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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
Goods OF Bankrupt Firm
Seized by Its Receiver

PATERSON, Jan. 3.-Believing that
an effort was being made to defraud
creditors of the firm of Hirson & Co.,
who conducted the Chicago Bargain
Store at 1874 Main street, and recently
failed. a freight car containing some
of the goods belonging to the COM
pany was seized at Jersey City yes
terday and was brought back to this
city, where it will be held until a
further investigation is made. An
effort is also being made to locate
Mr. Hirson, the head of the concern,
who is said to reside in Bayonne.
The goods were seized by Rayton
e. Horton, of Horton & Tilt, who is
the receiver for the company. 1t was
discovered that Hirson & Co. had a
quantity of stock in a store on lower
Main street and that during the past
few days this had been quietly re-
moved. Receiver Horton stated yes
terday that "a little bird told him
where the goods were and so aided
in getting them.
Clifford l.. Newman is the attorney
for Receiver Horton, and an examina-
ton of one witness was made before
Referee DeCoster in the District
Court rooms yesterday morning. An
other hearing will be held in the near
future, and in the meantime an effort
will be made to locate some of the
goods which have already been de-
livered in New York city
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
SHAKE-UP FOR
BAYONNE POLICE
Five Acting Detectives Must
Don Uofinmrs and Several
PatroImen Transferred.

BAYONNE, Jan. 3-After a consul
tation between Mayor Bert DAILY and
Chief of Police John Yore, in the City
that the expected shakeup Of the po-
lice department would go into effect
at midnight.
The five men now on duty in the
detective bureau will return to uni
formed duty at that time and their
places will be filled by the following
officers:
Joseph Kelly, Daniel Cady, Robert
Eichler, AL Miller and Frederick
Whitney.
The men who go out are Robert
Russell, John j. Rigney, Saul Kat
cher, Charles Derowski and Thomas
Noonan.
Nearly every patrolman in the de-
partment will be transferred to a diff
ferent post from what he has been on,
the shakeup being calculated to cor
rect many of the evils which Mayor
Daily holds responsible for the sad
luck of discipline which has charao-
terized the force.
The mayor made it plain to Chief
Yore that he (the chief was to as
sumo the actual charge of the entire
department and that his supervision
over the detective bureau was to be
complete.
For the present Captain of Detec-
tives Griffin will remain at the head
of the detective bureau zut will report
to Chief Yore. There are other de-
tails of police reorganization yet to
be worked out, and 1t is not believed
that Griffin will remain long where
he is.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
Two Trenton Newspapers
Raise Price to Two Cents

- TRENTON, Jan. 3.-Announcement
has been made bv the Trenton Times
and the Trenton Gazette that begin
ming next. week the copies of these
newspapers will sell at two cents
each.
The Times in making the announce
ment, says;
beginning next Monday, the Tren-
ton Evening Times will be sold at the
old price of ten cents a week, deliv-
cred by carriers to the homes of this
city and the surrounding territory.
Until fifteen months ago that was
the selling price OF all the Trenton
newspapers. In October, 1917, the
publishers of the True American de-
cided to reduce the price to six cents
a. week. and, as a matter of business
policy, the other local publishers made
the same price reduction. The ruinous
result is a matter OF too recent his
tory to need extended comment. In
less than six months the True Amer
lean went into bankruptcy with la
bilities of 1921, 900. The receiver dis
posed of its assets for Sal, 900, so that
there was a net loss of s1S0,00O to the
various creditors, and the True Amer
lean, after an existence of more than
one hundred years, went out of BUSH
ness.
1.-THE experience of Trenton is the
experience of other places. Almost
daily the Geographic reports tell of
the failure for-iarge sums of money
of penny newspapers in cities of tho
size of Trenton. The cost of practi
cally everything necessary to the pro-
duction has very greatly increased
in recent years. and it is not possible
to profitably publish a newspaper of
the character of the Times for a
penny.
1--WE believe that this community
is entitled to the best. and we shall
aim to improve the Times and to keep
pace with all advancements In the
publishing business. New features
have been added, and others are to
come The Times will be bigger and
better newspaper-ready always to
fearlessly give battle for those things
which tend to make more wholesome
the conditions of the city and its
neoDle"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
Two Suffrage Headquarters
Confuse the Understudies

