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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31

to the board at once, and also charged
that one member of the school system
had gone out of the city for the pur
pose of disparaging one of his coll
leagues, and that the only reason he
did not name him because he did not
have positive proof. Mr.. Taylor, in
the matter of the racial question,
stated that when the matter of Mr.
Wiener's temporary appointment
came up he was openly approached
and asked If he was going to vote for
a Jew.
It was brought out that Superia-
tendent Poland had put his seal of
approval on Mr.. Weiner's work each
year since his appointment and that
no direct charges of incapacity had
ever been made. Mr.. Taylor also
spoke highly of Assistant Superin-
tendent Corson's work and declared
that by his efficient management he
had saved his salary time and again
since having been put in charge.
Commissioners Throssell said that
the matter was such a serious one
that 1t would be imperative on the
part of the board to oust not only
Professor Wiener, but also Su
perintendent Poland If such condi-
tions were allowed to exist. He,
however, stated that he would not
condemn any man on the accusations
laid before the board and as the mat
ter could not be legally laid over for
further investigation he would vote
for theP making of the permanent
appointment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
Political Complexion of
Council to Be Unchanged

The new Bloomfield Town Council
will organize at noon tomorrow.
Councilman Frederick Sadler mayor
elect, will succeed Mayor William
Hauser. who has served four years
Former Councilman Herbert c. Far
rand will succeed Councilman Charles
II. Madole, OF the First ward; Fred
erick Tompson will succeed Mayor
elect Frederick Sadler, of the Second
ward: Charles A. Harrington will
succeed John G. Parkin. who served
the unexpired term OF the late Frank
n. Unangst, of the Third ward The
holdover members are Couneilmen
Edward J. Hughes, Henry Atkinson
and Fred Storm. The council will
stand the same as last year, six Re-
publicans to one Democrat.
It Is probable that the following
will be reappointed to office: Town
attorney, Charles f. Kocher; super
intendent of public works, Frederick
B. Stimis. superintendent of water
department, William r. Rawson;
town engineer and surveyor, Ernest
Raechlin; member of the Board OF
Assessors, George B. Milikin. Among
those mentioned to succeed Charles
A. Venner as building inspector are
Noah Hampson, Richard T. Cadmus
and James Campbell. A fight is
looked for over the appointment Of
police recorder between James B. Nc
Kee, the present incumbent, and
Councilman John G. Parki7. The
name OF DR.. Clark Thompson has
been mentioned as successor 10 Town
physician T. Pacxkowsh. Two mein-
hers of the Board of Health will also
be appointed for three-year terms to
succeed Assem- emblyman-e.ect Seymour
p. Gilbert and Dr. Jacob S. Wolfe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31

pressed the hope that the company
would withdraw its request.
Speaking Of the tube terminal, Mr.
Denman emphasized that the latter
had nothing about it to indicate its
permanent occupation. He spoke OF
the original attempt to have the tube
station near the southern apex of the
pa where he thought 1t ought to
have been placed.
Bear this in mind" continued the
commissioners. "Where does this
thought lead us to? 1t leads us to the
Manhattan transfer station. This sta
tion has admittedly proven failure
Nov let me take you to the Market
street depot. You find that there is
no development there. The Pennsyl-
vania railroad has the South street
station, which to all appearances is
fully capable OF handling local traffic
At Railway every preparation Is made
for a transfer station. My informa-
ton Is to the effect that the purpose
of the Pennsylvania is to electrify its
shore service and its service to New
Brunswick.
ITO my mind all this shapes itself
in one direction. There may be NO
organic relation between the Pennsyi-
vania, the McAdoo tubes and the
I>uDilc StTSlCc, Dul CetitiiOt COiiSClNo
that the latter would spend six million
dollars on a terminal without gainins
a single passenger
''It all leads me to the conclusion
that ultimately there will be other
terminals in that station which then
may become part of the rapid transit
system between here and New York
Public Not in Favor.
Commissioner Gillen, who discussed
the danger to pedestrians and the
congestion of traffic, added that no.
body seemed to favor the franchises
except the Public Service Company
itself
That he did not think the Park place
trackage such a bad feature was the
opinion expressed by Commissioner
Biertuempfel. He wanted it under
stood that he was not opposed to the
scheme, but that he was opposed to
the granting at this time. AS to the
curve Commissioner Biertuempfel
said he was opposed to 1t.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
TWO RETIRING JUDGES ARE
THE RECIPIENTS OF GIFTS
Chest of Silver Presented to
Hahn and Clock Is
Given Herr.

