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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
CHAT ANOOGA READY
FOR c. A. R. REUNION

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Aug. l.
Preparations for the entertainment
of the forty-seventh national encamp-
ment in September are going ahead
at satisfactory speed. Nearly all of
the committees have pushed their
work to point where it may be said
that all plans will be carried through
without serious hitch.
The finance committee reports that
the money is in hand or in sight and
that there will be no trouble over
payment of the bills of the encamp-
ment association.
The committee on assignments to
homes has met with success in the
matter of securing lodging for very
large crowd of visitors during the en-
campment The people of Chattanoo-
ga are opening taeir homes to vet
Grams and visitors with the same hos
pitality that marked their action
when the Confederate survivors met
in annual reunion here in May.
The same rates that prevailed dur
ing the Confederate reunion will pre-
vail during the eneampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic These
are in all instances reasona BILE. The
same rates for meals and lodging Will
be charged by hotels, restaurants and
boarding houses.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
TEN MORE FRANCHISES
PASSED BY WORKS BOARD

Twenty of the franchises asked for
ny the Public Service Corporation in
connection with its general terminal
scheme have now been passed on
first and second reading by the Board
of Works.
Last week the board passed ten and
yesterday like number were passed
The former will come up for final
passage at next weeks session. OF
the original lot there are still seven
to be acted upon. In these are in
cluded the applications for a subway
under Halsey and Broad streets and
also for the elevation over Pine
street
On Tuesday the board will meet
again with the conference of en-
gineers on the applications that have
not yet been acted upon. At this
time the recommendations of the en-
gineers on the subway and the eleva-
ton will be received,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
PROMINENT MEN
HONOR ]. E. WARD
Prudential Officials Honorary
PaIl-bearers Include Heads of
Great State Corporations.

The presidents of three OF New Jer-
seys largest corporations were
among the honorary pall-bearers at
the funeral of Jacob Ewing Ward this
afternoon.
The list includes Forrest F. Dry
den, president of the Prudential In
sura nee Company of America; Thorn
as N. McCarter. president of the Pub
lie Service Corporation; Uzal H. Nc
Carter, president OF the Fidelity Trust
Company; John K. Gore, viee-presi-
dent of the Prudential Insurance
Company; E. Coster Wilmerding, of
the firm of Pyne, Kendall x Hol-
lister, Of New York; DR.. John B.
Walker, of New York, Mr.. Ward 8
family physician and close friend,
and Henry F. Taylor and George {.
Palmer, both of Morristown.
Wilbur S. Johnson. third vice. presi-
dent, and Edward Gray, fourth vice
president, of the Prudential, attended
the funeral services as official
representatives. of the insurance COM
pany.
A number of other officials and en-
ployees from Mr.. Wards department
were also present. The flag on the
tower of the Prudential building has
been placed at half-mast out of re-
spect to the deceased second vice
president of the company.
Frederick W. Egner, e-president;
James II. Shackleton, secretary, and
the majority of the directors of the
Fidelity Trust Company also attend
ed the funeral
At $3.50 o'clock today for Ave min
utes all business in the Prudential
Offices was suspended in memory of
Mr.. Ward.
The company sent a large wreath
of orchids.
The funeral services were held
from Mr.. Wards late home, on Madi-
son avenue. Convent Station, at $50
this afternoon. Carriages were in
waiting at the Lackawanna station
at Convent to convey to the house
the relatives and friends arriving on
the o'clock train from New YORK
city and intermediate stations
Interment in the family plot in the
Hanover Cemetery at the conven-
fence of the family and will be pri-
vate The officiating clergyman was
the Rev. Philemon f. Sturges, rector
OF st. Peters Episcopal Church, In
Morr,stown.
Mr. Ward died in the Roosevelt
Hospital, New York, Thursday MORN
ing following an operation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
HE'S ACCOMMODATING, BUT
HE LANDS BEHIND BARS

William Glucik. "a years old, of 4
Bowery street, was sitting on his
front stoop shortly after midnight
when a homecoming friend stopped
10 talk to him.
Are YOU going to blow yourself TO
a drink2" asked the friend.
81 have no money. hut ii you want
III treat YOU to little excitement"
replied GlGcik.
He walked over to the little red
firo-alarm box on the pole and pulled
down the hook. Then he and his
friend found a spot where they could
see, but could not be seen. The en-
gines dashed up and the firemen
politely expressed their opinion of
the one who pulled the alarm. Ser
seant Gray Patrolmen Fannon,
cruit and Dunn discovered Glucik
and marched him to the station
house He confessed.
Captain Thomas S. Reilly, of No s
engine, appeared before Judge Hahn
and made a complaint against Glucik
today. Glucik was held in $1,000 bail
to await the action of the grand
jury.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
IN FIGHT
OVER FALSE TEETH
Tried to Take MoIars for Un-
paid Bill, Accuser
Claims.

