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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
JERSEY POSTMASTER
HELD AS EMBEZZLER

Charged with embezzling govern
ment funds, Raymond A. Alland.
postmaster at Sterling, N. j.. will be
given hearing in this city on Nom
day before United States Commits
sioner Richard Stockton. He was re-
leased today from the Essex county
jail in $1,000 bail
Alland was arrested yesterday
afternoon by United States Marshal
Marshal Louis G. Beelsman, after an
investigation of his books had been
made by Postoff1ce Inspectors Lara
bee and McVicker. of Philadelphia.
The government officials claim that
Alland has been short in his accounts
before, but when an investigation was
started he at once made up the short
age 1t is said that there is $50 MISS
ing from his postoffice account. AL
land is also justice of the peace at
Sterling.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
HENRY XXXIII. OF REUSS
WEEDS PRUSSIAN PRINCESS

! P0TSDAM, Germany May 1.-THE
marriage of Prince Henry XXXIl1. Of
Reuss and Princess Victoria Marga-
rete of Prussia, only daughter Of
Prince Frederick Leopold Of Prussia,
was celebrated at the new palace
here this morning. The ceremonial
was the same as is to be employed in
Berlin on May "a at the nuptials Of
the brides friend and comrade, Prin-
cess Victoria Luise, the only daugh-
ter of Emperor William.
The German empress took charge of
the brides ante-nuptial toilette and
placed on the young princess's head
the historical princess crown, which
is taken from the imperial treasury
only for the marriage of Prussia1
princesses.
(. Afterward the grand marshal of the
Prussian Royal Court, Count August
zu Eulenburg, performed the civil
ceremony.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
LABORERS GIVEN
HALF THEIR CLAIM
McCauIey-Manton Co. Out of
Sympathy Settle Demands
of Sewer Workers.

A satisfactory agreement has been
reached, it is claimed, between the
eighteen laborers, who claimed they
worked on section 9 Of the Passaic
Valley Trunk Sewer for over week
without pay. and the Mccauley- Man
ton Company, who hold the contract
for the construction of that section.
The laborers said $500 was due them
In back wages. s
The matter was settled ''irrespec-
tive of the merits of the case" ac-
cordlng to the information given out
in the office of the McCauley Manton
Company today. Tt will pay the
laborers so per cent Of their claim
tout of sympathy
The McCauley-M anton Company,
however, maintains that the laborers
were not hired by them nor at their
instigation. The company claims
that a man named William A. Cullen,
a contractor, of 262 North Fifth
street, hired the laborers and a Will
lam B. Converse, Of so Nelson place,
as their foreman.
Cullen, however, denies that he
hired them or told Converse to do so.
Converse, according to his attorney,
Elias Kanter claims that he had an
agreement with the McCauley-Man
ton Company to do the work.
The eighteen laborers and Con-
verse worked from April 81 TO May ,
they claim, without days pay.
Then the power was turned off and
they were thrown out of work. but
no money was Forthcoming. The mer
took the matter up with Attorney
Elias Kanter, who succeeded in bring
ing about the agreement today. The
men said. they were willing to &C
cept the so per cent. offered them.
Just what steps the .McCauley-
Manton Company will take to recover
the so per cent. they paid out has
not been decided,
All the parties interested in thu
matter, except Cullen, were present
at a meeting held yesterday wher
:. the claims of the laborers were con
sidered. He was not present ant
could not be located when the meet
ing was called.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
ADVENTURES OF A GOAT"
AGAIN AT THE THIRD"

Adventures of a Goat" was con-
tinued in the Third Precinct Court to-
day. Previous chapters on the esca-
pades of the notorious goat of Tony
Scortzo, of 364 Thomas street, are re-
corded in Brex's scrap book by clip
pings from the papers.
Brex, that is, Detective BreX, Of
the Third precinct, has in the past
unraveled the mysterious disappear
ance of the goat and the peculiar
cases of assault and battery COM
mitted by the goat on unsuspecting
pedestrians under the shadow Of
night.
Now, by Judge Hahn's orders, 1t is
up to the sleuth to discover how
the" goat enters the wheatfleld of
Christian Markion on lower Thomas
street through a wire fence with a
rather small mesh.
The field is surrounded by a high
wire fence with no openings. OF
course, the animal may be a "holy
jumper" or have confederates on
either side of the barrier, but Mark
ion says "he just walks through the
fence"
"You are lucky that this vicious
criminal-the goat-didn't devour
your shirts, which l understand he is
partial to. We will see that he be
brought to Justice" declared The
court.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
AL|MONY
AS He FACES JAIL
Bloomfield Blacksmith Refuses
to Pay Wife Whose Hands
Were Burned Off.