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3--Consider-
able confusion exists here among suf-
frage leaders because of the estab-
lishment of two separate and distinct
headquarters each working for the
right to vote. The chairman in
charge of the headquarters, however,
declare that they are on friendly re-
latlons
For nearly a year the Congress
sional Union" suffrage committee has
had headquarters here, and, under
the leadership of Miss Alice Paul, has
directed the fight before Congress
for constitutional amendment.
Recently Mrs. Medill Mccormick, of
Chicago, was made chairman of the
congressional committee" of the Ma
tionAl Woman's Suffrage Association.
She has selected several blocks away
from the Congressional Union"
offices, and yesterday issued a signed
statement designating her offices as
Headquarters
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
Vest Hudson Car Patrons
ROundly Criticise Service

West Hudson trolley patrons are
grumbling because of the manner in
which the Harrison and Hackensack
line cars are run between Arlington
and Newark. People who live north
of Arlington, and who use the Hack
ensack cars. are also disgruntled.
The manner in which the Roadway
of the two lines is arranged is the
cause of all the trouble. Under the
present arrangement a car of each
line leaves Belleville turnpike at the
same time. The Harrison line car
generally leads, and consequence is
slow trip to this city.
The reason of this is due, it is.
said, to the fact that the Harrison
line crews have eight minutes to
kill" This time should be spent at
Belleville turnpike, so as to provide
an equalized Roadway. When the
cars run together people living north
of Midland avenue are incon
venienced If it so happens they miss
both cars.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
DOCTORS ACCUSED
BY POLICE HEAD
East Orange Chief Says New
ark Physicians Called Man
Insane Before Test.

TeStifying in the East Orange Police
Court today. Chief of Police William
II. O'Neill, of that city declared DR..
DR.. c. c. Beling, of 100 Clinton ave-
nue.. both of Newark, did not examine
a prisoner until 4:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, though 1t is alleged the
physicians signed papers pronouncing
the man insane two hours previously.
Recorder Francis A. Mott, jr., in
whose presence the papers committing
the prisoner, James Stringham, of Al
Wayne street, East Orange, to an asy-
lum were signed, questioned the man,
after which he refused to send him to
the institution, on the ground that he
was not insane.
Recorder Mott declared the physi-
clans went to his law office in this city
at 1880 o'clock, and signed the COM
mitnent papers, after informing him
they were satisfied that the man was
insane.
DR.. Clark. speaking this morning
said that the papers were signed sub
ject to the examination of the pris-
oner, and that the papers were not
completed previous to the time they
questioned Stringham. The latter
was placed under arrest yesterday
after a woman, who said she was his
wife, charged him with being a COM
mon drunkard,
A number of East Orange business
men. acouaintances of the prisoner,
became interested in his case and re.
tanned a lawyer to defend him. String
ham answered questions of Recorder
Mott coherently on the witness stand
today, and the magistrate stated his
belief that he was not insane, He
then postponed his arraignment as o
common drunkard for D week.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
c. O.P. BLAMED FOR
ORANGE TAX RAISE
Assessor Lee Criticises Mayor
Murray and Councilman
lie Master.