Joseph Pecker, grocer, moved
from East New York with his wife
and family to Passaic avenue.
Kearny. about three months ago. Be-
sides his household effects, Pecker
took with him a set of false teeth
which did not At
Accordingly, he sought out DR.
Robert Stevenson. a dentist, of
Kearny. and instructed him to make
a new plate. DR.. Stevenson did so,
using a portion of the old plate in
the construction of the new. A few
days ago Pecker called at the
dentists to ask for his bill He also
requested that DIR. Stevenson return
the old plate, so that he might get
a rebate from the East New York
dentist
Mr.. Stevenson explained that he
had used part of the old plate and
had thrown the rest away. That
settled the settling of the bill, as far
as the grocer was concerned. who
vowed that he wouldn't pay a cent
until he got the old plate back.
A few days ago DR.. Stevenson Went
S'AN tipt1tN oilbp lOE ms lllOlCaf
Pecker refused payment Thereupon.
according to the story the grocer told
Recorder Leonard WINNER, the
dentist grabbed him by the jaw and
tried to gouge the set of false teeth
out by placing a long forefinger OF
either side of his jowls.
AS ne did so the grocer's wife and
l2-year-old daughter Hannah went
to his rescue and pulled the dentist
away. Then Pecker says that Steven
son struck him with a chair and
smashed another chair against the
counter. Stevenson admits swinging
the chairs, but says he did so in self
defense, and denied having struck the
grocer The dentist said that he had
taken hold of the grocer's Jaws
merely to see how the new plate
fitted
Recorder WINNER notified DR..
stevenson to appear in the Kearnv
Police Court tonight if he did not
wish a warrant to be issued for his
arrest on a charge of assault and bat
terry preferred by the grocer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
SEEK SPEEDY SETTLEMENT
OF GRADE CROSSINGS FIGHT

Tired of the delay of the courts in
rendering a decision in the proceed
ings brought by the city to eliminate
grade crossings the Board of Works
yesterday adopted a resolution call
ing up on the Common Council to re-
quest the law department to institute
additional proceedings to bring the
matter before the Public Utility
BoarC,
The rule of the Utility Commission
makes it imperative that the pro-
ceeding be brought by the body hav
ing charge of the city's finances,
which explains the boards action.
The crossings that the city seeks to
have eliminated are the Elizabeth
avenue crossing of the Pennsylvania
Railroad the Frelinghuysen avenue
crossing of the Lehigh Valley and
Pennsylvania Railroad, the Summer
avenue and Mount Prospect avenue
crossings of the Erie and the New
York and Greenwood Lake railroads.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
mitchell is FUSION
CHOICE FOR MAYOR
Wilson New York Port APP
pointee Beats Whitman in
AlI-Night BaIloting.

