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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-31

One rainy day when the Coon ana
,Possum and the Old Black Grow were
rurnmaeing about their house in the Big
Hollow Tree where they all lived together
they found that above each OF their rooms
there was a good deal of other room
that nobody ever used. That set them 10
thinking, and pretty soon Mr. 'Possum
said IL was too bad TO let all that soou
room go to waste. and Mr.. coon salu
YES IL was. and that their house was DIG
enough for a hotel.
OF course he didn't think what he was
saving at the time. but it set Nh Crow
70 thinking and walking up and down
whistling. and pretty soon he stopped
still and looked at the Coon and Postum.
"Ill do the cookin',' he said, II you II
get the things TO cook.
And right then and there they made UP
their minds to do II. and early the next
morning. while the Old Black Crow was
hurrying about inside, getting things
ready for business, the Coon and the
'Possum nailed up sign outside, and this
is what was on II:
THE HOLLOW TREE INN.
BOARD BY THE DAY OR WEEK.
Then they went inside 10 help Mr..
Crow get ready. and by and by they all
sat down and waited for people 10 come.
Mr.. Coon and Mr.. 'Possum felt pretty
well, too. for they thought they would
have the easiest time. You see, they had
always depended on Mr.. Crow a good deal.
for. besides being a good cook, he was a
great hand TO provide and knew more
about where 10 get the best things. and
the best time Of day or night 10 get them
than both Of the otf ers put together.
So he didn't say anything. but dressed up
nice and spruce in a clean apron and
cooking cap and leaned out Of the win
dow. as cooks always do. with his arms
folded BY and by along came Mr.. Jack
Rabbit.
Hello" he said. whats this?'
Then he read the sign over and looked
at Mr.. Crow and asked him II 1t was
Joke. And Mr.. Crow said:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-31
Puzzle Answers
EASY TRANsPosITIoNs.

Fort. Ceres. corn. lion. nest coins. fleet
rose. ten. one. Word formed from these
letters, reflections"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-31
Tribune Junior Forum

Published in the interest OF boys ana
oirls. TO furnish information and dmu6e'
ment and to give them an opportunity
to cypress themselves.
All contributions and letters ShoW'
be addressed to the Editor OF the THO
une Junior Forum, NetC-YOrk Tribune,
154 Nassau Street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
COMMITS SUICIDE
IN GRIEF OVER SON

Grief over the tragic death Of her
four-year- son Anthony led Mrs.
Donate Russo, thrty-four years old.
to hang herself In her home, 68 Hoyt
street, yesterday.
One year ago, almost to day, the
little boy was fatally burned while
playing near bonfire. After his
death Mrs. Russo became subject to
spells of melancholy.
AS soon as her husband left the
house to go to his saloon at 115 Canal
street yesterday morning. she dressed
her six small children, sent the three
older ones to school and took the
others to the apartment of Ralph Me-
rlno, a neighbor.
I'm going out" she said to Mrs.
Merlno. "Will you look after the chill
dren for me?"
When the three older ones returned
home at noon they found the door
locked. Mrs Merino waited until 8
o'clock in the evening and then, thor
oughly alarmed at the failure of Mrs.
Russo to call for the children, she tel
ephoned to Russo. He notified the po-
lice and hurried home.
Russo climbed into his apartment
through a window and found the body
of his wife hanging beside the door in
the parlor. She had tied the end of
the moose to a hook in the doorjamb
and then kicked the chair on which
she had stood from beneath her
Funeral arrangements have not
been made Services will probably
he held tomorrow morning.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
DAME RUMOR IS
A MIGHTY BUSY
PERSON OF LATE
Bamberger Company and Other
Local Firms Deny RumOrs
About Making Changes.

That garrulous old dame, Rumor,
has been very active busybody of
late. Her bridleless tongue has caused
no end of annoyance, and, unless
promptly curbed, may do considerable
mischief to business interests here
abouts. That seems to be the opinion
of persons concerned In Newark en-
terprises
This talkative Individual opened up
operations by getting in some sly digs
at banking institutions, insurance
companies and even the Public Serv-
ice Corporation. Money was tight,
the big insurance companies were re-
ducing expenses by cutting down
clerical forces and Public Service was
laying off men. That was the trend
of talk.
1t didn't require more than cursory
inquiry and Investigation to demon
strate that all this was idle gossip.
The banks were doing well, the insur-
ance companies were taking on help,
there were more trolley cars than ever
traversing Newark's thoroughfares,
and there was work for all.
The Unsuitable gossip p-monger next
turned attention to department stores
and selected the establishment of l..
Bamberger & Co. as q choice morsel
to roll between tongue and palate
Then followed talk and more talk,
whisperings and confidential repetl-
Continued ON Page 20, Col. ~
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
DROPS DEAD AT TER
BROTHERS FUNERAL

