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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

had wrought and laughed at the thought
of how old Naisey would swear.
But his satisfaction Was short lived.
The disorder was crushed by the iron
hand of authority. In TWO days Wiltshire
was aswarm with troops and numerous
arrests We're being made. Within . week
the country lay passive and peaceful
Lockers nephews We're among the first
taken as suspected rioters. The bitter old
man raved at their arrest, called down
curses on the officers and shouted that
they We're the criminals and the breakers
of the peace. The soldiers merely laughed
al MS purple face and blazing eyes and
rode on with their prisoners. leaving him
To stag2cr into the house. crushed trenl-
bling and clingfng to his SON $ arm.
But his misfortunes We're far from CON
plete. In December, 1890. the officers of
the law paid a visit to the wretched home
of Isaac LOCKER and carried off the
broken old man. He was charged with
writing threatening letters for the pur-
pose of intimidating the witnesses for the
crown III the case against his TWO
nephews.- He was brought TO trial and
threatening letters Were produced, which
had been received by each OF the gentle
men owning the destroyed machinery.
The first was written on ragged scrap
OF paper and sealed with drop of candle
wax. Ii read:
Nj Row and HaSford Farm
Nif you goes to against or man IN
prison yuu have here farm burnt down 10 grounl
and Thy buddy head choqt of
Similar letters had been received BY
Woodman and Naisey, who as a result
were as wrathful as the owner Of AFFORD
farm.
Isaac LOCKER stood a bent, hopeless fig
ure while witnesses deposed positively
that the handwriting of the letters was
his and while other witnesses deposed as
positively that il was not. He heard the
mad words which he had shouted at the
soldiers who arrested his nepheWS nov
read against him. Then came the deci-
sive evidence The constable had search
ed Lockers house and found a torn piece
Of paper similar to that on which the
letters were written. The wax spotted
scraps were unfolded, all the pieces fitted.
and there lay complete square sheet OF
paper. There was no little excitement az
this evidence. LOCKER stirred and raised
a white, respondent face and the court
room rustled and whispered.
1t seemed unuuestionable that old Isaac
LOCKER had scrawled those amusing yet
tragic lines under a Pickering candle
light had torn the scraps from single
sheet of paper. sealed them with drops
of hot wax and borne them secretly to
the premises of the men who had the
power Of condemning the two nephews
who were in prison.
The jury brought in a verdict Of guilty
Reused at last LOCKER vowed his limo
cence, but Justice Anderson. who passed
sentence was convinced of his guilt. Half
stunned, LOCKER heard the justice saying:
evidence which must satisfy every rea-
sonable man''-"crime which strikes at
the very root of society''-"I would rather
trust such evidence than the most solemn
declaration even on the scaffold.
The prisoner interrupted to protest
frantically: my lord, am Innocent l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

supreme courage, Durga Ram. so-calit Il
Umbala. and the council found her The
face of the former was cold, his eyes
steady and eXpressionless.
Has your majesty decided asked the
eldest of'the council.
Yes quietly.
And your decision iS2''
NO. absolutely and finally. There is
no reason why l should obey any of your
laws; but there is a good reason why
all of you shall some day be punished
for this outrage
Outrage, To be made queen OF AL
laha?' The spokesman for the council
stamped his foot in wrath.
Think said Umbalia.
L have thought Let US have no more
of this cat-and-mouse play. ] refuse to
marry YOU. I'd much prefer any beggar
in the street. There is nothing more To
be said"
There are worse things than mar
rage"
What manner of ind;gnities have You
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

The next afternoon he began to enact
the subtle plans he had formed regard
ing Kathlyn. He brought her certain
documents and petitions to sign and went
over them carefully with her. Once. as
she returned a document. he caught her
hand and kissed it. She withdrew it
roughly, flaming with anger. He spread
his hands apologedcally. He was on
fire for her. but he possessed admirable
control. He had the right to come and
go: as regent he could enter the .zenana
without being accompanied by the coun-
Gil. But, thereafter. when he arrived
with the days business she contrfved to
call On the sixth day he cast all dis
cretion to the winds and seized her vio-
iently in his arms And, though she
tended her lips, her cheeks and neck were
oefiled. She stepped back: the hidden
dagger flashed.
"A step nearer" she cried, low voiced,
land will strike.
Umballa recoiled. This was no longer
sa'adi's houri, but the young woman who
had mastered the lion in the railway
train. Rage supplanted the passion in his
heart. Since she would not bend, she
would break. AS her arm sank he
sprang forward like a cat and seized her
wrist. He was not gentle. The dagger
tinkled as it struck the marble door. He
stopped for.it
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14
ANT|-SUFFRAG|STS
FORM BRANCH HERE
Meeting Is Held at Wallace Hall.
To Fight Suffrage
Bill,

