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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
MERCHANTS GET
COUNSEL IN FIGHT
AGAINST MARKET
Jerome t. CongletOn Engaged
by Commerce Street Prop
erty=0wnerS.

Property owners and merchants IN
Commerce street have engaged
Jerome T. Congleton, president Of the
Essex County Board of Taxation, in
their fight to prevent the erection Of
a new Centre Market as now planned
by the city. This decision was
reached at a meeting of the mer-
chants yesterday afternoon. They
claim the new market will reduce the
value of their proptrty
A committee of Commerce street
business men called on former Sher-
iff Frank II. Sommer and sought to
induce him TO take up their case.
Mr.. Sommer, ii is understood, de-
ciined on account of the pressure OF
other business. The committee then
saw Mr. Congleton. and the latter
agreed to take up the fight.
Mr. Congleton declared today that
the fight will be carried TO a finish.
He contended that il was not ma
terial that the contract for the build
ing of the market had not yet been
finally signed by Mayor Hauseling.
but added that the legal aspect OF
the manner in which the Common
Council passed the market building
resolution might be reviewed in
court.
The lawyer announced his intention
of visiting the city's building depart
ment and examining the plans for
the new market
ut would not make any difference
how much we objected TO the erec-
tion of this market If the resolu-
tion authorizing the building were
passed in the proper manner. said
Mr. Congleton. "The city could put
mn anv sort of a structure II like
and all the objections the Commerce
street men could make would not
avail them, if the Common Council
procedure has been absolutely legal.
That question will have to be de-
termined.
Another organization interested in
the cfty's market plans is the Ac-
auackanonk Grange, composed OF
about 200 farmers who hire STANDS
at the market. They complain that
they have no room in which to do
business since the contractor IN
charge of the market building has
started TO tear up the market square.
committee from the Grange will
attend the next meeting of the Com
mon Council market COMMITTEES to
learn IL the city intends to make any
provisions for the farmers who cart
their goods into Newark for sale
here
1t is understood that the members
of the grand held meeting last
Tuesday night at Ridgefield and do
termined to buy or lease property
near the present Centre Market ana
20 maintain their own market sguarA
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
PROF. DANIELS FOR
COMMERCE BOARD
President Promotes Chairman
of State Utility Com
mission Today.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-President
Wilson today nominated these Inter-
state Commerce Commissioners:
Winthrop Moore Daniels, of Prince
ton. N. j., and Henry Clay Hall. of
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Professor Daniels is chairman of
the New Jersey Public Utility Com
mission. He will succeed TO the un-
expired term of the late Commissioner
John H. Marble. Mr.. Hall succeeds
Commissioner Charles 1. Prouty.
The term of Professor Daniels win
end in 1916. His is the place that was
held by Franklin X. Lane until Presi-
dent Wilson made him secretary of
the interior Mr.. Marble, who had
been secretary of the commission and
a protege of Mr. Lane. was the first
appointment made TO the commission
by Mr.. Wilson. Mr.. Marble died sud
denly few weeks ago The salary is
$4,000. Mr. Daniels receives $500
as member of the State board.
The President informed Senators
MARITIME and Hughes yesterday after
noon of his intention TO appoint Pro
fessor Dantels and both of then
1 acquiesead in the decision.
Both Mr.. Daniels and Mr.. Hall ar'
/ Democrats. By their appointment q
majority of the members of the COM
mission will be Democratic. The Dem
ocrats on the commission now are
Messrs. Clements and McChord, Will,
the Republicans are Messrs. Clark,
Harlan and Meyer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
Fifteen Injured
in Train Wreck

JOLIET, Ill, Jan. 31.--F1fteen per-
sons were injured, some of them so
seriously that they may die, when
Chicago and Alton passenger train
No. Z, bound from Chicago to st.
Louis, was wrecked between here
and Lockport early today.
Nine cars left the track and three
were overturned. one car being badly
shattered
A partial list of the injured follows.
]. G. MCGEE. Arkansas, internal in
juries, may die; ". B. Smith. New
York. cut and burned; w V. Shoop,
72s West 177th street, New York,
badly. cut and bruised.
Relief trains were sent to the scene
of the wreck from Bloomington and
Joliet, and the injured were brought
to this city. Most of those injured
were in the sleeping cars, which they
were forced to leave in their night
clothes and seek shelter in nearby
farmhouses.
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ELIZABETH MEN SEEK AID
OF EVENING STAR TO CHECK
AVARICIOUS FISH TRUST


telephone conversation
appeared
connected
attitude The
to the of
might
friends
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TROLLEY MEN
GET TRANSFERS
Public Service Corporation AS
signs Many Employees TO
New Duties.