Sharp criticism was direc ted at
Mayor Frank j. Murray, OF Orange
and Charles A. LIE Master, Republi-
can minority leader in the Common
Council, by John P. Lee, president of
the Orange Board of Tax Assessors
at the organization OF the board last
night. The tax board head said il
was due to the deficient manner in
which the finances were handled dur
ing the Republican administration
when the mayor and Mr.. LIE Master
were members of the council that
ten point increase in taxes resulted.
The tax rate of Orange last year.
ST. S, though twenty Height points high
err than it was seven years ago, was
not due to the present administration.
Mr.. Lee said. He compared the fig
ures. In 1906, he said, the tax rate
was 50, of which the city was respon-
siblea for $1.559 and the county and
State school tax rate .401. He showed
that last year the rate of s2.28 was
due to an increase in the county and
State school rate, the actual city rate
being S1.5313 and the school tax rate
being FAST. The city rate, therefore.
took drop under the Democratic
administration, he said.
Thanks to the skill of the mayor
and Mn. LIE Master while they were in
the Republican council, enough notes
were hung up on the city to keep a
ten-point burden on the city's taxpay-
ers for thirteen years." the speaker
said, adding that two OF the thirteen
years have already passed.
Mr.. Lee was reelected president of
the board and. William J. Kearney
secretary.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
PAIR OF HORSES
WAS BR|BE OFFER
So Testifies Witness in Probe
of New York High
way Graft.

ALBANY, n. Y. Jan. 3.-John j.
Conner, farmer of Columbia county,
testified before Governor Glynn's
highway investigation commissioner
today that L. L. Melius, a New York
contractor, had attempted to bride
him with 1.-THE best pair of horses in
Columbia county to assist in having
a contract changed on a Chatham
Centre road. Conner refused the
horses, but the contract was changed,
when Melius was trying to get the
contract changed" Conner declared.
che said the change would be worth
many thousand dollars to him."
Conner did not know what methods
Melius had used after his unsuccess-
full ATTEMPT to obtain the witnesses
cooperation.
Another Columbia county resident.
Chauneey e. Sickle, gave additional
details of the construction of the
Chatham Centre road.
"When Melius was circulating a
petition to change the form Of the
construction Sickle asserted, The
told me that if the people along
here don't change it they can go to
h with it. -
Sickle also testified that one of
the inspectors on the road was
Abraham Bress, a tailor, OF Troy.
Dress told me-" the witness con-
tineud, THAT he knew nothing about
laying roads and that his was a
political job
Stones too large and too soft enter
ed into the construction of the road,
Sickle said. This would not have
occurred under proper inspection.
As a result of the cursory inspection
and the faulty construction, he said,
the road was mo good
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
RAD|UM OWNED BY |
GLEN RIDGE MANI


visit DR.. Hancock's office and remain
during treatments.
In the two weeks that have since
passed three patients have been treat
ed, all without pay.
The first case was that of a young
girl, one of whose eyes had been re-
moved because Of cancer only to
have the cancer recur despite the
operation. Three radium treatments
removed the Inflammation from the
cancer and most of the pain. The
treatments are being continued, but
have not yet proceeded to a point
where final results may be an
nounced.
The second case was that Of a
woman on whom an operation had
been performed for cancer of the
breast. The cancer had returned in
particularly malignant form. The
radium treatment was so effective
upon the first application that Vle
patient recovered cheerfulness which
had been normal before the GAMER
occurred, but which she had not
known for a long time. The cancer
has decreased in size and the pbin
has lessened.
A crying child, the third patient,
went peacefully to sleep under the ra-
dunn treatment, and has not expert
enced pain from the cancerous
growth since the treatment began
Before that the child had not known
relief from pain for a long time.
At the archaeological laboratory of
DR.. carp Thomas 1t was learned that
he had brother in Paris when Nine.
Curie announced the discovery of
radium.
DR.. G. II. Earp-Thomas, who was
in New Zealand. communicated with
this brother in Paris, asking him TO
investigate the new discovery, and
ascertain whether any radium could
be purchased
AS a result of the correspondence
negotiations were opened with Nine
Curie. While they were still pending
Nine, Curie sold most of her supply
of radium to the Physical Research
Society.
DR., g. II. Earp-Thomas was de-
lighted to learn from his brother that
four tubes of the radium had not been
disposed of One of these was to go
to Professor e. Rutherford and two
others We're to go to other noted
scientists. The fourth tube, DR.. carp
Thomas was informed, he could OBJ
tain.
DR.. -Thomas's brother brought
the tube to New Zealand. After de-
Gliding to remove to this country sew
eral years ago. DR.. carp Thomas on
several occasions was tempted to sell
his radium, but kept it through sew
eral financial crises.
II want the public to have the use
of the radium." said DR.. carp
Thomas, providing it produces re-
suits"
DR.. Earp-Thomas keeps the tube in
a leather case. and while 1t is in use
in New York it is placed in a SAFETY
deposit box every night.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
MISS BLANCHET IS
HONORED AT DANCE
Mother Entertains at Home for
Debutante of Next
Season.

