
hours.
Suburban and through trains were
late in arriving and mail schedules
we're demoralized There was much
damage in the parks. where hundreds
Of trees were broken down by the
weight of ice.
Squads of repairmeu we're busy to-
day restoring the thousands of tele-
graph. telephone. electric and trolley
wires which snapped under the
weight of the ice.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
PRISONER MAKES
EXIT LIKE GHOST
Surrounded by Policemen at
Station House, ALEX" Sud-
denly Disappears.

prisoner vanished from the Sec
ord nredinrt polihe station today
while he was being slated for assault
and battery.
Detective Thomas Heinz, of the
Lackawanna railroad force, had
brought him in, together with Nathan
krmper. of 352 Fairmount avenue.
wbo Ahad been assaulted, and Abra-
ham Rothcard of 120 Peshine ave-
nue.. a witness.
II was standing in the Lacka-
wanna freight yard" Kemper said,
when man jumped from this man s
produce wagon. ran up to me and
yelled i killed a dozen Jews in the
old country, and | won't be satisfied
until I kill another Then he hauled
off and banged me in the jaw"
Then | called the detective" broke
in Rothcard, "and he arrested the
fellow
Lieutenant Purcell said he would
slate the prisoner on charge of as
sault and battery. He drew sheet
of paper toward him, looked up,
stared around inquiringly and
snapped "Well, where is he?"
Heinz, the detective, wheeled like
lightning. His man had vanished.
The escaped prisoner was known as
"AleX.'
How he managed to get away from
In front of the desk, cross the sta
tion house and go out through the
door without being seen is a mystery
beyond the sleuths of the Second
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
Jury Brings Second
Degree Verdict
After Is Hours.
HALF OF TEN DEFENDANTS,
HOWEVER, ARE RELEASED
They Were Accused of Killing
Two r. r. Detectives in Riot
at Coal Dock.

HACKENSACK, N. J., Feb. 22.-
Five coal dock strikers were found
guilty of murder in the second degree
this afternoon.
They were charged with having
killed Captain Andrew J. Craw and
Clarence Mallery, Erie railroad de-
teetives. in a deadly pitched battle
fought at Edgewater during a dock
hand strike last year.
Five other strikers, tried with them
were acquitted by the jury. which de-
liberated on the case for eighteen
hours
The convicted men were immedi-
ately sentenced. Frank Michina was
given not less than eight or more
than thirty years; Antonio Farara
and Nicholas De Luce not less than
fifteen or more than thirty, and An
tonic Fella and his brother Giuseppe
not less than ten or more than thirty.
The case went to the jury at $50
yesterday afternoon and the verdict
was brought in shortly after noon to-
day.
The trail lasted two weeks Among
the witnesses were several railroad
detectives who had been badly
wounded in the same riot in which
Craw and Mallery were killed.
According to their story, band
of 2S0 strikers. many of whom were
armed, swept down upon them from
the Palisades to contest the landing
of a bargeload of strike breakers at
the coal yards of the Susquehanna
and Western railroad.
The fire of the strikers moved down
the detectives and hot hand-to-
hand battle ensued. The doekhands
were finally driven back into the
hills and dispersed.
The defense at the trial was mainly
an attempt to prove an alibi for each
of the ten prisoners.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22

. The disturbances which have broken
out in the State Of Vera Cruz are
supposed 70 indicate that the sunparf
the new administration has gafned- -
that State is questionable. A small
group Of sgmpathizers Of Francisco
Madero stopped train on which he
was believed to be fleeing from the
Federal capital to the coast with the
object of reseuing the depesed presi-
dent. The news reached General
Roberto Nelasco at the city of Vera
Cruz. TO whom il was reported that
the venture had been successful He
thereupon loaded a number of trains
with troops and rushed them to ORR
zaba to fight under the banner of the
fallen president.
The new government under Gem
eral Huerta was Informed of the
movement and a force Of Federal
troops was sent off post-haste from
the Federal capital to Orizaba. and
on reaching there surrounded and dis
armed the men commanded by Gen.
eral Velasco.
Francisco I. Madero is still locked
UP in the national palace. Not even
his wife is allowed to see him. Con-
sress has as vet given no decision
as 10 whether he shall be placed on
trial on charges of murder and en-
eezzlement or shall be banished.
Former Vice President Suarez is q
prisoner ith Madero in the palace.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
MORE TROOPS ORDERED
TO TEXAS BORDER READY
FOR FOREIGN SERVICE

WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.-The Fifth
Brigade, Second Division. of the re-
organized army. consisting of four
infantry regiments. commanded by
Brigadier-General f A. smith. has
been ordered to Galveston, Texas. 10
be in readiness to embark for foreign
service.
The regiments affected by this new
order are the Fourth Infantry at
Fort Crook. Neb.. and Fort Smelling.
Mimi; the seventh at Fort Leaven-
worth. the Nineteenth at Fort Leav-
enworth. Fort Meade, s D., and Fort
sill Okla. and the Twenty eighth IN
fantry al Fort Smelling.
These troops viii be in movement
within few hours. as nearly week
ago the division commander, Major
General Carter, was instructed to
Continued on Second Pagel
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
MOTHER HELD FOR
ABANDONING BABY
Gave Infant to Policeman Here,
After vainIy Offering It to
New York institutions.

~ .
Arrested ON the charge Of trying to
abandon her three-weeks-o sold infant,
Mrs. Katherine, Eustice. 20 years old,
of "a Sussex street. Westfield, n. j.,
was remanded until Tuesday today
by Acting Judge Rooney in the First
Criminal Court
The woman was placed under ar
rest last night in the First police
precinct station house after her child
had been placed in the Babies Hos
pital. At first the young woman told
Policeman Prest at the Market street
depot of the Pennsylvania railroad
that the baby had been left in her
charge by well-dressed young
woman. who had failed to return.
Believing her story, the baby was
placed in the hospital. and the
woman, who gave her name as Cath
crime Roll. of los Scott avenue, Rah-
way, N. J., was taken to the police
station, where she was identified by
Policeman Kloss as woman he had
seen with baby at the Central rail-
road depot in the morning.
When confronted with the charge
that the baby was her own, Mrs.
Eustice confessed. and said that she
had just returned from New York
city, where she attempted to place
the baby in a children's home, but
when she failed to succeed she gave
il to the policeman because she did
not know what else to do with It,"
The case will be turned over to
John A Cullen superintendent of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
Summer Resort
Swept by Fire

WILMINGTON, Del. Feb. 22.-Fire
which threatened to destroy the
town today ate out the heart of Re-
Rehoboth. a summer resort on the
Atlantic coast. about 100 miles south
of here. The loss is estimated at not
less than $15OOOO, on which there is
very little insurance.
The fire started in a garage on
Rehoboth avenue. one of the main
streets of the town, and before 1t was
brought under control. the Atlantic
Hotel was destroyed along with sew.
eral stores and about score of frame
cottages forming a large block i'm the
centre of the town.
Rehoboth is without a public water
supply and the fire engines summoned
from surrounding towns were of little
service. bill to bond the town for
$50. 900 for the installation of water
plant is pending in the Legislature.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
BLOW OUTS" FLASHES"
FIREBUGS' DEFINITIONS

CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-Systematized
efforts employed by members of the
alleged larson trust" were disclosed
today by witnesses examined by AS
sistant States Attorney Johnson.
They explained TO him that in arson
circles ineendiary fires are placed
in two classes. "blow out" and
CLASHES"
A blow out" is fire which destroys
both the building and its contents. A
flash" only burns the contents.
The witnesses asserted that The
"frebugs" could regulate fires by
means of the distribution of gasoline.
When blow OUT was desired gaso-
line in large cans was placed through
out the building to cause an eX-
plosion.
When a request to burn the con-
tents of building was made gasoline
would be sprinkled over the stock.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
JOHN II. BACKES IS
APPOINTED. AS NEW
VICE-CHANCELLOR
He Has Rendered Conspicuous
Public Service as Legis-
Iative Counsel.
IFrom a star Correspondent.1