Several changes of trolley officials
were announced today by the Public
Service Corporation. The new orders
go into effect tomorrow.
Charles A. Baumann, who has been
assistant division superintendent, viii
become supervisor in charge of the
Central, Roseville. Orange, South Or
ange and Maplewood lines and the
Central. Roseville, South Orange and
Maplewood carhouse. He viii take
the place of John Nicholas and Arthur
W. Pratt. who have been assigned to
other duties.
Harry Valentine who is now in
charge of the Bergen carhouse, will
take charge of the Springfield car
house, from which is operated the
Kinney line.
r. A. Macarthur, of the South Or
ange car house. South Orange avenue,
in addition to his present duties, VIII
take charge of the Sixteenth avenue
car house and the Plank road ana
chapel street lines.
Joseph Sturrn, who is nov in charge
of the Big Tree car house. will also
take charge of the Hilton car house
and the Springfield line. He takes
the place of J. F. Sparrow, who has
been assigned to other duties.
Charles Rachow will take charge of
the Harrison car house, which in
cludes the Turnpike, Harrison, Hack
ensack and Fourth lines. He takes
the place of W. c. Allen, who has been
assigned to other duties.
John Keller. who was assistant TO
w. c. Pierce. in Montclair, also has
been assigned to other duties.
Beginning tomorrow the Trenton
line terminal on the other end Will
be State and Warren streets. Here
tofore the cars have stopped at Lib
erty and Adeline streets, Trenton.
The new terminal is a block and a
half from the State house.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31

Yesterdays story showing how the
State could turn the fisheries of New
Jersey into profitable venture and
prevent any possible chance of a de-
ficit in the treasury of the State,
touched the hearts OF many of our
citizens, judging from the messages
sent to this office. 1t has aroused an
interest in the people who heretofore
have calmly submitted to an extortion
that at last has become unbearable.
They have been robbed of their
money just as often as they pur-
chased a pound of fish and all because
the State of New Jersey has permit
ted a combination of men to secure
control of its best asset. If q private
corporation was to permit of such a
thing, it would find itself in court
of bankruptcy trying to explain why
it was so careless.
We have said that the stories APP
pearing here have aroused an inter-
est in the people and every day there
comes a request that representative
be sent to some city and after maxi
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ing a purchase O. fish, to let the
people of the State know the exact
conditions found there.
Now that the Lenten season is near
at hand, thousands of people are
wondering If they are to be mulctsd
out of their money by an increase in
the cost of fish as has been the case
for a few years back and where the
income is not much more a week
than a member of the fish trust spends
on a theatre party of two, every
penny must count.
The cost of eggs, which formerly
made up the greater part of the food
consumed during the holy season, has
risen steadily until the working man
and his family refuses to even think
of them and fish, which has taken
the place of eggs to a great extent.
has climbed penny by penny year aft
er year, keeping pace with the in
crease in eggs, until now there 4 sery
Continued on Page 2. Column ~
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GOVT OWNERSHIP
OF WIRES URGED
BY COMMITTEE
Report of Postmaster=General
Burieson's investigators
Made to the Senate.
DUTY TO PROVIDE FOR
MONOPOLY BY GOVT
Declare U. S. Behind Other Ma
tions and That Delay
Is Costly.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Postmas-
ter-General Burleson today submitted
TO the Senate the recommendations of
the departmental committee appointed
by him to investigate the practicable
ity of government ownership of tele-
phone and telegraph lines.
The report declared that 'the only
way to afford to the people the COM
plete and modern postal facilities that
the constitution makes the duty of
the government to provide is by car
rying out these suggestions:
"1-That Congress declare a govern
meDt monopoly over all telegraph, teie-
phone and radio communication and
such other means for the transmission
of intelligence as may hereafter develop.
"e-That Congress acquire by pur-
chase at appraised value the commercial
telephone network, except the farmer
lines.
"3-Thnt Congress authorize the post
master general to issue, in his discre-
tion and under such regulations as he
may prescribe, revooable licenses for the
operation, by private individuals, as
soeiations, companies and corporations.
of the telegraph service and such parts
of the telephone service as may not be
acquired by the government"
The recommendations are signeo
by Daniel c. Roper, First Assistant
postmaster general, Merritt o.
Chance, chief clerk, postofflce de.
partment, and John C. Keons, super
intendent division of salaries and al
: lowances, composing the committee.
They were accompanied by statisti-
cal information collected after one of
the most exhaustive Investigations
undertaken by the postoffice depart
ment
n Say U. s. Is Behind.
The report states that the United
Continued on Page 5, Col. IL
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EDISON ASSOCIATE
FINED S1OO FOR
Jury TAMPER|NG
Leonard c. McChesney, of Or
ange, Punished for Part in
observation-disclosures Suit.