DR. Jacob s. Newman, a we'll known
Mystic Shriner, was found dead at
the foot of the stairs in his home, 26
Ella street, Bloomfield early today
He mad just returned from the funeral
of his brother, w. Ford Newman, of
Easton, Pa.
His sister. Mrs Ella r. Ames, found
the body when she arose at o'clock
DIR. Newman, who was seventy
eight years old. had arisen an hour
before as usual and started down
stairs. On the way he had been
stricken with heart disease, which
caused his death. DIR. Jacob S. Wolfe
was summoned and he notified Dep
uty County Physician M. Herbert
Simmons, who issued a burial permit
DR.. Newman was born in Sussex
County on March g. 1885. He prac-
tised as dentist in Newton for about
forty years.
When he retired eight years ago he
went to live with his daughter in
Pennsylvania, and about month ago
moved to Bloomfield.
He was called four days ago to
the bedside of his brother who was
dying from complication of di-
seases, After the funeral yesterday
he returned to Bloomfield.
He was a member of Harmony
Lodge and Baldwin Chapter, of New
ton, and the Mystic Shrine, of Mecca
Temple, New York City.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
Sick Child from Window
Sees Playmate's Funeral

Propped on pillows at the second
story window of her home at 1872
Magazine street. Helen Devine, seven
years old. watched the funeral pro-
cession of her little aunt and play
mate, eight-year- Catherine Le-
Blein. from the LeBlein home, next
door. yesterday. The Devine girl is
confined to her bedroom with the
measles.
Catherine LeBlein attended q per
formance at a moving picture house
Thanksgiving night During the per-
formance woman tainted Some
one cried that the theatre was afire.
The LeBlein girl became Sc fright
ened that she was unable to talk for
some time. According to her mother,
the child suffered from the shock to
the hour of her death, and although
pneumonia set in. the mother feels
that her daughters death resulted
partly from the shock.
In her last moments Catherine begged
4her mother to summon a priest. The
little girl was visited by Father Henry,
of st. Benedict's Church. "Now" she
declared, 81 am as white as snow"
She died shortly afterward.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
WARSH|P VERMONT
L|MP|NG TO PORT
Starboard Main Shaft Broken
and Several of Her Com
partments Flooded.

WASHINGTON Dec. 12.-With her
starboard main shaft broken and sew
eral OF her compartments flooded,
the steamship Vermont is limping to-
ward Hampton Roads on her return
from the Mediterranean cruise under
convoy of the battleship Delaware
and the Golfers Orient and Jason.
The accident occurred at 3:45 q.
m. yesterday. and at O'Clock last
night the Vermont was 1,200 miles
from Hampton roads and 800 miles
from Bermuda.
A radiogram to the navy depart
ment from Rear Admiral Charles e.
Badger, commander-in-c chief of the
Atlantic fleet. describing the acci-
dent, said there was no cause for
alarm. The Vermont is proceeding to
Hampton Roads under her port en-
gine, making eight knots in COM
paratively smooth sea. Admiral
Badger says the skin of the ship and
the propeller strut were examined by
a diver, and appeared uninjured.
Neither the shafting nor the propeller
was lost The Vermont and her con-
voys should arrive at Hampton Roads
about December II or 18.
The battleships Wyoming, Arlsan-
sas, Florida and Utah OF the return
ing Mediterranean squadron are con-
tinuing toward New York, where they
are expected to arrive next Monday.
The Connecticut, Kansas and Ohio
are proceeding toward Guantanamo
en- route to Mexican waters.
Mechanical experts at the navy de-
partment believe the Vermont's stern
tube shaft is broken, and they think
injury must also have been done to
the bulkhead in order to permit water
to flood the compartment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
Public Service Railway Co.,
Before Utility Commission,
Promises Zone Cards in Cars