TRENTON, n. j., Feb. 22.-Chan-
eellor Walker today announced the
appointment of Counselor John H.
Backes. of this city, to be the new
vice-chancellor, as provided for in the
law signed this week by Governor
Wilson. MIR. Baekes will preside in
the Chaneery chambers at the State
House. succeeding ice-chancellor
Vivian NJ. Lewis, who will divide his
time between the chambers in New
ark and Jersey City, where the work
of the court is in a very eongested
condition.
The Chancery Court has been kept
equally divided on political lines,
since the first vice-chancellorshipw was
created, and in naming a Democrat
as the new member. Chancellor
Walker has followed that custom.
The last viee-chancellor to be named
was Mr.. Lewis, who had been the
Republican candidate for governor
against Woodrow Wilson
The term of the ice-chancellor is
seven years and the salary $4,000 a
year. Mr.. Backes will be sworn in
early next week, and will take up his
new duties by or before March 1.
He gives up a law practise that is
generally regarded as yielding an in
come twice that which he will receive
in this new post of honor. Mr.. Backes
is recognized as one of the ablest
lawyers of the State and is the un-
disputed leader among the active
practitioners at the Mercer county
bar.
Probably no lawyer has ever caused
so many upheavals at State institu-
tions as Mr.. Backes. who has been
employed as the legal adviser of most
of the various committees that have
been named by the legislatures of re-
cent years to probe into public ar
fairs. A dozen years ago he conduct
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
CHILD OFFERS HER
PENNIES FOR DOG
Heart-Broken, Wee Girl Will
Give Saved So for NeIIie's
Return.

LoST-A fox-terrier brown long hair.
bushy tail and a little big Reward of 81
saved up in pennies by Sadie Csrfucci, 2
Wood street.
This advertisement is published by
the Evening Star today in Difference
TO the pathetic request of an s-year-
old girl.
Queerly spelled and strangely
worded is the letter in which Katie
asked for help in finding her lost pet.
1t was hard for her to put her heart
ache and longing into pen and ink.
The pages are blotted and the
phrases here and here are distorted
by her very anxiety to make herself
clear. But for all that she succeeded
in conveying a message of genuine
grief such as is rarely found even
in newspapers voluminous mail.
Nellie strayed away some time
Wednesday. Katie, after skipping
merrily home from the Seventh Ave-
nue. Public School. went in search of
her. so that they could have their
usual afternoon romp together.
Ran Into House, sobbinE.
Fifteen minutes later she ran into
the house, sebbing.
WAGES the natter asked hei
mother. strengthening up over thf
kitchen tubs.
s.Nellie is lost" she cried.
The girls loving little heart was
almost broken. She couldn't sleeI
that night. Tossing about in her bed
she thought about the dog and
planned ways to get her back.
She rem embered that the mother. OF
a girl friend had once recovered a lost
pocketbook by advertising
why can't ! advertise for Nellie?'
she thought.
She got out of bed and felt in the
dark for the bank in which she had
been saving her pennies. Eagerly she
counted them. There were enough to
warrant a reward of 81.
Then She Wrote This Letter.
Then, in the morning, she sat down
and, unknown to her parents, wrote
Feb. 20, 1918
''To the Newark Evening Star:
Kindly advice This in the Newark
Evening Star Whoever find dog and
little mistress name Kate Carlueei
the dog is brown long hair. bushy
tail. and little big and she is fox
terrier.
Whoever Find dog. gets $500 re-
ward which money | have saved by
pennies. I am years old. if anyone
find dog No. house Wood ST. Ny
mother gets the Newark Evening
Star ever night and ] wish to see I
in the Newark Eveng Star.
Il have lost her yesterday and at
night l did not sleep I was thinking
of the dog so kindly if anyone find
kindly return Yours truly.
KATIE CARLUCCL"
Katie has taken care of the dog for
two years: in fact. ever since it was
a puppy two days old.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
ROBBED AS SHE KNEELS
ON HER FATHERS GRAVE

NEW YORK, Feb. -22.-While kneel-
ing upon the grave of her father in
the old Lutheran Cemetery in Glen
dale. Queen Borough, yesterday aft
ernoon, Miss Anna Wohlers, of 81
Ditmars street, Brooklyn, was as
saulted and robbed, The woman says
a.maD struck her on the head while
she was on her knees. and then grab
bed her pocketbook
When Miss Wohlers managed to get
to her feet the assaiIant was nearly
out of sight. She screamed for help,
but the man got away from the ceme-
terry before help came.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN
THE U. S. CRUISER SALEM I

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-"Lost--
the powerful scout cruiser Salem.
Last heard from some 1000 miles
distant"
This appeal for Information Nigh,
with propriety be advertised to the
I'd by the navy wireless station at
Arlington. Va, across the river from
Washington, for it has lost connec-
ton with the speedy vessel now
somewhere in mid-Atlantic.
The Salem is making her way to
Gibraltar to test the sending radius
of the Arlington station, which must
be able to reach vessels at a distance
of 5000 miles under the contract
plans.
Communication with the Salem was
not reestablished today,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
Will Pitch Tents on
State House
Steps.
TO MOUNT GUARD OVER
SUFFRAGE REFERENDUM
"PitiIess Publicity" Is Slogan
and Spotlight" Chief
Weapon.