On a charge of attempting to in
fiuence the grand jury, Leonard Nc
Chesney, advertising manager for
the Thomas a. Edison Com
pany, of Orange, was fined
800 by Chief Justice Gummere
in the court of oyer and Terminer to-
day. Philip j. Bowers, a Newark
real estate man, was found not guilty
on a like charge and admonished
against talking to the grand jurors
in the future.
McChesney admitted in statement
in court today that he approached
several of the jurors to try to have
them see the case against Frederic
Hasselman, a real estate dealer. who
is his brother -in-law. in the same
light he saw it. He thought his rela-
tive was not guilty and was being
prosecuted. He told this to the jurors
he talked to-
Bowers made an affidavit that ha
had no interest in the cases of Hassel-
man and Richard J. Ford, another
man under Indictment. He swore that
he talked to the jurors to warn them
to do their duty and pay no attention
concerning the cases
Bowers was represented by former
Judge Thomas A Davis, who read the
affidavit Bowers stated he was
thirty-six years old, had lived in
Newark all his life, and had been en-
gagged in the real estate business for
seventeen years.
During the past siv years he had
been on two grand juries and had his
sgf df.1x xr11
for the second September grand jury,
the one of which the two men he ap-
preached were members. Knowing
the procedure and how the members
hear baseless rumors about town on
the cases they are investigating he
thought it would do no harm to warn
them about their duty, he averred
He asserted that many rumors
about the case against Hasselman
and Richard j. Foard were afioat in
real estate circles. Hasselman and
William e. Gilmore had been part
ners, and after splitting had con-
siderable difficulties and threats of a
civil suit.
In his talk to the grand jury mem
bers Bowers claims he only warned
them that they should pay no atten-
tion to these rumors, but base their
finding on the evidence before them.
Scott German appeared as counsel
for McChesney and called him to tell
the story verbally to the chief JUS
tice McChesney denied that he tried
to influence the jurors. He said he
told them i, that he knew that his
brother-i -in-aw was not guilty of the
charges brought against him by Gill
more He also told them some of the
circumstances of the case that would
not be brought before them and
asked them to be fair.
McChesney said he was born in
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
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MIDDLE WEST IN
GRIP OF STORM

CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-Chicago was
buried under a twelve-inch mantle
of snow when business attempted to
start up this morning. At noon. snow
still was falling. Although the Off
cial figures give the fall for the night
as one foot, drifts were six feet deep
and all local transportation was Grip
pied, as were the telegraph and tel
ephone services. The temperature re-
mained above freezing.
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American Can Company Files
Answer in Government Suit

BALTIMORE, Md. Jan. 31.-Coun-
sci for the American Can Company
in the United States District Court
here today filed a general denial of
the governments allegations in its
suit for a dissolution of the company
on the ground that it is a trust in
unlawful restraint of trade.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
Hughes Returns from
Vacation in Southwest
JFrom a stafr Correspondence ]

WASHINGTON, Jan. S1.-Senator
Hughes returned from his vacation
looking fit and declaring himself pre-
pared for all that comes along. He
had a fine time, he said, and in his
travels in the Southwest around the
country found all for Wilson and
everything the President stands for.
With the return of the senator 1t is
expected that the Newark collector
ship will be settled in the next week
or so.
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Disgrnntled Chauffeurs
of Mail Wagons Sentenced

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Sentences
ranging from eighteen months to six
ty days were imposed in the federal
court today on the eleven mail wagon
chauffeurs convicted last night of con-
spiracy to obstruct the mails. The
trouble grew out Of recent strike
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Penn. r. r. and Swifts
Indicted in Chicago