The Public Service Railway Com
pany, through it's counsel, L. ID. How
ard Gilmour, promised the Board of
Public Utility Commissioners today
to place cards showing the fare zones
in its Plank road, Paterson-NewarlS
and Turnpike cars,
A. ID. Pratt, of Paterson, complained
to the board of delays on the Gov
ernor street line of that city, and also
mentioned that there were no fare
zone cards in the cars of the Newark
Paterson line. Mr.. Gilmour said he
understood that all the regular cars
on the lines that collect more than
one fare had cards. with the excep-
tion of few cars that sometimes had
to take the place of disabled car.
In regard to the delays, he explained
that the streets were torn up by
sewer work, but, as the work was
finished, the schedules would be re-
stored and no further trouble caused.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
WILL TRY TO OPEN
NEW MUTUAL BANK
Despite Broken Promises of Di-
rectors of Roseville
Trust.

The new Mutual Bank of Rose-
vile, recently incorporated to take
over the assets of the defunct Rose
vile Trust Company, will be opened
whether or not the former directors
Of the defunct institution make good
their promises of cash. OF course
the plans must have the approval of
the Chancery Court, but the organ
izers think the plans are in such
shape that they cannot but be ap-
proved.
"If the directors fail to make good
their pledges suit will be entered
against them and the matter
threshed out in court" Deputy Com
missioner J.. II. Vredenburgh said
today. 1t is understood that the
holdouts who pledged financial as
sistance to the new bank, and at the
eleventh hour changed their minds,
are Harry W. Foster, John B. Scar
lett, Frederick Kilgus, Charles c.
Zurich, Elmer X. Sexton, G. Row
land Munroe, Harvey Mott and Ed
ward d. Dunn.
When questioned about his not MAX
Ing good his promise of cash to the
new bank, Harry w. Foster was very
indignant. IT promised assistance at
the meeting held in Mr.. Ralph Lum's
office. The amount / finally promised
was put up long ago"
Frederick Kilgus, whom rumor had
it was another of the holdouts, was
asked if he had put up the $4,000 he
promised several months ago. The
conversation took place over the tele-
phone, and Mr.. Kilgus was reticent to
grant the interview in that way. He,
however, said that he had not pledged
money to the Mutual Bank but had
subscribed 10000 to the reorganiza-
tion that had been planned by the
former directors and which fell
through.
When questioned further as to
whether or not he would help the new
bank he refused to say. IT have not
pledged assistance to the new bank
and will not say whether / shall or
not" he replied to the question.
The other directors who are sup
posed to be holding out on their prom
ises could not be reached. G. Row
land Munroe is in Washington on
business, but is expected back today,
was tho information given out at his
office. Elmer M. Sexton was not at his
home, while John b. Scarlett was
away on business.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
HOOD MAY START
ROSEv|LLE TRUST
CASE NEXT MONTH
Indications Are That Trial Will
Be Opened by Middle of
January.

There is every indication that the
cases of persons already under indict-
ment or soon to be indicted in connec-
tion with the wreclking of the Rose
vile Trust Company last August will
be brought to trial before the middle
of January, and that Chief Justice
William S. Gummere will preside at
the trial
Actual information that this is the
plan of Prosecutor Louis Hood lacks
his personal confirmation, but Mr..
Hood is not in the habit of making his
plans public. He said today that he
expected no delay In the bank cases
once the grand jury had found indict-
ments against the parties Interested,
and intimated strongly that this ac-
ton would be taken next week.
The first two sessions of the grand
jury held this week We're devoted to
clearing up the calender of police
the decks are clear now for the sub
mission to the jury of the Roseville
Trust Company cases.
This, ii Is expected, will not take
more than two days at the outside, as
the work put in on the case by Ray E.
Mayham, State bank examiner, who
since September has been working in
the interests of the prosecutors office,
has been so thorough that the evil
dence is all prepared.
1t is believed that Mr.. Mayham, and
possibly others connected with the
State banking department, will be the
only witnesses called before the grand
jury, as the evidence that can be
given by them of overdrafts and other
financial dealings outside the pale of
the law will be all that is necessary
to give the jury information that Will
enable that body to find indictmens
agains a large number of persons.
The persons who will be indicted
will be those who in their dealings
with the bank and Raymond d. Smith,
(COntinued on Page 20, Col. IL
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
MURPHY FAVORS
TWO CONVENTIONS
Says Party Ought to Convene
Before National Meeting
i'm 1916.