Mrs. Francis A Bianchet gave a
dance last night at her residence, in
Park avenue, East Orange, for her
viii be one of the debutantes Of next
winter. Young people from the Or
anges and out OF town attended and
few of the older girls and men. A
buffet supper was served at midnight.
The guests included Mrs. Robert
van de Velde, of Belgium, formerly
Miss Margaret Blanchet, who Is maxi
and Mrs. Paul Trenchard Wood, Mr..
and Mrs. Wisner Miller, Mr., and Mrs,
Louis de Bebian Moore, of New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop Newman, OF
West Orange; the Misses Celine and
Delphine de Chastaignier, daughters
of the Marquis de Chastaignier, OF
Paris; Hilda Holmes, Dorothy Tay-
lor Marie Hoguet. Marguerite Ho-
lxuei, Gabrielle Gourd, Helen Matt
land, Jean Morris, Mabel Patterson,
Dorothy Seaver, Valentine dorm,
Elizabeth Cauchois, Corinne de Be-
bian Cauchois, Marie Farrelly Eliza
beth Farrelly, Edith Ballin, Jean
Beatty, Dorothy Case, Isabel Amy
Helen de Peyster. all of New York.
Miss Janet Carroll Of Newark;
Beatrice Woodruff. NJ Lawrence
Park. n. Y; Marie Donnelly. OF
Brooklyn, formerly of South Orange;
Ruth Bliss. of Washington, d. G.;
Angelica Mclean, of Rochester, N.
Y: Winfred Houghton, Florence Nc
Evan, Annette Reynaud, Laurette
Reynaud, May Burnham, Berenice
Thurston, Ruth Thurston, Norma
Burroughs, Mildred Smith, Evelyn
Gooch, Margaret Winter, Mildred Sti-
astny. Edith Keck and Lillian Hart,
OF the Oranges.
Baron Van Schall<- Wycl Of Lon
don, England; Reginald Moore, of
London, England; Rene Hoguet,
James Maitland Edward whitehouse,
Paul S. Theband, jr., Harry G. Beste,
Donald Walton, +. C. Condert, jr.,
Mercel Gourd, Clay Berlin, Theodore
Farrelly, st. Julien Ravenel, Reginald
Canchois, Reginald K. Waterbury,
Winchester Donald George Egbert,
Brandreth Symonds, jr., Cyril de Re
vera and Hallet White, of New York,
Rodney Ward and Valentine Schiller,
of Brooklyn; Henry de w. Latting,
of Locust Valley, L. l.; Herbert de
L. ,Henriques. of Morristown, Sher-
man Ross, of Elizabeth; Edward de
Selding, of Summit: William van
Jngen, of Millburn; Robert Strange,
Richard Plat, Ernest Winter, Rob-
ert B. MacEwan, jr., James Shackle-
ton, L. A. Morton, jr., Daniel Riker,
Edwin Smith, Jerome Smith, Paul
Giffen, Louis and Paul Blanchet, of
the Oranges; George Riggs George
Bliss and Cleveland Perkins, of Wash
ington, d. c.
Mrs. Laurence A. Ball, of Walnut
street, north, East Orange, enter
tained at a luncheon party today for
her sister, Miss Edwina Blan, of
Staten Island. Decorations were in
red. Covers were laid for Mrs.
Thomas McManus, Miss Louise
Squires and Miss Lillian Rand, of
Staten Island; Miss Constance Pitt,
of Plainfield; Miss Caroline Berry
man, of East Orange: Miss Helen
Leverson and Miss Eva Lester, of
Newark
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
Progressives Open Campaign
Headquarters in Washington