CHICAGO, Jan s1.-Indlctments
charging rebating were returned by
the Federal grand jury here today
against Swift & Co., the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. the Pam Handle lines
and the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad. Two bills were found
against the an-Handle.
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Four Nights 10 CaIlfernis

via Washington Sunset Route. Sunset Linn
tied daily; no extra fare. New train--1e
hours quicker tourist car service. 50, 56e.
i16s Broadway. 9a5 Fifth avenue New York.
Adv. -
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JERSEY FOLK At
THE WHITE HOUSE
ON FEBRUARY IS
President Sends Invitations to
Those Prominent in His Af=
fairs as Governor.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-Neatly
engraved cards, bearing the White
House crest. were mailed to various
Jersey folks and folks in other parts
of the country yesterday afternoon.
This is the inscription on the cards:
"The President and Mrs. Wilson
request the pleasure of the company of
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Hillside Park.
Roller skating every Sunday. ADV.
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on Friday evening,
February the thirteenth,
at nine o'clock"

and accompanying it is a smaller
card informing the lucky holder that
il is not transferable, and further in
structing that the little card is to be
presented at the east entrance of the
White House.
In the list of New Jersey guests will
be those who figured prominently on
the Wilson side in political issues
while the President was governor of
the Garden State. Members of the
New Jersey delegation in Congress
and members of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, with their wives
and daughters, have ben invited.
About 800 invitations have been is
sued.
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continued ON Page 7. Column g.,
The Washington herald., 1914-07-07
SUNDRY civil BILL
REPORTED To SENATE
Represents Increase of $3.466, ,94o. .78
Over House Items-Cives $780,
600 for Exposition.
$1,000 FOR ARLINGTON ROAD

Carrying a number OF changes Of in.
terest to the District. the sundry civil
bill, appropriating s11.413. .SoeoS was re.
ported to the Senate yesterday. 1t repre-
sents increases aggregating S3.46s,s4s n
over the House bill; n4,ss2.1s77 under the
estimates for 1915, and s13,276, s35s1 under
the appropriations for the fiscal year
just ended. Among the increases pro-
vided for are: Na
For the construction of building and
the installation of the government ex-
hibit at the Panama-Paciic Exposition,
10000: for the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, S1,530; for salaries of employees
other than plate printers and their as
sistants, S112.565; for salaries of plate
printers, seS,S2o; for completing the con-
struction OF a public road from the
southern end of the Highway Bridge to
Arlington, $1,000; toward the construc-
ton of necessary retaining walls in
Meridian Hill Park. SIS, 900; for the i'm
provement of buildings and grounds of
Howard University, 5000 additional.
The largest reuction was in the 500 900
allowed by the House for the Industrial
commission. This was reduced to $50 OO0
No change was made in the House
provision exempting labor unions and
farmers organizations from prosecution
as organizations in restraint Of trade
through the instrumentality of the fund
furnished for that purpose.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-07

h amended 90 a. to direct thsn to ~
port for examination a. soon e prac'
ticabie aftsr September i instead Of Oc
tober !, 1874: second Lieut. Edward Q
Hayes. Tgenty-eiehth Infantry. secont
Lieut. Simon B. Buckler, jr.. Ninth In
fantry; second Lieut. Charles II. Bone
steel. Twelfth Infantry Second Lieut.
Thomas u. johnson. Ninth Infantry;
second Lieut.. Robert II. Fletcher. IT.
Tirsf Lieut.. Robert John West. Six
teenth. infantry. Il detailed for general
recruiting Berrice He WI proceed e
the Preside Of San Francisco. Cal,
Tor Temporary duty and upon the compile
tion thereof viii proceed 70. Fort Nc
Dowen. Cal, for instruction for a period
Of ten days In the methods Of examining
recruits. and win proceed to Wichita,
Rans., and enter upon rscruffing duty
q that place. relieving Capt Hunter B.
Nelson, Eleventh Infantry. Recruiting Of
hcsr, who viii proceed 70 Fort Logan.
Colo. relieving Capt John B. Sehoefel.
infantry. Lieut. West is appointed an
acting quartermaster.,
Capt. Hunter 3. Nelson, Eleventh In
fautry. u placed on the list OF detached
ofiicers, 70. take effect July 4. and the
name OF Capt. John B. Schoeffel. infantry.
ID removed therefrom. to take effect July
The Washington herald., 1914-07-07
Army ORDERS