Judge Simon Hahn, of the First
Criminal Court. ana Judge Charles f.
Herr, of the Second Criminal Court,
whose terms of service expire tonight.
were remembered by their friends and
associates this morning upon their ap.
pearance in court and presented with
tokens of the regard in which they
were held. Judge Hahn got chest
of silver and Judge Herr a grand
fathers clock. The former has been
a magistrate six years and the latter
eight years
Richard p. Rooney, clerk of the
First court, who made the presenta-
tion speech to Judge Hahn, said that
the court attendants and policemen In
whose behalf he spoke Joined with him
in bearing witness to the fairness ana
courtesy which they have found the
Judge possessed of In all their dealings
with him.
Judge Hahn took occasion to speak
q good word for his successor. Jerome
7. Congleton, who was present, and
then said:
For myself, all can say is that
want to thank all of my friends for
the many examples of friendship
which they have shown In the past
I have spent six years as Judge OF
the First Criminal Court. It is a
pleasure to look back over the period
and to realize the pleasantness and
the courtesy which the clerks, the in
terpreters and the rank and file OF
this great department of police have
always shown.
while / retire from office today,
want to say to all of you that I go
away with q feeling in my heart that
I always strove to be an honor to my
city by performing the duties of this
office in an honest. honorable and
conscientious way. l have tried to do
my very best"
Judge Charles r. Herr was present.
Fourth precinct today. Themistocles
Mancusi- Ungaro, who will succeed
Judge Herr made the presentation
speech in behalf of the attaches of
the precincts over which Judge Herr
has presided.
The judges office was crowded with
associates and friends, among them
Police CAPTAINS Joseph Cordano, of
the Second precinct; John E. Brown,
of the Eighth, and William III. Stucky,
of the mounted squad; John Lederer,
Of the board of trustees of the City
Home; Court Officers Peter McKenna
and Fred Benkert, Fred c. Oehring
and William Yuill, clerks of the Sec
ond and Fourth Precinct courts;
Probation Officer Charles Basile. and
Interpreters Joseph Grande and Isaac
Binder.
In making the presentation Judge
Ungaro referred to the excellent
record Judge Herr had made during
his eight years on the bench, and OF
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
CREDITORS FINED
FOR TAKING STORE
Continued from First Page,

sented the creditors. Mr. Greenfield
now declares that the claims of his
clients have not yet been paid and
that several mortgages against
Weissbord have been foreclosed. He
also admits that there are several
suits pending against the petitioning
creditors and himself on charges Of
conspiracy against WeissDord
Mr.. Greenfield, in behalf of his cll-
ents, filed an Involuntary petition in
bankruptcy against Weissbord on
January 27, 1914 Mortimer Lowy was
appointed receiveE The petitioners
filed bond of $3.50. On March the
bond was increased to 1000 on ap-
plication of Welssbord. The bonds
were furnished by the Fidelity and
Deposit Company, of Maryland. The
creditors agreed to reimburse Weiss
bord If the petition was dismissed,
according to the masters opinion.
On March 10, after trial before
Judge Haight and a jury Welssbord
was adjudicated not a bankrupt and
an order was issued the same day
vacating the order of January 27, ap-
pointing the receiver.
The receiver filed his report on
March % and Judge Haight ordered
the creditors to pay the receiver $75
.
for s15.07. Expert testimony showed
that the goods sold were worth
S12T54. Tho master allows s112.57
damages from this sale. From the
testimony the master finds the gross
profit of Weissbord's store to be $3.50
and that Its running expenses were
s50.53, which leaves s79.47 as the
average weekly profit of the alleged
bankrupt. The master fixes this
amount as the weekly profit and al
lows damages of seven weeks profit.
amounting to $556.29.
In addition TO these amounts the
referee allows the alleged bankrupt
s150 for counsel fees in the seizure
proceedings and $500 in the damage
assessing proceedings. He also fixes
his own fees and costs of testimony
at $2S9.60. This brings the total up
to $1,295.S9. AS the petitioning credi-
tors were bonded for only $1,000 the
latter amount is all that the master
can assess against the creditors.
Mr. Greenfield says he will file ex-
ceptence to the report and carry the
matter to the United States District
Court
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
Hard Luck Stories Induce
Orange Judge to Be Lenient