After Voluntarily cutting down the
alimony he was ordered to pay his
crippled wife, Louis Sedo, who owns
blacksmith shop in Bloomfield,
was adjudgedp in contempt of court
and served today with a warrant by
Prosecutors Detective Charles +.
Hummel The warrant opened his
eyes to the fact that the Court of
Chancery, even though civil court,
has a connection with the county
jail, SO he paid up all his back all
mony and a counsel fee besides,
amounting in all to $1S3
Sedo, it is declared, has openly adj
mitted that he would not follow the
order of vice-Chancellor Stevens. The
last time he was in court, which was
on February 1S, he was ordered to
pay his wife, Mrs. Emile Sedo, $40
a week He had previously dropped
1t to 81, although he had been or
dered to pay $40, It is declared. After
the latest disregard Of the vice-chan-
cellor's order. F.. Garfield Clifford,
counsel for Mrs. Sedo, began con-
tempt proceedings, which resulted IN
Sedo settling his account today.
When Mrs. Sedo first went to court
to have her husband support her and
her two children. one Of whom is men
tally defective, she applied to Record
err George w. Cadmus, of Bloomfield
and he had her husband agree to pay
her $40 a week. Later, it is declared,
Sedo tried to bring a conspiracy
charge against the recorder. She
came into Chancery Court in Novenl-
Der, 1911, on a bill for maintenance.
She was allowed the $40 there and
her husband was later brought up to
show cause why he should not be
committed to Jail for not paying the
entire amount. Frank McDermitt adj
justed the matter, and then Edward
S. Black, whom he next retained, sue
ceeded in having the amount reduced
to Sc.
In May last, the case went to Ad-
visory Master Jay Ten Eyck, and
Chancellor Walker sustained his rec
ommendation that it be raised to
$40, and 1t went along at this rate
until last December, when, it is de-
clared, Sedo cut the amount down.
Mrs Sedo is living with her two
children at SS Bruce street. this city.
She has no hands-they were burned
off in a gas stove explosion some
years ago, and il was because she
was SO helpless after the accident she
declares, that her husband left her.
Sedo is owner of property in Bloom
field, it Is declared. His counsel.
Charles Jones, of Jones & Gleeson,
refused to have anything more to do
with him when he learned from Sedo
that he would not obey the courts
order. Mrs. Sedo charges that her
husband is directing his attentions
toward another woman.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
HIRED ASSAULT CASE
.STIRS COURT TO ACT

Declaring that if a condition exist
g in Newark where one man could be
hired to assault another without
provocation, Judge Hahn today or
dered a most rigid investigation into
the charge of assault and battery
against william Socio, of AIS Wash
ington street, and requested that the
prisoner and all witnesses be taken
to the prosecutors office. He post
poned the examination until next
Friday, and stated that he would re-
quest the prosecutor personally to
represent the State.
Socio, who is employed as q special
policeman at Miners Empire Theatre,
in Washington street, was positively
Identified by Thomas M. Kelly, of IL
Runyon street, and three other per-
sons as the man who assaulted Kelly
several days ago in front of his home
as he was on his way to work, beat
ing him uncercifully Socio, through
his counsel, James McDermitt, denied
the charge and had numerous wit
neses to establish an alibi.
The complainant stated that he and
William II. Brown, a neighbor, had a
row, and that Brown hired Socio to
assault him, and that he witnessed
the assault. Brown was also identi-
fed by all the witnesses as. having
been present when the attack was
made, and Judge Hahn ordered him
arrested as a material witness and
held in 5000 bail.
1t was also stated to the court by
the prosecution that Browns brother
had managed Socio In a "Strong Man
act, in which he appeared in vaude-
vile some time ago.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
S. A. R. TO COMMEMORATE
TWO NEW JERSEY BATTLES