New Jersey sutfragists will go into
camp in Trenton next week.
This is to be taken lterally; that is
Just what they're going to do. A
vanguard consisting of Mrs Everett
Colby and Mrs. Minnie J. Reynolds.
will throw some things into a bag
and take up their bode in the capital
on Monday The rest will follow.
The idea of this migration, which
will be statewide. is to establish a
guard on the suffrage referendum
bill which went through the Senate
by vote of Is to 4 last week, and on
which the House is now ready to act.
That bill, the suffragettes have de-
termined. is going through the lower
house, and if it doesn't they'r re going
to know the reason why. Hence
pitching their tents on the State
House steps.
The death watch was determined
on at meeting of the joint legisla-
tive committee of the suffrage or
ganizations of the State. called in
this city by Mrs. Colby today. There
was large attendance and much en-
thusiasm, and the prolonged visit to
Trenton was seized upon with avid
ity.
IL theres ahytilihs 10 ,Ii.eiiele -,
with the passage VI our pii'' 'ne
sense Oh the suIiraslsls is' we """'
to be on hand to see it,
VIII Establish Press Bureau.
Moreover, they're not only going to
be there When IL happens' pul they re
going 10 tel the Wnole Stale ABOUT
1t II II does win thls ehd IN Nle"'
Mrs. Minnie j. Reynolds VIII estao-
ilsh press bureau ana keep the
newspapers OF the state ihIormeo
about everything that happens 70
their bill before it's voted on ana
after.
BY this scheme OF 'pltiless pub
licity'' the suffrage advocates hope To
scare any member OF the House VINO
may have an idea OF smothering the
bill by unfair means from dong so
| The spotlight will do the trick, ac-
cording to Mrs Reynolds. whether II
| shows the one on whom II is directed
doing something creditable or dis
creditable.
This afternoon an outline of the
watchdog plan will be sent to every
suffragist in the State That vo.un-
teers will appear in plenty to stay at
Trenton and attend all the assembly
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
FINDS WATCHMAN
WITH SKULL SPLIT
curran Believed TO Be Victim
of Foul Play at Union Street
Factory.

Peculiar circumstances in connee-
ton with the finding today of Ed
ward Curran. a watchman. uncon-
scious in the doorway of the fac
tory where he is employed at 81
Union street. have led the police 10
believe that TIE man may have met
with foul play.
Curran was discovered at : o'clock
this morning by John Boschman and
George Dickerson. employees in the
building. when they reported for
work. With his lantern. unlighted,
beside him and the leather watch
mans clock he carried slung around
his shoulder. the watchman sat in
the corner of the doorway to an ele-
vator shaft facing on Union street.
In the back of his head was a
sharp cut deep into the skull. Blood
from this had dripped over the door.
At St Jamess Hospital little hope
is held out for his recovery because
of the fracture of the skull.
Boschman after notifying the po-
lice went to work in the shop of the
Standard Art Metal Works on the
second floor. He later found another
lantern. also unlighted. a greasy cap
and an old soft hat lying on the
floor. The only thing that might
have indicated struggle or fall was
few small metal parts scattered
on the floor.
Neighbors told Sergeant kuu and
Detective Bell, who we're detailed on
the case. that Curran had been seen
coming through Union street at 40
a. m. A short time later drivers We're
noticed standing in front Of the door
way. According to Mrs Anna Diet
rich, of 4S1S Union street. the watch
man always sat in the doorway early
in the morning and greeted the
passerbv with a CHEEKY good morn
ing.
A premonition of trouble seemed TO
have been felt by Curran. He told
his wife that If anything ever hap
uened to him she would find his
money and valuables in a small
drawer in an old desk in the factory.
When she arrived at the factory this
morning she found his weeks pay in
the place he had designated.
1t is a theory that Curran might
have been attacked as he left the
building at 60 to enter one a few doors
away. where he was also watchman.
The watchman's sheet from his
clock shows that he missed two sta
tions in the cellar on the and 5
O'Clock rounds.
The fact that Curran was seen
coming from Ferry street led the
police to believe he might have been
mixed up in fight there and re-
ceived his injuries in that way. The
only blood marks are those where he
was found sitting and others on a
nearby stoop.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22