The suffrage organizations have an
opponent. For many years women In
favor of equal franchise and their
arguments have reigned supreme In
this city in their effort to show that
better government, equal pay Tor re-
males and numerous other better
ments in laws will be the result of the
equal franchise.
While there have been many women
who have not favored this movement,
still they have had no power TO de-
fend themselves. The opponent is
the Newark branch of the New Jer-
sey Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage. The branch association
was officially organized December 30,
and the second meeting was held this
morning at Wallace Hall, the speaker
being Miss Minnie Bronson, of New
York, one of the national lecturers OF
the association.
Miss Bronson's subject was "Why
We Oppose Suffrage" The speaker,
who is an authority on the subject,
has studied the laws of this country
and other countries and has studied
very carefully the statutes which have
been made by States haing equal
franchise.
Miss Bronson declared that the
''antis". must be able to answer
numerous uestions IL they hope for
any results. There is more to being
an "antr' than declaring that woman
suffrage will not bring bettertment,
she said.
Although there are countless num-
bers of leagues favoring suffrage"
said Miss Bronson, still there are
over 100000 women organized against
it."
ut is not true" continued The speaker
that women will be non-partisan
when they get the vote, that is II
they do get it,
"They are bound to divide in
parties"
what more could We women do
II we had the ballot? We can so to
the Legislature with a petition; we
belong to no party and with no per-
sonal idea, and still we do good"
Miss Bronson said. at is true that
the statutes of the ctates where
women vote, are good, but no better
than in other States where only men
cast n ballot"
In the arguments that the suffra-
gettes use that the wage Garner
would have more, was met by the
speaker with the reply that 20 per
cent. of all the wage-earners work In
factories and 40 per cent. work in
our kitchens.
will the ballot help these girls,
or can we housewives do more with
out the ballot?- said the speaker.
"Of course, We can. Can't We give
them pleasant surroundings and
higher wages without the vote7'
THE States that have equal fran
chise have helped make ten-hour-a-
day labor law for girls. but many
other States without the aid of the
woman voter has done the same. and
Wisconsin, with no woman's aid, has
secured a labor law which will not
permit woman to work at night"
continued the speaker.
Many other points tending toward
making an anti out Of every wom-
an present was shown by the speaker,
Mrs. Charles Borcherling, chair
man Of the Newark association, pre-
sided at the meeting. Mrs. Henry NJ.
Darcy, who was present at the Open
ing of the Legislature yesterday,
when the suffrage bill was presented,
urged all of the Newark members to
be present at Trenton January p,
when the bill will be presented for
argument.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14
FIVE BELOW ZERO
IS COLD WEATHER

