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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
PETIT DIVORCE
SUIT DISMISSED
ice-ChanceIIor Backes Throws
ction Out When Conspiracy
Is Shown.

Vioe-Chancellor Baclxes today dis
missed the petition for divorce made
by DR.. Robert w. Petit, of New
York city, against his wife. Mrs.
Marion Agnes Petit, of 119 Highland
avenue, this city, when a witness
confessed to a conspiracy to Sur
prise" the wife in a Hoboken hotel
with a bogus correspondent.
The final hearing in the action had
hardly started today when the case
was dismissed by the courts order.
DR.. Petit, who lives at sd West One
Hundred and Fifty-seventh street,
Manhattan. and his wife were mar
ried on June %, 1905. At that time
he was an inferno at a New York
hospital and his wife was employed
as a seamstress in the same institu-
ton.
In the fall of 1906 the physician left
his wife and went to Europe. He re-
Joined her on his return to this coun-
try and left her for the second time
in April, 1908, when he made another
trip to Europe. Letters which the
doctor had written to his wife be-
fore and after their marriage were
introduced by Frank NJ. McDermit,
counsel for Mrs. Petit.
Attorney McDermit quoted the fol-
lowing excerpt from one of tth physi-
clans letters to his wife:
"Oh, Marion! If you knew the re-
morse I suffer. The thought that
have lost the purest and best woman
in the world is enough to kill me-"
Another passage read as follows:
THE fault is mine; it is my dispo-
sition. I hate people. l always hated
the world until you came into my
life"
DR.. Petit was on the witness stand
when these letters were read aloud in
court. The doctor declared they were
written by him before his marriage,
His wife, who was present, insisted
upon correcting her husband by stat
ing they were written after the we'd
ding.
The physician charged his wife with
misconducting herself with an UNI
named correspondent. The alleged in
discretion took place in a Hoboken
hotel on May 20 last. stated the doctor
in his petition for divorce. They have
two children, Robert, aged six, and
Florence Cecilia Petit, aged seven,
Both children are now in the custody
of their mother
Alderman Charles A. Oliver of New
bruHSWlch, WAS Il WlLhSS5 oil tiV
stand for the doctor, when the climax
to the suit came with startling abrupt
ness The alderman declared that he
was one of the two detectives who
Caught Mrs. Petit in the Hoboken
hotel with the unnamed correspond
ent.
Vice Chancellor Backes took the
leading part in the examination of the
alderman at this point. He insisted
upon the witness telling who the CO.
respondent was, and when oliver adj
mitted that the culprit was James
Manning, another private detective
employed on the case in the interest
of the petitioning doctor the court
ordered the proceeding halted.
The vice-chancellor announced that
he would not listen to any further
testimony in the case and ordered the
divorce petition dismissed at once.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
GOVT WILL RUSH
EGG TRUST SUIT
Contention of u. S. Is Favored
in Report of Master in
Chancery.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The suit of the
Federal government charging the Chi
cago Butter and Egg Board with vio-
lation of the trust law will be
brought to trial here this week, it was
announced today by James H. Wilker-
son, United States district attorney
in this city.
The determination to rush the case
to trial came on the heels of report
by Charles B. Morrison. master in
chancery, favoring the contention of
the government that the quotations
committee of the board arbitrarily
fixed the price of butter and eggs.
The suit was filed a year ago, and
shortly after the board voted to abol-
ish the committee.
News of the early trial was received
with satisfaction by clubwomen en-
gagged in an egg boycott, although it
was not evident to them that the case
would affect the price of eggs.
Mrs. John C. Bley, leader Of the
boycott in this city, said today that
her plan of bringing in eggs from the
country direct to the consumer could
not be put into effect Immediately.
1.-THE farmers are not yet educated
to the opportunities of the parcel
post" she said, but we have begun
a campaign in that direction which
should bear fruit by next summer or
at the latest by this time next year"
The wholesale price of eggs techni-
cally classed as Ordinary firsts" de-
clined three to five cents in South
Water street today, as compared with
last Saturday, although there was no
material increase in receipts. Dealers
would not say that the drop was due
to the boycott, but the women derived
much satisfaction from it.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
HEROIC MOTHER
FATALLY BURNED
Vainly Attempts to Save Baby
After Upsetting Boiling
Tar on 1t.
Especial to the Newark start