The New Jersey Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution is ar
ranging to commemorate the battles
of Springfield on June % and Nom
mouth on June 20. James L. Cara
brant. of East Orange. is chairman
of the committee arranging for the
Springfield celebration.
At the first meeting of the board of
managers. yesterday afternoon the
following were elected to membership:
Thomas H. OsNeill and Irving Strate-
meyer. of Elizabeth; Frank L. Will
cox, William I. Thompson, John B.
Thompson, ]. Otto Rhome and AL
bert M, Apologize. of Asbury Park;
Frederick s. Gage. of Montclair; Dam
lei w. Kleinhaus and George w.
Priest, of East Orange; William H.
Brown. Sanford B. Hunt, William S.
Hunt and George r. Kent, of New
ark, and George B. Holmes, Of Cream
RIDGE
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
1900 CITY EMPLOYEES
PARADE IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, May 17-Twelve thou
sand city employees turned out today
vfto give New York an object lesson In
municipal government The lesson
was a street parade six miles long
made up of men and vehicles from
nineteen city departments. The ponce
and fire departments in the past have
paraded annually, but today's pro-
cession was the first in which all the
various municipal departments
united.
The fire department headed the line
with /, 495 men and twenty-five pieces
of apparatus (all that could be
spared with safety, three floats and
ten trucks, and the police brought up
the rear, 1924 strong, with thirty-five
vehicles. The divisions between COM
prised the other municipal workers,
many in uniform and all accompanied
by the implements and vehicles OF
their work There were $50 vehicles
in all and forty-three bands.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
RIVAL UNIONS IN
WAR FOR RECRUITS
West Orange Edison Plant En-
2 ployees Urged to Join Asso-
citation of Machinists.

~ with more than a hundred men
listening to talks by S. R. Young,
general organizer, and Hugh v.
REILLY, business agent OF the Inter-
aational Association of Machinists,
(which is affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor. an attempt was
made to organize the several thou
sand men employed in the Edison
plant at West Orange at a meeting
in Samuel Christiano's Hail. s White
? street, that town, last night
The meeting was very widely adj
vertised for "All of the Employees
of the Edison Company of West Or
Il ange," and 1t is said some fifteen
men signed the application blanks
for admission to the union and We're
advised to call at Iroquois Hall. $50
Washington street, this city, Tues
day night, for admission TO the local
81 union.
re The action is another indication of
the fight between the A. f. of L. and
- the l. w W., as the latter body will
try to get a similar union under way
at New Essex Hall, 1 Gone street
Orange, tomorrow morning, and the
prospects for a lively fight for con-
troll between the two societies are
good.
The attitude of the Edison man
agement is against organization, it is
said. and the formation of the rival
unions viii undoubtedly precipitate
some wholesale discharges. The West
Orange police will not be surprised
II the long -heralded strike at the
plant will be a reality in snort
time. Representatives of the nrm,
it is declared. have attended these
meetings of the rival organizations
and particularly have watched the l.
w. w. Sunday morning meetings in
the foreign quarter.
Thousands of Greeks and Italians
are employed at the Lakeside avenue
nlant and the l. w. w. leaders are
confident of enlisting hundreds of all
these. In addition to last nights
meeting and the one scheduled for
tomorrow other gatherings will be
held weekly by the two groups and
the situation is rapidly moving to-
ward a climax.
owing to the prominence of the
head of the Edison concern and the
fact that it includes the largest work
group in suburban Essex county the
j w. w. has been particularly keen
in it's aim to enlist the men under
It's banners.
Several talks were given in the
various tongues of the workmen last
night and the |. W. W. folk were
said to be among the audience. The
men applauded some of the remarks
by the men and the meeting was or
dprlv
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
ATTEMPT TO WRECK
EXPRESS ON ERIE R. R.
Especial to the Newark star.I