of the Caldwell postoffice Is said to
have stood at IA below at midnight.
The temperature at no time yester-
day rose above IL degrees, and 1t
dropped to 4 below at midnight. The
northwest wind reached velocity of
twenty miles an hour at times during
the night.
Both the Salvation Army and the
Volunteers of America threw open
their halls to the poor. The halls
will be kept open during the continu-
ance of the cold spell, and soup, food
and clothing will be distributed. The
Salvation Army Shelters are at 210
Market street, 25 Jacob street and As
Belleville avenue. The hall of the
Volunteers is at 3O7 Plane street.
The freezing of signals gave the
operating departments of the various
railroads no little trouble.
Passengers over the New York and
Long Branch line witnessed a mag
nificent freak Of nature this MORN
ing, At points where the railroad
skirted the ocean. 1t was so cold
that the spray from the waves of
the Atlantic froze in the air. The
rays of the sun shot the freezing
spray through and through, forming
multi-hued and scintillating tap
estry of color.
been on the run for years, said
they had never seen so brilliant a
spectacle as the iridescent sheet of
color and fire that hung above the
ocean shortly after sunrise
SO far as records go, the tempera-
ture today was lower than any day
since January a. 1912, when below
was recorded.
The lowest record on the books of
the local bureau was 10 below on
January and 6, 1904 Nine below
was recorded on February 8, 1899.
The Passaic river is frozen with
three inches of ice, the thickest since
1899. The Bridge street bridge is out
of service owing to the freezing OF
all water-pipes and It will be impos-
sible to put 1t into commission until
warmer weather comes. The Plank
road and Jackson street bridges are
said to be in perfect working order.
two boats having passed through
the latter this morning. The Clay
street bridge is in working order,
is closed owing to the thickness OF
the ice The Standard Oil Company
reports that it's barge service has
had to be dispensed with temporar-
lily owing to the fact that Newark
bay is frozen from Bayonne to this
city.
At Maxwell's boathouse it was said
that the ice is thicker today thar
1t has been for fifteen years, though
at Crolls boathouse it was stated
that three years ago two men walked
across the-ic on a wager.
According to the reports of the Pub
| lie Service Railway, the cold caused
the following breaks in trolley wire.
today: Broad street and Eighth ave
nue., $40 to a. m; Washington and
Elwood avenues, 6:15 to 6:45; Frank
lin avenue, Nutley, 4:40 to ABS; Bloom
field avenue and Elm street, Bloom
field, 4:39 to 4:45; Belmont avenue
$3.50 to $3.50; South Orange avenue ant
Norfolk street, APO to 4:2S; Clifton
avenue and Sixth street, 4:55 to sos.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14
Charges Administration
Letters Were Obtained by
False Representation

Upon petition Of Robert e. Nor
rell, jr, of Camden. charging that let
tiers of administration were obtained
on false representations. Judge Harry
V. Osborne today granted an order
requiring Mrs. John T. Phillips, of
sos North Seventh street, this city.
to show cause why the letters should
not be revoked. The rule is return
able January 80.
Morrell claims that Mrs. Phillips was
not the lawful wife of John T. Phil
lips, on whose estate the letters were
taken out. Phillips was only @ name
assumed. his real name being John T.
buckingham, according to MorrelP s
petition.
AS buckingham he married Maria
T. Blee in Philadelphia in 1898. and
lived with her for a number of years,
having two children, Morrell AYERS.
One Of these, a daughter, married
Morrell, the petitioner. They had one
child, a son, David S. B. Morren, in
whose interest the petition is filed.
The other child of John T. Bucking-
ham, son, John S. Buckingham, who
married, had a daughter Mildred.
Mrs. Phillips. in filing her petition
for letters of administration, made no
mention of these two grandchildren,
although she knew that they were
alive.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14

freight traffic manager of the Della
ware and Lackawanna Railroad,
also spoke on Transportation In
New Jersey"
On Exporting.
Hugh Kohler, editor of How to
Export gave talk on Export
Trade" in which ne said:
How can we export wheE we have
no American ships, no American
banks abroad, poor passenger. cable
and NAL services, and only a few
American mercantile firms estab-
lished in foreign markets to handle
our traffic? First of all. this isn't
a problem at all. because we do ex-
port and we're exporting so much
more every year that any question
which implies doubt as to our abil-
ity to sell abroad is patiently absurd.
There will never be any shortage of
tonnage to care for our foreign
freight. whether or not it flies the
American flag. I. for one. don't care
a particle which particular banner
waves above my cases so long as l
get decent deliveries at decent rates.
and both OF these. I submit. we have
generally been able to secure from
the shipping at present available. AS
for banks, If YOU and I want Amer
lean banks abroad. there is one and
only one way to get them, and I take
it that we are both doing everything
we can in that direction for motives
quite apart from our desire for these
institutions. For the only way in
which we can secure these aids to
American commerce is to get a vol
ume of business sufficient to ensure
them a profitable field"
W. W. Orr, assistant secretary of
the National Association Of Credit
Men, made an address on 1.-THE Prac-
teal Application of the Theories of
Sound Credit Rating" F. A. Wal
drDn, OF New York, an expert indus
trial engineer, closed with an address
on Manufacturing Problems Other
Than Labor"
A feature of the convention was the
awarding of twenty-nine prizes to
winners in the New Jersey schools
In the industrial betterment essay
contest, which closed last Sunday.
To Close with Dinner.
The convention will close with a
dinner, at which former Governor Ed
ward c. Stokes will preside. Frank
S. Katzenbach, Of this city, and Judge
William Fl. Speer, of Jersey City, will
make addresses. Others will include
Mayor Edward w. Donnelly, of Tren-
ton; Ralph w. f, Donges and Will
lam Daniels, members of the State
Public Utility Board; Colonel George
Pope, of Hartford, Conn, president of
the National Association of Manufac-
turers; John Kirby, Jr., of Dayton, o.,
a former president Of the N. A. M,
and Robert H. McCarter, former at
torney- general of New Jersey.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14
MACK ON TRIAL
AS W|FE-SLAYER
Minister, Called as Juror, Re.
fuses to Take Oath Where
Death Is Penalty.