Pleading that the hard times" had
made 1t impossible to find work,
Henry Speer, sixty-two years old, a
carpenter, of go Hillside avenue.
Nutley. and Earl Rumph, twenty-six
years old. a metal polisher. of ia
High street, West Orange, were both
sent to their homes for New Years
Day when arraigned before Judge Ed
ward w. Woodman in the Orange
Police Court on charges of lettering
this morning,
The former, who said he came from
Nutley to find work in Orange, was
arrested early this morning in Cone
street by Sergeant Thomas Riley,
while the latter was picked up at the
Lackawanna railroad station at about
the same time by Policeman Luke
Riley.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31

Local Catholic and Protestant cler-
gymen have been invited TO occupy
seats on the stage, and formal invita-
tions have been extended various civic
organizations to attend.
MIR. Goldstein is a former Socialist
and author of ''The Nation of Faith
erless Children" a work which has
been commented on throughout the
country. AS a lecturer he always
draws large audiences, and Is invari-
ably quizzed at the conclusion of his
address by members of the Socialist
party. Socialists here have tried to
have this lecture called off.
The members of the committee in
charge of the lecture are: John ].
Berry, chairman; James j. Young,
secretary; Thomas j. Lintott, Patrick
J. Dolan. Thomas j. Smith, James ].
Caffrey,. William ]. Norman, George
D. Smith, Michael J. Druuy, Martin
A. Desmond, Thomas j. F1tten, Ed
ward ]. O'Brien, Hubert j. Rowe,
Martin A. Toohey, James p. McKenna,
Patrick A. Mcnamara and Thomas j.
Mclaughlin, national warden of the
Knights of Columbus.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
Veterans to Be Entertained
at Kearny Soldiers Home

With superintendent James F. Con-
nelly in personal charge of the pro-
gram, veterans at the Soldiers Home,
Kearny, of which Institution Mr.. Con-
nelly is head, will have plenty of en-
joyment provided for them tomorrow
An excellent dinner menu has>been
prepared, and a musical program will
be rendered while the veterans are
enjoying the repast.
In the evening a motion picture
show and vaudeville entertainment
will be given in the auditorium at the
home. Professional entertainers from
this city and New York will con-
tribute to the program Siv reels OF
motion pictures win be shown.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
NEWARK READY
FOR NEW YEAR
Continued from FIRST Page

cabaret shows will be in program
simultaneously and special souvenirs
viii be distributed.
Similar preparations have been
made at the Nankin Garden, Bran
ford place: Aehtel-stetter's Broad
street. and De Jianne's. Central ave-
nue..
All the noise-making. all the cab
areting, the wine drinking and fox
trotting is simply to assure 1915 that
he's a welcome visitor, and during the
celebration the wars and rumors of
wars, industrial depression, whether
fake or otherwise, serious minded
Congress and pending legislation. can
go to smash while Newark extends a
warm hand to 1915 and wishes him the
compliments Of the season.
Services in the Churches.
Celebrations Of the advent of the
New Year will take place tonight
and tomorrow In the various churches
throughout the city. Special watch
night services have been arranged
for tonight In the Somerfleld Meth
odist Church and in the New York
Avenue Reformed Church, a union
service" viii be held. It will be at
tended by the congregations Of six
churches-Presbyte Baptist, Re-
formed and Methodist churches. The
Trinity Reformed Church will also
hold special services. Tomorrow is
a holyday of obligation in the Roman
Catholic churches and accordingly
masses win be celebrated in every
Catholic church in the world.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
SAYS HE SHOUTED
At DR.. WELSHMAN
CONTINUED from First Page,