BAYONNE, Dec. Mrs. Mary
Moody is in serious condition at
the City Hospital here, as the result
of an attempt to save her sixteen
months old adopted child from being
boiled alive in melted tar. The child,
Ethel Connors. died from burns re-
ceived when the molten flood poured
over her from a cauldron which Mrs.
Moody was attempting to lift.
Mrs. Moody's son William was
patching thei roof and had set the
tar to boil on the stove Mrs. Moody
attempted to lift the cauldron off the
stove and at the same time avoid step
ping on the baby, which had crawled
in her way In her efforts to avoid
the child, Mrs. Moody lost her bal
ance and the cauldron was over
turned. She attempted to pick up the
baby and was herself so severely
burned that physicians at the hos
pital are doubtful of her recovery.
A small fire resulted from the acct
dent and because of the dense smoke
that filed the house the firemen were
compelled to take the woman and the
dead child down a ladder.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Taking First Drink in
Two Weeks, Drops Dead
as tie Lifts Glass to Lips

Just as Ire was about o drink the
first glass Of beer he had in two
weeks Howard Carr, twenty-three
years old, of $50 Boyd street toppled
off his chair to the floor and died be-
fore medical aid could reach him.
County Physician Mckenzie stated
that death was due to pneumonia and
heart disease.
Carr was in the saloon of Louis Ber-
mad, at Seventeenth and Belmont ave-
nues, shortly before noon today when
he met his death. For the past two
weeks it is said that Carr had been
confined to his home suffering from
pneumonia. He left home today for
the first time since he left his work
at the General Electric Company, at
Seventeenth avenue and Boyd street,
and went to Bernad's saloon. He was
seated at one of the tables and was
about to raise the glass to his lips
when he fell to the floor. DIR. william
Wismar, of 1903 Belmont avenue, was
summoned. but the man died before
the physician arrived
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Many Red Cross Seals
Bought at Booth in
Front of the POstOffice

The sale of Christmas Red Cross
Seals from the booth in front of the
local postoffice, which opened Satur-
day, netted greatly increased returns
early today over the first days BUSH
ness.
Miss Lillian Randell had charge. of
the booth this morning, and Miss
Mildred Anderson and Mrs. Leslie E,
Hatfield are alternating this after
noon. Miss Emma Lehlbach and Miss
Jane Swain opened the booth Satur-
day morning and We're relieved in the
afternoon by Mrs. Alexander Maste-
son and Miss Helen Brautigam
The schedule for the remainder of
the week is as follows:
Tomorrow morning, Mrs. A. B,
Twitchell, jr., and Miss Elizabeth
Downing; afternoon, Mrs. George La
Rue Masters and Miss Mabel Masters;
Wednesday morning, Mrs. E. w.
Given and friend; afternoon, Miss
Julia d. Thompson and Miss Mary
Mitchell; Thursday morning, Misses
Fannie o. Miller and Grace Harri-
son. Friday morning, Mrs. Edmond
Sinnock and Mrs. Frederick e. Sin
mock; afternoon, Mrs. Ernest d.
Easton and Miss Florence Cara
brant; Saturday morning, Miss Eliza
beth Teed and Mrs. L. W. Begg; Sat
urday afternoon, Misses Elsie Pierson
and Marion Ball.
Starting next Saturday the booth
will be opened on Saturday evenings,
until the week before Christmas when
1t will be open every evening until
10 o'clock in charge of young men.
Arrangements have been made
whereby orders taken by booth work
ers will be delivered to firms and
credited to the day the worker serves
in the booth. Last year .3S worth
of seals were sold from the booth dur
mas.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Jury FOR KNABE
TRIAL COMPLETED
All but One OF the Twelve Jur-
ors Chosen Are
Farmers.

sHELBYVILLE, Ind, Dec. IA
jury was completed today to try DR..
Villa B. Craig for the murder of DR..
Helene Knabe. All but one are
farmers. Their names follow: Louis
Weinantz, Gilbert Willard, Ollie Har-
rel, Kimball Barnes, Martin Good,
Walter v Wright (section HANDY,
Ralph Swinford, Marcus Young, Ell
bert Wicker, Alfred N. Arnold, Perry
l.. Hurst and William Lemasters.
After the jurors had been sworn, at
Lbs o'clock, Judge Blair addressed
them. He said he had decided to keep
the jury together during the trial,
and would adjourn court until 1.S0
O'Clock to give the Jurors time to tele-
phone to their families. He told them
not to read newspapers and not to
discuss the case with anyone, advis-
ing them to keep an open mind as to
the guilt or innocence of the accused
until all the evidence was in.
According to the program, Eph IN
man, of counsel for the State, was
TO make the opening statement, out
lining the prosecutors case. The
detense had not planned to answer
TINS statement before witnesses were
heard.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Lehigh Fireman Discovers
Method to Avert Accidents