Difficulty In obtaining Jurors who
did not have scruples against the in
Fiction of the death penalty when
warranted was shown in the opening
of the trial of Charles Mack for the
murder Of his wife, Mrs. Lelah Mack,
at 1896 Mulberry street, on the night
OF July is last.
Mack was placed on trial in the
Court of Oyer and Terminer, before
Judge William p. Martin. today, the
trial being the third murder trial In
the local courts so far this month.
The fury box was filled at noon.
Rev. Edgar S. Wiers, Lloyd road.
Montclair, pastor of an Unitarian
church, was one of the talesmen
drawn as a Juror in the case, and In
response to the usual question by As
sistant Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott as
to whether he was opposed to the in
Fiction of capital punishment, replied
that he was.
IF the evidence showed the case to
be one OF murder in the first degree.
would you not, under your oath, bring
in such verdict7" asked Mr.. Mott.
II could not take such an OATH" was
the reply, and when the question OF
MIR. Mott was repeated in a slightly
different form Rev. weirs stated en-
phatically, "I could not bind myself
Mr.. Mott then challenged the Juror
for cause and the challenge was sus-
tanned by Judge Martin.
OF the special panel of forty eight
names called as jurors to act IN the
case twenty-eight failed to answer
roll call. the large number of absen-
tees being due to the fact that in three
courts juries drawn yesterday were
still in service today, and many OF the
men named in the special panel were
on those juries. OF the twenty men
that did answer their names eight Of
them were excused because they were
over the age limit of sixty-five years,
an unusual number.
John Mulaney. driver. of POS South
Eleventh street, was the first man
selected as a juror and will act as
foreman of the body. Mack is being
defended by Joseph A. Coult and
George A. Douglass, both lawyers be-
ing assigned by the court.
Mack killed his wife as she lie in
bed in rooms occupied by the couple
al 1896 Mulberry street, using an old
and very dull axe az a weapon. The
wonnan's skull was crushed so badly
that she died almost instantly. After
committing the crime Mack went to
the First precinct and gave himself
up, stating that he had killed his wife
because she had been unfaithful to
her marriage vows.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14
Negro on Trial for Alleged
Quarter Gas Meter Thefts

George Baker, a negro, is on trial
In Quarter Sessions Court before
Judge, Allen r. Shay on a charge of
stealing $3.50 from quarter gas
meter of the Public Service Corpora
ton at 50 Barclay street. The alleged
offense took place ON July last. On.
that date Baker is alleged to have
been seen coming from the hallway
of the Barclay apartment, and a few
moments later William H. Gibson, a
tenant, discovered that his gas-meter
had been broken open and the money
taken.
He caused the arrest of Baker The
latter claims he had nothing to do
with the robbery of the meter box
and that he was, in the Barclay street
building looking for woman who
had asked him to give her figure on
moving some household goods for
har
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14
WALDRON FILES
PROTEST OVER
CITY CONTRACT
Sends Letter to Mayor Bearing
on Award of New Centre
Market Job.