employed by the Lackawanna twen-
ty-eight years. For two years he
has been stationed at the Grove
street crossing.
William c. Webb. a lawyer, of Nor
rlstown, was passenger on the train
which struck DR.. Welshman. while
testifying yesterday afternoon he es-
timated the speed of the train at
fifty-hve miles an hour at the time 1t
reached the Grove street crossing.
Webb said that series of bumps
like a sled going down a flight of
stairs" was the first intimation the
passengers had of the accident. The
brakes were applied with such force
that the rear wheels of the last car
were thrown off the track, testified
Webb.
Miss Edna Drumgold, who was en-
ployed in a real estate office at Green
wood and Railroad avenues, East Or
ange, testified she had a clear view
of the accident from window. She
eorroborated the testimony OF other
witnesses that the gates were up
when DR.. Welshman started to cross
and that he was nearly over the east
bound track when struck by the flyer.
Similar evidence was given by Sylyes-
ter w. Scott, negro, OF II Railroad
avenue. East Orange.
Opening of Defense.
At the opening of the defense.
Frederic B. Scott, representing the
Lackawanna, asked that the charge
of negligence for failure to apply the
brakes be stricken from the COM
plaint, After considerable argument
the motion was denied by Judge
Haight. The first witness for the
railroad was Robert Rugge, of Nor
ristown, conductor of the train which
ran down the automobile. He mere
ly gave the numbers of the locomo-
tive and cars which made up the
train.
Photographs of the scene at the
Grove street crossing were produced
by Watson B. Bunnell, photog-
rapher employed by the railroad.
They were similar TO the Views pre-
sented by the plaintiff. J. T. Drake,
a civil engineer, of Dover, testified
ne made two charts showing the To-
cation of the tracks, gates and Sig
nal house at the crossing.
Judge Osborne made~strenuous OBJ
jections when counsel for the rail-
road proposed to give a demonstra-
tion of the warning bell in court. In
the first place there was no evidence
that the bell was ringing at the time
of the accident, said Judge Osborne,
and the proposition could not be toll
Grated because of the difference In
conditions at the railroad crossing
and the quiet courtroom. The DEM
onstration was not permitted.
The offer to demonstrate the warn
ing bell came after William B.
Weatherby, signal Inspector testified
the gong was found out of order after
the accident. 1t had been put out of
commission by some missile flying up
against the signal house, he said.
The defense insisted that the gong
was in working order before the ac-
cident. Weatherby said the automatic
system of sounding the gong was ar
ranged so that the ringing started
when a train came with n 1000 feet
of tba croasfne~ in either direction
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
is VERY MUM
UPON MESSAGE
Continued from First Pase)

centration Of much power and re-
sponsibihty in the law department.
Being a lawyer himself and exper-
fenced IN PUBLIC matters OF a legal
nature, 1t will not be a bad guess to
believe that lots of work now done
in other branches OF the city gov
eminent, will at least come under
the direction OF members of the law
department. even police court cases,
now handled outside the law depart
ment.
Expressions by aldermen and cam
paign discourses would naturally
lead one to imagine that such
thoughts may have been in Mr.. Ray
mond's mind, whether or not they
found their way into the inaugural
message.
AS the mayor-elect and his closest
supporters dealt the new market
plan numerous hard knocks. Mr..
Raymond may have given it a final
jolt. Then again he may not have
given ii any consideration. There
will be time enough for that. Yet
the jolt is apt to show up.
Police Court Regulations.
Police court regulations are said to
be certain to come in for attention,
as Mr.. Raymond has been heard u
say that he never believed in the
idea of police court clerks sitting
as judges. He formed this opinion
while assistant prosecutor OF the
pleas, 1t Is said.
In the suggestions OF the Repub-
iican aldermen to Mr. Raymond, and
which met his approval. that there
should be q cutting down OF salaries
and other forms of retrenchment, il
is rumored that the new mayor and
the Republican city fathers will have
the cooperation OF the Democratic
aldermen.
One of the latter remarked today
that he understood that Mr.. Ray
mond and the Republicans were not
averse to a plan to fix the city
counsePs compensation at, say. S., 900
per year, and to support a movement
to give him additional help, say an
extra city attorney. This would d.
vide the labor and permit the as
sistant city attorney, who now looks
after Board of Education matters, to
attend to that business solely. With
two city attorneys, say at>S3, 900 each.
and the assistant city attorney re-
ceiving 5000, steps in the right di-
rection would be taken. All hands
seem to agree that $4,000. the
mayors salary, should remain at
that figure.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
TROLLEY LOOP"
Project DEAD