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Joseph
Pruyne, fireman on the Lehigh VAL
ley railroad, has discovered a simple
expedient to avoid possible accident.
He has found that my keeping all his
fire tools on the right side of the en-
CINE when one of them becomes dis
lodged it drops off the roadway and
does not interfere with traffic.
The advantage of this arrangement,
when reported to the general safety
committee of the railroad, was i'm
mediately appreciated. and superin
tendents throughout the Lehigh sys-
TEN have been instructed to issue or
ders to all firemen to follow Pruynes
lead.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Mrs. Ida M. French
Obtains Divorce from
English Army Officer

LONDON, Dec IA divorce was
granted today to Mrs Ida M. French.
daughter of Robert ]. Wynne, of
Washington, d. c., former American
consul-general in London and ex-
postmastergeneral. on the grounds
Of infidelity and cruelty on the part
of her husband, Captain Hugh Ron
aid French, now of the Fourth Bat
talon (territoriaD. of the Yorkshire
regiment. and formerly of the Sew
enth Dragon Guards.
Mrs. French was given the custody
of the child of the marriage under
an agreement to produce it in court
whenever required.
On the witness stand Mrs. French
testified that her husband had beaten
her on several occasions and had
dragged her about the room because
she refused to get up at or o'clock
in the morning to entertain his boon
companions. He had also kicked her
while she was lying on a rug in front
of the fire.
Testimony as to the charge of in
fidelity of Captain French was then
taken and the name of Marie Celeste
Beach, a Canadian chorus girl, was
mentioned.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
MOTHER DEFENDS
F. P|NNEY EARLE
Says Son Took Boy from
School, Where He Was Be-
ing llI-Treated.

NEW YORK, Dec. Mrs. Lily J.
Earle, mother of Ferdinand Pinney
Earle. warmly defends his kidnapping
of his son today. She declares that
ne was impelled to commit the act
because the boy was being ill-treated
at the school from which his father
took him
Mrs. Earle added that her son will
soon make a full statement of his
side of the case and that he will act
against the people who have been
traducing him."
Speaking of the statements made
by Paul Herman, of Rutherford, N
j., whose adopted daughter, Char
lotte. is said to be Earle's companion
and the woman who posed as Mrs.
Evans" at the school while arrange
ments were being made for the kid
naping, Mrs. Earle said angrily:
Mr.. Herman has been making
Ibelous and outrageously false state
ments. He has said my son WAS "a
moral leper' and that he had never
had anything to do with him. That
is false. Mr.. Earle need not seek
Mr.. Herman's society or friendship,
and does not want it. but the Her.
man family entertained Mr.. Earle
and his wife at their home at Monroe
for several days last spring, and
Mrs. Herman had the key to Mr..
Earle's cottage after he had gone to
Europe.
ut is not my son who has injured
Miss Herman. 1t is her foster father.
/ know Miss Herman but slightly,
but I believe she is lady. Here
and Mrs. Earle pointed. to large
portrait on an easel in the drawing
room-"that is portrait of her paint
ed oy my son and kept by me as an
excellent bit of artistic work The
idea of my son exerting an evil in
f1uence over herl She is no Chicken
She is woman twentyseight years
OF age"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Xmas Gloves
For Women, Misses s. Chifdren


Select your glove purchases
early for Christmas giving, when
stocks are fresh and complete.
When purchasing gloves for
friends, endeavor to learn their
sizes, so as to avoid exchanges.
Women's Kid Gloves, /, 2, 3
clasp ...,............7 5c to zoo
Women's 2-clasp Kid Gloves.
our own Importation. LOO
Women's 1-clasp Cape Walk
ing Gloves, usual shades.
women's 8. IL, IS. 20 and "a.
button Kid Gloves. 200 to $50
Women's 16-button Kid Gloves.
mousquetaire styles -. ~. .2.50
Women's IL and 16-button doe
skin or Chamois Gloves, pair,
2.2J and 2.5O
Sole agents for "Jouvin" French
Kid Gloves; best glove. i. 1.5O
Women's and 2-clasp Mocha
GloVes. LOO to zoo
Women's Suede 1. and 3-clasp
Kid Gloves ..,....... LOO to LIS
Women's Chamois and Doeskin
Gloves, l and 2-clasp. pair,
LOO to 1.50
Women's Silk and Wool Lined
Kid and Mocha Gloves. 1.25 to 400
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Loses Suit for Damages by
Lackawanna's Elevation
Especial to the Newark start