WASHINGTON, ain. 1.-The Pro-
gressive party, in line with the action
of the Democratic National Commit
tee and the Republican congressional
committee, has established campaign
headquarters in Washington. Repre-
sentative Hinebaugh, of Illinois,
chairman of the Progressive congress
sional campaign committee, has sent
to the chairman of the central COM
nittee of every State a letter an
riouneing the completion of the con-
gressional organization. The Pro-
gressive headquarters will be con-
tinued here until July and then trans
ferred to New York and Chicago.
Chairman Hinebaugh in his letter to
the State chairmen urges the nominal
ton of a candidate for Congress in
every district, and the making of
straight county tickets in all of the
counties comprising the congressional
districts. Most of the chairmen
heard from, Mr.. Hinebaum said tod
day, made encouraging reports of the
party situation.
Mr.. Hinebaum said that so far no
plans had been discussed regarding
the participation of former President
Roosevelt, now in South America, in
the coming campaign, but that the
Progressives in Congress expect he
will take part.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
Two Get 90 Days in Jail
for Telling Conflicting
Stories to Judge Herr

For telling conflicting stories in the
Fourth Precinct Court today Judge
Herr sentenced John Mulrannen,
fifty-six years old, Of ITO Sheffield
street, and Michael Jennings, thirty
eight years old, of 243 Plane street,
to ninety days each in the county
penitentiary.
Policeman Fred Rath, of the mem
delaney squad, who made the arrest
said that he had seen the two men
going from house to house and had
followed them until he saw them en>
ter the Kruger Brewing Company,
when he arrested them. Mulrannen
said that he and Jennings had gone
into the brewery looking for job.
He also said that he had met Jen-
nings several days before.
Jennings said that he had never
seen Mulrannen before in all his lie,
and that he had been promised cal
endar by woman who owned a mil
linery store but that he could not re-
member which store, which accounted
for his going in several different
places. eK~
Rath said that he had investigated
Jennings's story by going to the
places where Jennings was and found
out that he had been asking for
money. Judge Herr asked Jennings
why he had made the remark to Null
rannen to let him have the first word
in the court room, and Jennings with
smile on face said that he had al
ways heard that the first story was
the best, and he wanted to get his
in first.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
DIR. Edw. W. Blakely Sewers
Connection With Hospital

After fourteen months work at Or
ange Memorial Hospital, where he
made a host of friends, DR.. Edward
w. Blakely will retire next week from
the institution and enter the service
of the United Fruit Company's steam
ship line, running between New York
and South American ports. DR..
Blakely has had extensive experience
and as house surgeon attracted the
attention of Orange physicians.
DR.. Blakely studied four years at
the University of Vermont and spent
seven months in service in hospitals
in England, Ireland, France, Ger
many and Switzerland Prior to going
to Orange he was connected with the
Connecticut Hospital for the Insane
for four months. He will be succeed
ed as house surgeon by DR.. William
Guyton, of the University of Vir-
ginia, while DR.. Guyton's place on
the medical staff will be taken by
DR.. c. A, Monday, also a University
of Virginia graduate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
New Fire Truck in Mishap
While En- Route to This
City from Philadelphia

Word was received here today that
the new Webb hook and ladder auto
truck, recently purchased by the
Newark Fire Department. and en-
route to this city, figured in a mishap
yesterday while on the outskirts of
Burlington. An automobile loaded
with "joy riders" hit the fire truck
and swept two of the crew of the
latter from the running board.
One of the crew, Edward Glover
a demonstration, 1t was reported, sus-
tanned a double fracture OF the leg
and was removed to a hospital in
Burlington. His companion was not
seriously injured and the truck was
not damaged.
The crew. with the truck. left Phil
adelphia on New Years Day. bound
for Newark, the intention being to
reach this city by easy stages.
At $3.50 this morning the Newark
apparatus passed through Trenton
with it's crew fully made up. and
making nice time. At Trenton it was
reported that the machine was in ex-
cellent running order and it was ex-
pected that it would be delivered in
this city late this afternoon.