Edward M. Waldron has written to
Mayor Jacob Haussling, protesting
against the award of the contract for
the new Centre Market by the build
Ing committee of the Common Coun-
ell to the Essex Construction Com
pany. The mayor acknowledged Mr..
Waldron's letter and said that the
matter had not been officially brought
to his attention as yet.
Mr.. Waldron in his letter to the
mayor declares that If the job were
to be refigured today his bid would
be at least $4,000 less than the esti-
mate which he submitted last year,
and offers as the price $613,000. The
Essex Construction Company's bid
was s662,700 for the work
Mr.. Waldron's letter to the mayor
in full is as follows:
II learn from the newspapers that
the public buildings committee Of
your Common Council have awarded
to the Essex Construction Company
contract to erect a new Centre
Market, lump-sum price of s662.7O0.
II desire to enter my protest
against this award. In doing 80 I
wish to direct your attention to an
estimate submitted by my company
for the same work. Your public In
vitation to estimate called for certain
alternate prices in addition to an esti-
mate covering the entire work. If
you will examine into this estimate
you will find that on these alternates
rnty oop1Dap1r houo y,oada a
of $42,107, against the Essex Con-
struction Company's allowance OF
s27165, making my company's bid
s14,564 lower than the bid which your
committee have accepted. You will
please note that my company made
a further deduction of $9,259 If GER
tain notifications were made in the
specifications, which would make our
estimate s23,S2S lower than the Essex
Construction Company's estimate.
These additional changes in no
way affect the appearance or struc-
tural qualities of the building. The
estimate on which this contract has
been awarded was submitted to the
committee of the Common Council on
May 26, 1913. My estimate was figured
upon the basis that the work was to
be done then. The changes in the
cost of labor and material since that
date have been such that IL I were
to refigure the job today my bid
would be at least $4,000 less than my
former estimate. If you so desire,
you may take this as an offer to do
the work specified, without regard to
any alternates, for $613,000.
II am writing you so that you may
be in possession of this information
before aff1xing your signature to the
contract and for the purpose of
saving the city the large Unnecessary
expenditure involved in the contract
and to save my company the expense
of litigating it."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14
RULES GOVERNING EVENING
STARS PROVERB CONTEST

persons permanently residing the State Of New Jersey
employees of the Morning aud
and o. their immediate familes.
will illustration Coupons may be
longlan penci they be written
typewriter printed to suit the fancy OF
picture weknown authentic English
and wish send In
pictures but not than $50
will be permitted complete ard will be
OF te proverbs
against contestants the correct
Only should be written upon the
procured The Star ohHce
should additional and all to the same
number should he together In making the set
picture then
fastening them securely
package mot folded rold
fully paid plainly addressed the PROVERB
EDITOR, Newark Evening Star Newark ~ ].
receiving will effect the award
Ing prizes this All be in The
o'clock after the sxt pic
appeared
OF the entire sixty Illus
tratons
submitted Individual
Only household will be eligible
a prize, although desire compete.
making the awards the Judging committee will take
similarity wording and punctuation OF select
Proverbs, which book will be considered their basis
Proveb Editor the right make
rules time he deem advisable in the
contestants
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14
Live 8 Days on Loaf of Bread

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. Jan. IA
Fearing 10 venture outside their home
in defiance of the quarantine under
which they were placed. Mrs. Doris
Walton and her three children. aged
70. and s. lived for eight days with
only one bottle of milk and loaf OF
bread as nourishment for the four,
according . the police and the Asso-
ciated Charities The other members
OF the family were quarantined when
the eldest girl was taken Ill with ty-
nhoid and diphtheria. Their destitu-
ton was discovered today when Mrs:
II. w. Roberts. an acquaintance of
the family. visited the house.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14
To Investigate Fire Escapes
at Burned Apartment

An investigation OF the fre-escapes
on the apartment-house at Broad and
Gouveneur streets. which was des-
troyed by fire yesterday. is being
made by the building department to-
day. superintendent William P.
O'Rourke, of that department, said
this morning that he had detailed an
inspector to make the Investigation,
and that he expected a report later In
the day.
It was his impression that the fire.
escapes on the building were sufficient,
but he was going to have look at
the building himself, Mr.. ORourke
added. The house was built several
years ago, Mr.. O'Rourke declared, so
that the present building code regu-
lations were not applicable to it. The
building, which was burned yester-
day, could not be constructed accord
ing to the present building rules and
regulations.