NEW YORK. Aug. 1-Republi-
cans. Progressives and Independents,
as represented by a fusion committee
of 107 members. agreed early today
upon the nomination of John Pnrroy
Mitchell. collector of customs of the
pert of New York, as a candidate for
mayor. The regular Democratic can
didate or that to be backed by Tam
many Hail, has not yet been named,
but Mayor Gaynor is understood to be
a candidate for nomination for an
other term.
The agreement of the fusionists to
put Mitchell forward as their candi-
date was not reached until after an
all-night struggle during which the
committee took nine ballots on the
first of which Mitchell led by slight
margins over District Attorney
Charles s whitman and Borough
President George McAneny, of Man
haitian. These were the only three
candidates considered and the con-
test among their adherents was stub
born. Mitchell led slightly on every
ballot and on the final vote won the
necessary majority among the eighty
eight members then present to noml-
nate. He received forty-five votes;
Whitman received forty-three, the
McAneny forces breaking up and
dividing their strength between the
two leaders. The nomination of
Mitchell was afterward made unani-
nous. The ticket named with
Mitchell carries the denomination Of
Whitman as district attorney and
w A. Prendergast as comptroller,
and the nomination of McAneny as
president of Board of Aldermen.
Mitchell, elected president of the
Board of Aldermen of the city on
the Democratic ticket at the last
election, was recently appointed by
President Wilson as collector of
customs at this port. The preference
which the President then showed to-
ward him was used by his admirers
as evidence that the President would
favor him in an anti-Tammany fight.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-When
Mr.. Mitchell was recently appointed
by President Wilson. collector of the
port of New York, the understanding
was that If he desired to enter the
mayoralty contest he could do so
without resigning until he felt ready
to do so. While the White House
made no comment on Mr.. Mitchers
selection, it was apparent that Off
Gals there were pleased.
Mr.. Mitchell said that he had no
Intention of resigning as collector of
the port to run on the Fusion ticket.
If elected he said that he probably
would keep his present office until
the end of the year to enable him to
carry out changes in methods and
organizn ton
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
BURGLAR PROUDLY
BOASTS OF ROBBERY
Conductor to Whom Story Was
Told Took II as a
Joke.

A negro entered the barroom Of
the Union Hotel, at Bloomfield ave-
nue. and Valley road, Montclair. last
night and got away with about 81
IN nickels and dimes, a box of cigars
and a few packages of cigarettes.
He then boarded the 2;10 a. IN. car OF
the Bloomfield avenue line for this
city and told the conductor of the
car how he had robbed the hotel.
AS proof of his story the negro gave
the conductor package of his cigar
cites. The latter thought the negro
was joking him and made no effort
to have the fellow arrested.
On his return to Montclair at 4
O'Clock the conductor awoke Patrick,
]. Farrell proprietor of the hotel.
and asked him if his place had been
robbed. Mr.. Farrell ran to his room
and made a search of his clothes,
which contained a bout 500. and found
the money intact. He then examined
the safe in the Office and found that
II had not been tempered with.
The search then continued to the
barroom. where half-f1lled bottle
of whiskey and an empty glass were
found on the floor, showing that the
negro had helped himself to several
drinks. Further search showed the
loss of the money and goods. A
piece of lead water-pipe about two
feet long was found on the floor be-
side of the whiskey bottle. This the.
fellow evidently intended 10 use as
weapon in case he was disturbed in
his work.
II wonder how he got in re-.
marked MIR. Farrell to the CONDUCTOR.
"Oh, he said he removed pane OF
glass from the window in the toilet
room" replied the conductor.
Investigation showed that this was.
true The light of glass had BEEN
carefully removed, and stood upon
the floor and was not even cracked.
Mr. Farrell told the conductor that
he was losing his time in the Public
Service employ: that he should be a
detective. as quick-witted men like.
him were in demand in all the de-
tective agencies throughout the
country. The reply of the conductor.
was:
Il thought he was ioshing me-"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
SEES PROFESSOR TAMPER
WITH VOTING MACHINE

CHICAGO, Aug. Il Additional
ways of tampering with a voting ma
chine were pointed out to the Butts
legislative committee by Prof. c. e.
Deputy, of Lewis Institute, today.
The witness produced wire Slip"
bent wire" piece of angle
steel and an ordinary rubber hand.
any one of which he demonstrated to
the committee could be placed on the
face of the machine in such a way
that only an expert could detect IT.
With these simple devices the Will
of the people of the entire city. he
said. might be defeated. He showed
four ways in which the front of the
machine could be tempered with and
five ways in which the election Off
Gals might tamper with the inner
mechanism by unlocking rear doors.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
HORSE COSTING FORTUNE
FAILS IN FIRST START

LONDON, Aug. Prince Palatine,
the horse for which j. b. Joel. the
South African capitalist, paid the rec
ord price of s25000O this week, proved
something of disappointment in its
initial race. as the costliest race-horse
In the world. In the race for the
Goodwood Cup yesterday, although
there were only six starters, Prince
Palatine failed to finish in the money,
and reached the winning post in a
distressed condition. Joels disap-
pointment, however, is somewhat re-
lieved by the fact that a condition
upon which he purchased the horse
from t, Pilkington was that If the
horse were beaten In any of its en-
gagements this season, $4,000 would
be deducted from the purchase price.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
Killed in
Crash of Trains