TRENTON, Dec. LIN the suit
brought by Edna Dickinson, of Chat
ham, in Morris county, against the
Lackawanna railroad and the Bor-
ough of Chatham to recover damages
caused by the elevation of the Lack
awanna tracks, the Supreme Court to-
day handed down a decision striking
out the complaint filed by the plain
tiff The plaintiff claimed the Dor
ough was liable for the damage to her
property because it made contract
with the railroad company permitting
the track elevation. The retaining
wall of the new structure is within
foot or two of her house.
The complaint was struck out by
the court in an opinion by Justice
Parker, upon the ground that the bor1
ough could not be held liable in these
proceedings Justice Parker says that
if a complaint were filed charging the
borough with the creation of a public
nuisance in blocking off the street
with the elevated structure, such a
complaint might not jbe stricken out
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
USE "CASCARETS"
IF CONST|PATED
Gently clean your Liver, Stom-
ach and CIogged Bowels
while you sleep.
Get a Decent box.

Get Decent box.
Take a Cascaret tonight to cleanse
your Liver, Stomach and Bowels, and
you will surely feel great by morning
You men and women who have head
ache, coated tongue, can't sleep, are
bilious, nervous, upset, bothered with
a sick, gassy, disordered stomach, or
have backache and feel all worn out.
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets-or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
salts cathartic pills or castor oil?
Cascarets Immediately cleanse and
regulate the stomach, remove the
sour undigested and fermenting food
and foul gases; take the excess bile
from the liver and carry off the con-
stipated waste matter and poison
from the intestines and bowels.
Remember, Cascaret tonight will
straighten you out by morning. A
Decent box from your druggist means
healthy bowel action; clear head
and cheerfulness for months. Don't
forget the children.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Silk Hosiery

Gift-givers are quick to appre-
ciate the quality of the silk hose
we carry, not only at Christmas
time, but during the entire year
as we'll; silk hosiery makes a
splendid gift, as is evidenced by
the quantity sold each Christmas
Time.
WOmen's Pure Thread SILK
stockings--Plain or embroidered,
in many well-known makes, all
the leading shades; TIC tn ( IN
pair
women's Pure Thread SILK
Stockings-Lisle or all silk gar
ter tops, In black and all M
the popular shades; per pr.
WOmen's Pure Thread SILK
StOchings-Extra fine quality,
with double Isle or all silk gar
ter tops, double soles, extra
spliced heels and toes, all the
seasons shades; per I50
pair ....... ..........
Women's Extra Heavy 2.25
silk Stockings. ..........
six Wo% staes,n est.i1e LOO to LIS
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Wilson to Forego Vacation
Unless Congress Recesses

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Unless
Congress takes recess during the
Christmas holidays President Wilson
will forego his planned ten-day va
cation.
The determination of Democratic
leaders in the Senate not to agree to
a recess unless the currency bill has
PASSED by Christmas was approved
~ the President today and he let
Y, he known that he would not leave
Washington while Congress was in
cesSiOn
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Strike Deserter Shot Down
by Man Who Fires from Taxi

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IA gar
ment worker on his way to work to-
day was shot, probably fatally, by
an unidentified man, who fired from
the window of taxicab. The wound
ed man is Harry Skulnick. With four
other garment workers who had been
on strike but had returned to work,
Skulnick was being escorted by city
detective when a taxicab dashed up
and one of the occupants began fir
ing. After emptying a revolver the
cab sped away.
Two suspects who gave New York
addresses, believed to be fictitious,
wer arrested.
The garment workers strike has
been in progress here since last sum-
mer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Sues on Lumber Contract
TspecinI to the Newark start

MORRISTOWN, Dec. 1.-The trial
of an action brought by Benjamin l..
Harrison, of Morris Plains, against
Albert Dickesson, of Mt. Tabor, was
begun in the Common Pleas Court
before Judge Salmon today. Harri-
son asks $500 damages from Dickes-
son in an alleged failure of Dickesson
to fulfill a contract for cutting tim
Der from Harrison's real estate de-
velopment on Watnong terrace. Nor
ris Plains, by the time specified in
the contract. Dickesson sued Harrl-
son in a Justices court for services
rendered in cutting the timebr and
was awarded Judgment of $SI.
James H. Bolitho represents Dicl.es-
son, and Elmer w. Romano is Har-
risons counsel
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Gunman Refuses to Talk
About Fatal Street Duel