Former Governor Franklin Murphy.
national republican committeeman
from New Jersey, is inclined to favor
the holding of national republican
convention to discuss and consider
party conditions prior to 1916. He
says that If the proposition Is brought
up at the committees session in
Washington next Tuesday he will
vote for it,
"At the meeting next Tuesday" re-
marked Mr.. Murphy, 1--WE may make
general survey of party conditions,
but the immediate question to be dis
cussed is that of Southern States
representation.
while there may be differences of
opinion on the question of represen-
the Republicans with whom ! have
talked as to the certainty of Repub-
lican victory in 1916.
"The Democrats appear to be de-
luding themselves into the happy be-
lief that they are satisfying the peo-
pie of the country, but they have a
herculean task before them to con-
vince the voters, whom they fooled
last year, that with the price of liv-
ing continuing to soar and business
crying aloud for relief in every sec
ton. the new tariff law, proposed
currency legislation and other quick
remedies are the panacea for the ma
tons ills.
"The nation was in first-class con-
dition when the Democrats took hold,
but ip few short months it has de-
veloped decided symptoms oof Illness,
and ther is but one reason to assign
for this--the medicine that the Demo-
Gratis have administered.
"The November elections. think,
showed that the Republican party is
getting together again. OF course,
we know that Mr.. Wilson is minor
ity President; he was also a minor
ity governor of New Jersey, as the
newly elected governor is a minority
governor.
"The Progressive bubble has burst.
am sure I have no idea what
Colonel Roosevelt contemplates doing,
and. / was almost on the point of
saving. ] do not care. The Republic
can party will survive it,
"It was natural that the Democrats
should win in the recent elections,
but the awful slump in their vote in
most of the States showed that the
Progressives who voted against the
Republican tickets in 1912 will never
enlist in the ranks of emocracy."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
Schmidt Told Physician He
Would Quit Cloth for Girl

NEW YORK. Dec. 12.-Before
swearing the States alienists who
were expected to testify in the trial
of Hans Schmidt, the former priest
charged with the murder of Anna
Aumuller last September, Assistant
District Attorney Stephenson called
as witness today DIR. Arnold G.
Leo, of this city.
DR.. Leo testified that Schmidt and
the Aumuller girl came to his office
last April and expressed their inten-
tion of being married Schmidt told
me he was very much in love with the
girl" testified the doctor, 'and said
he was going to give up the priest
hood and marry her. On September
A. two days after the murder, he
called at my office, exhibited v
shaped wound on the index finger of
his right hand and asked that it be
treated. He said he had had an ac-
cident,"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
MONA LISA LONG
MISSING PAINTING,
ISFOUND IN ITALY
Man Who Stole Masterpiece
from the Louvre Arrested
i'm Florence.

FLORENCE, Italy, Dec. 12--Leo-
nardo Da Vinci's masterpiece, Mona
Lisa" the mysterious disappearance
of which from the Louvre in August,
1911, threw the art world into con-
sternation. was reported found today
in Florence. The man who stole 1t
was arrested. He is an Italian.
Mona Lisa" more properly known
as La Joconde," is one of the worlds
most famous paintings, and is re-
garded as priceless. Leonardo da
Vinci took his model for the picture
Lisa Del Giocondo, woman of Flor
ence. He worked on the picture for
four years. from 1900 to 1904. 1t was
bought for France by Francis 1.
The value of the work can only be
imagined, since all offers to buy 1t
were refused. among them one re-
ported to have been made by the
British government of S5,000,00
Since the disappearance from the
Louvre of the picture the search has
been worldwide. 1t has been reported
found in Germany, Russia, England,
Spain and even In the United States.
1t was widely believed in Paris and
throughout France that the picture
was not taken by thieves, but, rather,
by some demented art lover, who
wished to be able always to gaze
upon It,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
MRS. MACKAy'S
DEATH MYSTERY
Widow of ex-Newark Clergy
man Gave Assumed Name at
New York Hospital.