ed the investigation at the State
Home for Girls, which resulted in the
wiping out of corporal punishment
there, and the converting of that in
stitution from one of seni-crim-
inal character to correctional school.
The board of managers and the en-
tire mana cement of the home were
changed.
Subsequently Mr.. Backes conducted
two Investigations at the State Hos
pital for the Insane here, and these
resulted in several designations from
the board and the displacing of the
medical superintendent and warden.
These changes were followed by an
entire change in the conduct of the
CONTINUED on Second PaEe.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
GERMANY WOULD COMPEL
ACTRESSES TO TELL AGE

BERLIN, Feb 22,-Actors and
actresses in Germany have been
placed in the awkward dilemma of
being compelled to give their ages
under the new imperial insurance act,
and they petitioned the Federal Coun-
ell today. through the German Stage
Soc ETY., to release them from their
predicament by amending the
measure.
The players pray the authorities to
permit them to guard the dates of
their birth as professional secret
They declare that 'it is not a mere
question of vanity. but one of bread
and butter, especially for women,
many of whom obtain engagements
because their talent is combined with
a Youthful appearance"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
WEDDING OF GIRL, 10, TO
FILM MAN, 32, HALTED

PATERSON, y. J.. Feb. 22.-Chat-
tering of an s-year-old child was all
that prevented the marriage Of l6-
year-oid Lillian Hugs TO Joseph Cur
ran. 32-year-old moving picture
show operator last night.
Mrs. Hugg made the match for her
daughter. Liliian's sister and father
s!epped p~e0aratiors for the marriage
at the office of the registrar Of vital
statistics.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
HIS FEAST" CRANBERRIES,
WIFE ASKS FOR DIVORCE

TRENTON. N. j., Feb. 22.-Mrs.
Mildred Hepburn, of Yardville, has
brought suit for divorce from Clar-
ence Hepburn on the ground of ha-
bitual cruelty. Among other things
she AYERS that last Christmas she
furnished her husband with a list of
things they wanted for the. festival
dinner, and he only bought her lone
quart of cranberries' and compelled
the family to feast" on them.
Another charge in the petition is
that once he brutally assaulted her
when she demanded food for her
family.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
.SUFFRAGISTS DIDN'T FIRE
MUD, THEY TELL ANTS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-Anti-
suffragist eadquartcrs here today
were Duzzing with Indignation over
what the owmen opposed to universal
suffrage intimated was the adoption
Of militant tactics by the suffragists
They po nted to the existence of
quantities of mud which had been
flung on the windows of their head
quarters and which formed large and
unsightly humps on the front walls.
The suffra gists as Indignantly de-
MED that they had any hand in the
affair. They declared that they would
cons silently decline TO engage in any
such controversy with those opposed
to the cause"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
CASTRO TAKES SUDDEN
FLYING TRIP TO CUBA

NEW YORK. Feb 22.-Generai
Cipriano Castro. ex-president of Ven-
ezuela. left New York suddenly To-
day for Cuba On tho Ward liner Sar-
atoga He said there was nothing
secret about his trip. that il waa
merely for pleasure, and that he
would return to New York some tins
in March
The general said he felt confident
that ne would defeat the government
in its appeal to the Supreme Court
from the Federal District Court de-
cision allowing him to enter this
country.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
800 MEN BACK, TRENTON
NOW FACES NEW STRIKE
IFrom a stan Corrcspondcnt,l !

TRENTON. y. J., Feb. 22.-About
three hundred employees of the Cook
Linoleum Company and the Standard
Inlaid Linoleum works today decided
to return TO their places at the plants
Monday morning. The men have
been on strike for more than week
and are piece workers They did not
receive the increase they struck for.
About three hundred men of the same
plants are stin holding out for more
wages.
The Coaehmen's Union is expected
TO go on strike today or tomorrow.
The men are demanding an increase
of 81 a week by March l. The de.
mands may be complied with and the
walk-out averted.