JERSEY CITY, Dec. 1.-Albino Far
70, forty years old, of 9S1 First street,
is unconscious and dying in the City
Hospital from wounds inflicted by
three bullets fired at him last night
by Angelo Demarko, twenty-nine
years old, 91S Third street, who is
under arrest
Demarko positively refuses to say
anything whatever in reference to the
affair and it is believed that Faro will
die without recovering consciousness.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Postal Thief Pleads Guilty;
Pair Deny Connterfeiting
Especial to the Newark start

TRENTON, Dec. Judge Rell-
stab, in the United States District
Court today, received a plea of guilty
from William A. Woolston, alias G..
w Lack, for breaking into the
Frenchtown postoffice with attempt
to plumber the, place.
Pleas of not guilty were entered by
John Capotosse and Vincenzo Bon
omi, of this city, indicted for coun-
terfeiting fifty-cent pieces
William Holavzo, of Elm, pleaded
not guilty to an indictment for
breaking into a shipment of mer-
chandise in interstate commerce.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
1000 Women Join Egg Boycott

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Dec. 1.-St. Paul
housewives today Joined in the ma
tional boycott on eggs. Mrs. d. w.
McCourt, president of the local
branch of the National Housewives
League, announced that more than
1000 women of st. Paul already have
Joined in the movement and that sew
eral thousand more are expected to
give their support within the next two
DAYS.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Liquor Dealers Fined
Especial to the Newark start

MORRISTOWN, Dec. 1.-Prosecu-
tor Charlton A. Reed arraigned Ru-
dolph G. Arndt and Jacob Stosk, of
Whippany, before Judge Salmon to-
day on a charge of illegally selling
liquor. The men were fined 500 and
costs each and were given warn
ing by Judge Salmon that another
violation meant the canceling of their
license. The men have a wholesale
license for place in Whippany, but
had sold liquor in quantities Of n
quart ard upwards, it is alleged, from
a wagon in Hanover Township.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Banker Found Guilty

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. IA. L.
Richmond. jr., former director of the
closed Cosmopolitan National Bank
If pittsburgh. was today, in the
limited States District Court, found
guilty of having assisted the cashier
of the bank in making false entries
in the institutions books. His bail
was increased to $4,000 after a mo-
tion for a new trial had been filed by
bio attorneys
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Handkerchief

You'll find handkerchief here
by the thousands, all grades and
sizes and daintily packed for
Christmas giving in a variety
of pretty boxes.
Women's Linen Hemstltched
Handkerchiefs-N h e m s,
soft lustre finished cloth, elabo-
rate and dainty one-corner ef-
fects, worked with mercerized
cotton. natural tint and white;
each ............. I2H2c 10 DUO
The well-known Donegal en-
broidered one-corner effects,
each .25c to soc
Real Madeira embroidered
scalloped edges with initials.
Narrow hens. boxed in one
half dozen, three designs of en-
broidered wreaths with block
initials; box of ...,.6 for 75c
WOmen's Sheer Linen Hand
kerchicfs, each 25c to Toe
W0men's Linen and Soft Fin
ished Handkerchtefs, each 80.
25c to $3.50
Women's Linen Hemstitched
Handkerchief, each. .29c to $500
Cbildren's Hemstitched Linen
Handkerchiefs; box of 3, for
25c TO zoe
NJ c ms Linen Hemstitched
Hnndkcrchiefs, box of one-half
dozen $1.OO, $1.45 and $500
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
Capital Joins Ban on Eggs

WASHINGTON, Dec. IAN egg
boycott was launched here today by
hrs. Ellis Logan, president of the
Federation of Women's Clubs. Work
ers armed with pledges in which sign
ers were asked to agree not to buy
eggs until the prices are reduced,
worked on the streets, in stores at
the suffrage convention and about
the city generally and took many sig
natures.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01

Solid Gold Cun Buttons--In
great variety of styles and pat
terms, Roman and English fin
ishes; all sizes, from small to
large shapes. ...... 1.5O to 14.9S
Solid Gold Scarf Pins-In all
the dainty styles. set with pearls,
amethysts, sapphires, rubies,
emeralds, topazes and diamonds;
styles appropriate for boy or
Beautiful Solid Gold Bracelets
I'm various styles and widths,
Roman and bright finishes with
hinge and spring; unusually
large assortment. DOS to 10.DS
Solid Gold Tie CIasps-In great
variety of oblong, oval and
round shapes, Roman and Eng
lish finishes, plain and chased
designs. .............1. 25 to 5.0S