Mrs. Helen Mackay, widow of Rev.
Donald Sage Mackay formerly pas
tor of the North Reformed Church,
this city, and daughter of J. Gregory
Smith. former governor of Vermont,
died on the operating table in Mrs.
G. l.. Menzenhiemer's sanitarium, 1873
and 140 East Sixty-first street New
York yesterday afternoon.
After an autopsy today DR.. Otto II.
Schultze, the coronor's physician, an
nounced that a minor operation had
been performed upon Mrs. Mackay
He added that before officially stating
the cause of death or signing the
death certificate he would confer with
Mrs. Mackay's physician.
Al the Mackay residence a state
ment issued by an intimate friend of
the family is as follows:
For more than year Mrs. Mackay
had been troubled at intervals with
a severe pain in her side. She had
kept so actively engaged in charitable
work, however, that she deferred at
tending to it. About two weeks ago,
after another attack, she remarked
to an intimate friend that she eX-
pected to be treated by a physician
who had been highly recommended.
"She was insistent that her chill
dren and friends be kept in ignorance
of her suffering, so that their holi-
days would not be marred by worry.
If, as reported, she gave the name
of Mrs. Stone, it was solely for this
purpose"
Mystery surrounded the case the
moment the police and the coroner
started to investigate, because Mrs.
Mackay, whose body was identified
last night by the superintendent of
the apartment house at All Park ave-
nue., where the Mackays live, gave
the name of Mrs. ]. II. Stone, of Bos-
ton, Mass. That was the name by
which she was known to DR.. Henry
We'll, the physician who sent her to
the sanitarium, and also to DR.. DEM
pewolf, who administered the anaes-
thetic.
Investigation revealed the fact that
While the police were seeking to ver-
ify the name of the woman who had
died under the anaesthetic, Miss An
nette Mackay. her eldest daughter,
was out in an automobile making a
search for her mother. The daughter
had become alarmed when Mrs.
Mackay did not return to dinner last
evening after an absence of seven
or eight hours.
Mrs. Mackay called on DR.. We'll in
his office, 1872 West End avenue. Man
haitian, on Wednesday and told him
she was suffering intense pain. She
said she wanted a thorough exami-
nation. He told her to be at Mrs.
fContinued ON Page IA. Column -
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
HUGHES YIELDS
AND MATTHEWS
WILL GET PLUM
Essex Assemblyman to Be
Named to COllectOrship When
Presidents Cold Is Better.
[speclnI to the Ncwnrk star.I

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-There is
nothing In the way of an adjustment
of the problem involving the appoint
ment of the collector for the Fifth
Internal Revenue District, New Jer-
sey, with headquarters in the City
of Newark but President Wilson'S
cold, is the latest information from
the seat of war. In fact. 1t is said,
and declared to be authoritative at
that, that Assemblyman John Alphon-
sus Matthews, of Essex county, will
be named by President Wilson just
as soon as the chief executive of the
nation recovers from his cold
Mr.. Matthews came to Washington
yesterday to take up the collectorship
question and ascertain just where he
was at and how long he was to be
kept in suspense.
1t is said that there was a long con-
ference in which the Presidents sec
retary, Joseph r. Tumulty and United
States Senator William Hughes, of
New Jersey, took part. Mr. Matthews
was present as we're also several
others, but who these others were
is not stated.
The upshot of the conference, 1t is
given out, was that Senator Hughes
agreed to withdraw his support from
Charles V. Duffy, of Paterson, whom
he had supported up to this time,
and consent to the appointment of
Matthews. This settled9sit was ex-
plained that President Wilson would
forward the nomination of Matthews
to the Senate as soon as he had fully
recovered from his cold.
Left in the lurch, according to this
program, will be John v. Diefen-
thaeler, of Newark; Joseph A. Con-
molly, of Belleyille; Cornelius Conlin.
of the same place; John #. Sinnott
and Edward M. Waldron, of Newark.
Redmond f. Herman, of Bloomfield;
Alexander F. Cashion, of Newark,
and many others
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-12
MAY CALL SCHOOL !
STRIKE IN CHICAGO
Lieut. Governor Urges Pupils to
Protest Against SuppIanting
of Mrs. Young. l

CHICAGO, Dec. 12.--No single Incl.
dent OF the politics of recent years in
this city has caused such excitement
as the forced retirement of Mrs Ella
Flagg Young as superintendent OF
schools, according to political lead
ers, and the subject, 1t is said. is
bound to assume Importance In the
aldermanic elections next spring.
Barratt O'Hara, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of Illinois, has suggested a strike OF
school children as a protest TO the ac-
ton of the School Board, and club
women say the mass meeting called
for tomorrow night will have a large
attendance.
Mrs. Young was engaged far into
the night and again today receiving
callers who came singly and in dele-
cations to voice their indignation,
She has accepted position as edu-
cational editor of the Chicago Tribune,
and said that under the law her sue
cessor had been legally elected and
she saw no way to compel her own
reinstatement.