Capt. Aliin viii proceed % San Fran
81. slsee, = CA ca. snd WIN san September $
Lieut.. Stewart wilI Be assigned By hi.
|regfncntaI commander to battery cf
ne q. Fourth Fled Ariillsry a. Texas city.
Maj. Aston Hamilton. Coast Artillery
Sorps VIII proceed 70 Fort Hamiitqn.
n r.. and report 10 the commanding
York. - Z : :. 90 j u -
Paragraph Is, special orders No, ~
June @. 1914. War Department. relating
70 First Lieut.. Thomas = cathro. Ninth
First Lieut. Albert H. Asher. Corps
Of Engineers. II detailed a. q member
q the board Of ofhcers ap1olnted. Nay
ton In the instaflafion OF 1rA-eonfr6i
systems In the Coast Defenses OF Balboa
and Cristobai and the coordination OF the
interests OF. the Corps Of Engineers and
the Coast Artillery Corps therein. vice
First Lieut.. George r. Goethais, Corps
of Engineers. hereby relieved.
SO much OF paragraph 3. Special Or
ders. No. 1,s. June il. iSl9, war Depart
Ernent as relates to the following oficers
The Washington herald., 1914-07-07
DOUBLE 0BsEQUIEs TODAY.

The body Of Josiah Quincy Kern. hus-
band Of Edith Kingsman Kern, will be
buried today in Rock Creek Cemetery.
At the same time Mrs. Kern's father,
A. ]. Ringman, whose body vas brough,
to this city yesterday from Woodstock,
Ill, by her brother, Judson l. Kings
man, Of Chicago. will be buried.
Mr.. Kern, who died in this city last
November. had been in the government
service for forty-nine years
Mrs. Kern's father, who was a prcrnI-
nent educator in the West, died eleven
years ago in Illinois, and was buried In
Woodstock. in the family lot, which has
now been substituted by the one in
Rock Creek Cemetery. Both Mrs. Kern's
husband and father were Masons
The Washington herald., 1914-07-07

Z c.gs sshosrsI rs as.iknsd % the
The resignation by Maj. Roderic p.
OConnor. Medical Corps has been ac-
eepted BY the President. 70 take eject
Leave for two months. 20 take erect
upon hls relief from his present duties. n
gra.ted Maj. Earl c. carnahau. Quarter
Col Isaac, W. Littell. ouartermastsr
Corps. upon arrival at San Francisco,
Cal. viii repair to this city and report
to the Quartermasfer General. ~
Col John N. Carson. jr.. ouartermaster
Corps upon arrival AZ San Francisco,
Cal. wfl proceed 70 Chicago. III. as as
ststant 10. the department quartermaster.
Capt Frank s. Long. ouartermaster
Corps. upon arrival ~ San Francisco.
Cal. wiif proceed % Boston, Mass.. and
report % the Depot qnarternaster as his
Leave for ten days Is granted Sec
ond Lieut.. Fred seydeI. Coast Artillery
Leave for twenty days is granted Sec
ond Lieut. Frank r Sessions. Coast Ar
tillery Corps. Lieut. Sessions win sail
on the Transport leaving August 5. IN
First Lieut.. John J. Fulmer. Seventh
The Washington herald., 1914-07-07

Infantry. n placed on ne list OF dstaehed
olzceFs, to take eject July u. and First
Lieut. Robert O. Peck. infantry, = re-
moved therefrom. 20 take, eject July IL
Infantry. 20 take eject Judy Il. and u
relieved from duty ~ the United States
Military Prison, Fort LeayenWorth. Kans-
Col. He1ry Kirby, Third Infantry. upon
Of absence, will proceed 70 the walter
Reed General Hospital. Washington. D.
c., for treatment
Capt Julian B: Llndsey, cavalry. win
purpose OF selecting remountB for the
United States Military Academy.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-07
USING MARX HANNA's METHODS
Ohio SHGrnEists RaidinE New York
for Campaign Funds.

New York. July 6-Ohio women suf-
fragists, employing the politics methods
Of the late Mark Hanna, are raidins
New York for funds to finance their
supreme effort at the polls next No
vember.
1t was learned today that Mrs. Har-
riet Taylor Upton, president of the
Women's Association OF Ohio. has writ
ten appeals to many wealthy residents
of New York and other Eastern cities.
Among those who have received such
letters are Thomas A. Edison, George w.
Perkins John D. Rockefeller. John d.
Arehbold, A H. Erlanger, Henry w.
Taft, E. B. Thomas, president of the Le-
high Valley Railroad; A. s. Ochs, owner
of the New York Times, and Paul d.
Cravath, famous corporation lawyer.