DULUTH. Mimi, Aug. Three
laborers are known to have been
killed, two were fatally injured. four
were badly hurt and a score more are
unaccounted for as the result of a
collision of ore trains at the Allouez
ore docks last night
Indignant over the accident $50
dock hands struck.
The accident is blamed to careless
switching A moving ore train ran
into a standing train, throwing the
workmen into ore pockets and cover
ing them with ore. All the ambu-
lances in the city and dozen doctors
were summoned.
The dock managers ordered work
resumed, but the foreigners refused.
Special police then took charge of the
docks. A number of boats loading
will be delayed unless an agreement
with the striking laborers Is reached.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
RAID ALLEGED OPIUM DEN
AND ARREST PROPRIETOR

Plsinclothesmen Mcguire and
Crawford, of the First precinct to-
day raided an alleged opium joint at
Is Pearl street, and arrested George
Ridgely, a negro, the proprietor of
the place, on a charge of maintain
ing disorderly house.
The place was raided about a week
ago. but had been reopened. Word
of this reached Acting Captain Caf-
frey. of the First precinct. and he
ordered the secondraid. Arrested with
Ridgely and held as material wit
nesses were Esther Roselle, white
woman, who gave her address as AZ
Baxter street New York city; Rose
Smith, negress. of the Pearl street
address, and Julia Brown, a negress,
of AZ Wickliffe street.
The police officers found a COM
plete opium-smoking outfit In the
place
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
ENEMIES APPLY TORCH
TO HOME OF MAYOR

CHICAGO. Aug. 1.-The home Of
Mayor Severson, of Highwood H..
was destroyed by fire today. 1t Is
believed to have been due to incen-
diarism, melted by the mayors re-
cent opposition to blind pigs" in the
village.
Mayor Severson and members of
his family were obliged to flee from
the burning house scantily clad. Two
oil cans which had contained lero-
sene were found near the building.
They burned my house and tried to
son, with the tears in his eyes The
enemies l have made by fighting the
blind pigs" in the village are back
of this. l will not be inundated.
and will fight them harder than ever
now" Highwood is near Fort Sheri-
dan, United States military post.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
FIRE LAW BROKEN AT SITE
OF TRIANGLE TRAGEDY

NEW YORK, Aug. -Four sum-
monses to appear in Jefferson Mar
ket Court today for alleged viola ton
of the fire and labor laws have been
served on the OCCUPANTS of the Asch
building, % Washington place the
scene of the Triangle Waist Conn
panys fire in March, 1911. in which
las lives we're lost.
Inspector Otto Mendel, of the
bureau of fire prevention, who made
an unexpected call at the Asch build.
ing yesterday afternoon, had use for
a summons as soon as he stepped
into the freight eleva tor, for Louis
Brill, the elevator attendant, was.
smoking, despite the prohibition
posted since the catastrophe
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
FIRST SHOT FOR BURNS MS.

LIVERPOOL Aug. 1.-The Liver.
pool Athenaeum has received notifi-s
cation that the legality of its recent
sale of the so-called Glenriddel
manuscripts of the poet Burns will
be taken to the courts. The London
dealer who bought the manuscripts,
supposedly In behalf of an American
at a price said to be s25 GOO, has been.
warned not to part with the owner-
ship for the present The action in
the courts will be based upon the
contention that the manuscripts
which were presented to the Athe-s
naeum over a century ago by Dr.
Currie, a Burns critic. had only been
loaned to him and that they realty
belong to the nearest heir of the poet,
who is Miss Annie Burns.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
WORKS BOARD IGNORES
GII.LEN'S COURT ACTION

notwithstanding the notice served
by Commissioner Charles P. Gillen
that he had already applied by to the
courts for an injunction, the Board
of Works yesterday awarded the
final contracts for the pavement of
five streets with bitulithic. All of
the awards were made to the Stand
ard Bitulithic Company.
The action by the board was taken
after City Counsel James r. Nugent
had declared that no injunction had
as yet been served on this city.
The streets are BirSs place. Dewey
street, Jefferson street Rose terrace,
and Schalk street.
Mr. Gillen voted in the negative,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
SORRY WOMAN DID
NOT KILL HERSELF
Grandson's Only Regret Is That
Mrs. TilImes Hadn't
Ended Life.