HACKENSACK, N. j., May H.
The presence of private detectives
and deputy sheriffs patrolling the
tracks of the Erie railroad last night
disclosed another attempt to wreck a
train. Rocks pile three feet high
were discovered on the rails near a
bridge in Lodi last night. The engi-
neer of the Buffalo express stopped
his train so suddenly that passen-
gers were jolted, from their seats.
The locomotive stopped few feet
short of the obstruction.
This was the fourth attempt within
six days to wreck Erie trains in
northern New Jersey.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
WHARTON At MERCY
OF RIOTERS, IS CLAIM
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nearby houses. Charles File, who
was recovering from an attack Of
miners asthma, was listening to the
sounds of the shooting and dynamite
explosions when bullet tore through
the plaster of his room, near where
he lay in bed. He suffered a relapse
and died yesterday.
Shock Kills Him.
The physicians who attended him
say that it was directly due to shock.
According to the strikers, the min
ing companies are determined to Gre
ate trouble in order that the strike
may be the more quickly broken. 1t
is said that plans are under way for
placing the dynamlted engine back
on the track and operating the road
again.
Any attempt to do this will be the
signal for an outbreak that will over
shadow the fight of Thursday night
and yesterday morning.
Sheriff Gillen has already notified
Adjutant- General Sadler that he was
unable to keep his special deputies
in the Wharton district. Only a hand
full of private detectives are at the
mines, and they could not hold out
an hour against such an attack as
that made by the strikers against the
Newark detectives.
While the withdrawal Of the depu-
ties has caused the suspension of hos
tilities, it is feared that the miners,
encouraged by their victory. will i'm
mediately lay plans for a campaign
against the Mt. Hope mine and its
railroad.
The men are striking for a 20 per
cent. increase in wages and the rec
ognition of the Western Federation
of Miners.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
PROGRESSIVES SHARE IN :.
HIGH COMMITTEE POSTS

WASHINGTON. D. c.. May IL
Progressives will have representa-
ton on fourteen of the sixteen most
important House committees and in
all will have thirty-seven commit
tee places. Chairman Underwood.
of the ways and means committee,
and Progressive Leader MURDOCH
have agreed upon such plan.
AS there are fifteen accredited
Progressives in the House, some will
have places on more than one COM
mittee. Rivers and harbors and agri-
culture are theronly important COM
mittees on which the Progressives
will not have representation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
PACT TO.LEAvE ESTATE TO
EACH OTHER BEATS WILL

1-oKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. May II.
Alleging that an agreement between
two brothers to leave their property
10 each other amounts to contract
and that it takes precedence over a
will made later, Columbus Biarce, OF
Memphis. Tenn, filed contest in
Federal Court yesterday on the dis
posal of properties belonging TO w.
w. Bierce, now deceased, aggregat=
ing 81 100000.
W. w. Bieree, cotton buyer, died
here December ., 1911. Mrs. Ellen
Bierce, his widow and principal
legatee under the will. which already
had been probated, is the principal
defendant
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
PENNINGTON GLEE CLUB SINGS

Methodist Church, Orange street and
Bathgate place, tomorrow morning,
will hear several sacred selections by
the sixteen young men from the PEN
nington School at Pennington, ". j..
The work Of the club has been high
ly praised. and their training Will
show to splendid advantage in their
work. Penningts has many former
students in this vicinity. The service
commences at 1880 o'clock 80.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
WILSON HAS DAY OF REST

WASHINGTON, May 17.-President
Wilson adhered to his program of
resting on Saturday. He did not go
to the executive offices, but spent
most of the day alone in his study.
Rudolph Spreckels, of San Francisco,
was one of Secretary Tumulty's visit
ors. The purpose of his visit, he
said, was to arrange for an appoint
ment with the President Monday,
when he probably will discuss cur
rency reform.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
GIRL, CAPTIVE IN
CELLAR, RESCUED
Wee Gertrude Hoffman Tells
Police She Is III-Treated
at Home.