Service Railway Company for the
betterment of street railway condi-
tions In Newark and vicinity.
"The company included this track
age because It believed 1t necessary
for public convenience. so passengers
would have a direct way OF getting to
and from the Hudson tube terminal
and the Public Service terminal With
out walking.
"As to the failure of the Board OF
Works to see the proposition in the
same light as the Public Service Rail-
way Company the company has no
comment to make"
Mr., O'Toole also said he had Moth
ing to say relative to references by
Mr.. Denman TO q series of terminals
here, controlled by the Pennsylvania
railroad.
The ordinances came up on final
reading, Mr.. Denman stated that he
wished to review how they came to
be introduced In the course OF his
talk he declared that within short
time Newark would have rapid
trolley service to New York CITY,"
Unused Loops.
The arguments Of Commissioners
Denman brought out why he thought
the granting of the franchises at
present unnecessary and premature.
He pointed to the additional conges-
ton that would be caused between
the southern end Of the park and
Bank street. He also showed that for
the accommodation of tube passen-
gers desiring to go south on Broad
street accommodation could be found
via Mulberry street and through
fax 20 or p
| Denman declared that although the
company had received grants to make
connections through these two streets,
outside of laying tracks that were
now rusting, no use had been made
| of these connecting links to relieve
| traffic and improve trolley service.
| Referring to the future, the commits
sioner spoke of the temporary nature
of the present tube station. He point
ed out that the Pennsylvania Rail-
road was evidently shifting its trans
portation centre away from Newark
| and concluded that in his estimation
a connection might possibly be found
| in all these matters. If that be so
and as 1t would hardly seem plausible
| that the Public Service Company
would invest millions OF dollars in a
| terminal building without the expec-
| tation of materially increasing its
| passenger service, the commissioners
deduced that II might not be far
fetched to assume that ultimately the
/ terminal now going up for trolley
service might also be the terminal for
| the tubes.
| A Storage Barn.
Should this come about, the oou-
| migsjcne- further outlined, then tn ;
Park place tracks might be convent
ent to run cars into the abandoned
F, tube property as central storage
barn. In concluding, Mr.. Denman ex-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
EX- SOCIALIST TO
ADDRESS KNIGHTS
David GoIdstein viii Lecture on
"christianity VS.. Socialism"
January II.

David Goldstein. of Boston, VIII lee
ture on christianity VS.. Socialism, .
under the auspices of the National
Council of the Knights Of Columbus
at Kruger Auditorium on the eve
ming of January II. Admission viii be
free.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
Two Different Stories Told
Regarding Harrison Accident

Reports OF a mishap at the factory
of Chem Company. Passaic avenue,
Harrison, are at variance. Accord
ing to the police four or five men en-
ployed in the plant were overcome by
gas which escaped from a producer.
They were taken to the street. where
they later recovered. At the plant 1t
was said only one man was overcome,
but he was able to resume work a
short time later.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31

the many friends he had made. The
gift, he said, was simply slight
token of their appreciation of him as
a friend. Judge Herr was deeply
moved by the gift, but thanked the
donors most cordially. He recalled
many pleasant recoilections with tho
attaches of the different precincts
during his association with them, and
said those years would always live
with him.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
Badly Hurt by Fall

Miss Isabella Wardon. of Prospect
street, Nutley, is in a serious condi-
tion as the result of a fall on the
ICY pavement near her home. yester-
day. II is feared her skull is frac-
tured.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
CONCERT IN oRANGE cHuRcH.

An enjoyable two-part program of
songs was given last night in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, East Or
ange, by Mrs. Katharine Martin Fen
nerm, contralto; Eugene r. Tappan,
tenor. and Miss Leonore W. Fenner,
pianist
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31

NO EVENING STAR TOMORROW.
The Evening Star win not bc pub
Iished tomorrow, New Years Day.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31

Should this come about, the cou.-
missioner further outlined. then ths
Park place tracks might be convent
ent to run cars into the abandoned
tube property as a central storage
barn. In concluding, Mr., Denman ex-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-31
The Millinery Sale

Reg. S1.75 to S2.98 Trimmed Hat
$3.50 to $3.50 Trimmed Hats at.
$40 to $3.50 Trimmed Hats, now