Following the unsuccessful attempt
of Mrs. Henrietta Tillmes, "A years
old, to kill herself by cutting her
throat, the police today learned of
the woman's struggle for years
against poverty in spite Of the fact
that she has sons, who. according
to the police, are capable of taking
care of their mother in her old age.
Mrs. Tillmes attempted to take her
life at the home of George Jaime, at
55S Hunterdon street, for whom she
said she worked for the past two
years. Last nights attempt to end
her life was the second made by the
woman. In April, 1911, she swallowed
q quantity of carbolc acid. but re-
covered in the city Hospital
Last night Mrs. Tlllmes procured
short butcher knife and going to her
Her feeble fingers, however, were not
strong enough to hold the blade rigid
and only a superficial cut was in
hicted. She was removed to the city
Hospital, where the wound was treat
ed. Today she was arraigned before
Judge Herr in the Fourth Precinct
Police Court on charge of attempted
suicide made by Plainclothesman
Sebold. of the Sixth precinct. Judge
Herr ordered that the woman be
held until tomorrow or until he can
look into conditions under which she
has lived in the past.
Mrs. Tllmes was then placed in
the care of Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes
the matron of the Fourth precinct,
who kindly offered to care for her
at her home at i05 South Eleventh
street for the time being.
Plainclothesman Sebold today called
up Arthur Tillmes, one of Mrs. Till
mess sons, who is real estate dealer
at 53S Springfield avenue. Mrs. Till
ness grandson. Carl, answered the
phone. According to Sebod the fol-
lowing conversation took place:
Q.-Is your father there?
A.-No.
Odd you hear what happened to
your grandmother last night?
Ayes: heard something about it.
Dwell, are you going to do any
thing about it?
A.-Do anything about IL? What
can we do about it? Why didn't she
make a good job of 1t while she was
at it?
Sebold said he then rang off. When
asked by an Evening Star reporter
whether or not the above conversation
had taken place. Carl Tillmes declared
that he might have said il and that
he didn't know what he said. because
"a number of fresh guys" had called
up about the matter.
Ewald Tiilmes another son, who
owns n stationery store at 490 Orange
street. denied that his mother worked
az the Hunterdon street house He
declared that he and his brother. Ar
thur had paid her board wherever she
lived for the past five or six years.
According to the police, 1t may be that
the sons have been paying their moth
er's board while she lived at the Hun
terdon street address, but they do not
believe they paid it previous to that.
Just what will be done with the feeble
old woman depends on the findings of
Judge Herr
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
TENDER ON FAST TRAIN
JUMPS TRACK ON BRIDGE

MUNCIE. Ind, Aug Ia miracu-
lous escape from death and injury
took place today when the tender OF
the New York Central Limited No.
20. the fast east-bound train, jumped
the track on the middle of a 200 foot
bridge five miles west of Muncie The
train ran a third of a mile when four
Pullman cars left the track AL
though two steel rails were driven
through the floor of one of the Pull
mans, not a single passenger or train
man was injured.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
BUG FORCES A GIRL To
TAKE OFF WAIST IN CAR

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1.-Blushes|
famed high last night in an Ems
worth car, when a very ungallant
and inconsiderate big black bug in
sisted on exploring the dainty rib
bons and laces on the lingerie OF
Miss Lydia Vance, of the fashionaple
Brighton road section. AS a result
the exceedingly pretty young girl
had to take off her waist to dislodge
the bug.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
MECHANIC ST. TORN UP;
WHO DID 1T? is ASKED

Who tore up small portion of the
wood block pavement now being laid
in front of the National state Bank.
on Broad and Mechanic streets?
Much mystery surrounds the dark
deed as neither anyone connected
with the Board of Works, the bank.
the contractors nor Colonel ]. w. How
ard. the Mayor expert, upon whose
report was based Mayor Haussling's
veto. can account for the outrage
The only logical solution of the
mystery IS that one of the street in
spectors, reading the Mayors veto,
yesterday thought he would investi-
gate and determine what was under
the blocks AS no inspectors of the
street department can be reached be-
fore tomorrow the affair will have
to remain unsolved.