with tear-stained babyish face
aattened again dirty window
pane in the cellar of her home at 416
South sixteenth street, Gertrude
Rothfuss. aged Z looked wIstfully at
a dozen of her companions at play in
the street. They were happy and
gay.
Gertrude was locked in the cellar. a
prisoner. She was hungry, cold, and
so unhappy.
Jared w. Kimball. agent Of the
Children's Aid Society, received a
telephone call at 0 o'clock this morn
ing from neighbor who had coaxed
the story Of the little ones imprison-
ment from her through the window
Mr.. Kimball Immediately notified
Lieutenant McGovern. of the Fourth
precinct.
Locked in Four Hours
Patrolman Fitzsimmons was sent
to the house to free the little girl
In the kitchen on the floor above her
prison the patrolman met Mrs. the
resa Rothfuss, the child's grand
mother. who admitted that the girl
had been a prisoner in the cellar
since $50 this morning-four hours.
Her father had locked her there to
punish her for staying out late and
doing mischief. the woman said
Little Gertrude was taken from the
cellar and to the Fourth precinct
sta ton house, to be turned over to
Mr.. Kimball while he investigates.
Charles Rothfuss, the girls step
father, and her mother, were not at
home, the former being at work.
When a reporter called at the
Rothfuss home later in the day he
found the elder Mrs. Rothfuss In the
kitchen minding a year-old baby, a
brother to Gertrude. On the floor cut
ting up capers to the amusement of
the babe was well-fed, slick little
fox terrier. The same terrier was
being fondled, Patrolman Fitzsim-
mons said, when he arrived, while
the girl was crying her little heart
out in the cellar.
Locked in to Keep Her from Circus.
That the girl was often a prisoner
in the cellar was the declaration OF
Mrs. Debora Mackenzie, a next door
neighbor, who wiped the captive's
dirt -begrimed face when she was
freed by the policeman. Last
wednesday the girl told Lieutenant
Mackenzie, and was corroborated
by the neighbor. that her father had
kept her home from school and IN the
cellar SO she wouldn't go to the
circus. block away.
The girl, remarkably good looking,
with long curls hanging on her
shoulders, cried as she told Lieuten-
ant McGovern, of the alleged whip
pings at her fathers hands. A black
and blue bruise ON the left side Of her
face had been caused when he
knocked her against the stove she
declared.
Neighbors declared the girl was
punished for staying out until 8 or 10
o'clock at night-which she did, they
said, because she was afraid to go
home. Often she stayed in her little
friends homes.
Mrs. Rothfuss, the girls grand
mother, characterizes her as a bad
girl and a little thief.
Lieutenant McGovern sent out and
procured a hot meal for the hungry
child, and, while she eagerly ate the
patrolmen looked on and tried to
cheer her up.
After her breakfast she sat and
watched the bluecoats in the assem- :
bly-room play cards, and listened to
the fairy tales that a few of them
had remembered since long ago.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
GENERAL STRIKE IS
FACED BY PATERSON
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myself. and it would be good enough
for my own table.
John Reid, a magazine writer, who
investigates jail conditions and Is at
present locked up here, told me that
this was the best jail Of the forty he
has been in
A meeting of the citizens commit
tee of twenty-five was held in the
Board of Education rooms at the City
Hall today.
Mills May Open Monday.
After the conference one of the
members, who did not want his name
used, said that representatives of the
independent-that is, the smaller-silk
firms and the strikers were ready to
get together and that some of the
mills might open on Monday.
"In all the conference we have had
so far, the l. w. w. has been ig-
nored," he said. 1--WE have investi-
gated conditions at some factories
about which the strikers complained
in regard to ventilation and sanitary
arrangements. Whenever we found
their complaints well founded, we adj
vised the manufacturers to make al
terations."
Mayor Mcbride remarked that he
felt confident the committee was
making Roadway. 4e
The strikers are. openly derisive OF
the committee, however. They allege
that it is more of a vigilance COM
the grievances.
Assemblyman James Matthews. of
Passaic county, who is secretary Of
the American Federation of Labor
here, told an Evening Star reporter
today that the A. F. of L. had tempo
rarily abandoned all attempts to inter-
pose in the strike.
A. II. of L. May Restore Order.
1--WE have given the 1. w. w.
leaders a chance to hang themselves"
he said. land when they have done 1t
the A. r. of L. will step in. and try to
bring order out of chaos"
Two hundred children of strikers
are to be sent to New York city to-
morrow by Fred Sumner Boyd, who
is chairman of the committee on chill
dren. One hundred boys and girls
already there will be brought back
for a visit.
Indict Seventy Strikers.
The Passaic county grand jury late
yesterday returned seventy indict-
ments, mostly against strikers and
strike agitators. Among those in
dicted was Carlo Tresca, who is
already awaiting trial on a charge of
'inciting to riot" Unlawful assem-
blage was the charge in the majority
of the indictments.
The sheriff stood ready last night to
throw his full force of deputies, with
as many special deputies as should
be required, about the plant of the
Public Service Corporation.
The extra guard was not needed,
however. General Hine talked over
the situation with many of the 200
employees within the Public Service
plant and the 400 trolleymen.
81 am assured that these agitators
| have absolutely no chance of enlist
| ing the aid of our men in sympa-
thetic strike" said General Hine
"All of our men are amply satisfied
Accordingly, feel perfectly safe
without asking for an additiona
| guard"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17
cARNEolE's MISSION

BERLIN. May 17.--Andrew Carne-
gle is coming to Berlin to congratu-
late Emperor William on his twenty
five years peaceful reign. He cabled
today reserving rooms at a hotel.