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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
WORK PUSHED
ON NAVAL BILL
House Committee Hopes to Re-
port Measure Before Xmas
Recess.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-With the
completion of public hearings and
with a great mass of testimony be-
fore them, individual members of the
House naval affairs committee today
began informal study of this years
naval appropriation bill. Public hear
ings were concluded yesterday with
the testimony Of Representative
Gardner of Massachusetts,, who IN
itiated in Congress the movement for
an Investigation of the preparedness
of the United States for war
Although the naval committee will
not meet until Monday, when 1t will
set to its work in earnest, committee
men today were going over the testi-
mony adduced during the hearings
and comparing it with the estimates
and recommendations of the navy de-
partment. The committee hopes to
complete the bill next week and re-
port 1t to the House before the holi-
day recess.
Public hearings on the measure
were quite a departure from the
! usual custom of framing a naval ap-
preparation bill.
Representative Roberts has sub
mitted to the committee a statement,
based on a communication from Sec
retary Daniels, comparing the annual
recommendations of the general
/ board of the navy with what Con-
gress actually granted during the
years 1903-1914. The statement shows
! that during that period the general
board recommended thirty-eight bat
/ tleshipsl one armored cruiser. three
protected cruisers and two battle
| cruisers. OF these recommendations
Congress authorized the following:
| Seventeen battleships, two armored
cruisers and no protected cruisers or
battle cruisers. Other important
recommendation made by the board
were III destroyers, of which Con-
gress authorized fifty-two; thirty
four scout cruisers, of which Con-
gress allowed three, and thirty SUBJ
marines, which Congress increased to
| fifty-five.
Stormy scenes marked the conclu-
sion of public hearings before the
| committee. After being on the wit
ness stand all day, Representative
Gardner, of Massachusetts, demanded
that members of the committee say
whether they questioned data he had
submitted.
A series OF questions by Repre-
sentative Gray, of Indiana, caused
| Mr.. Gardner to resent vigorously
what he said was an imputation that
his recent campaign for an investiga-
tion of the military situation was in
the interest of manufacturers of wal
materials. The Massachusetts, repre-
sentative called upon Mr.. Gray to
''get up and prove his facts" but the
latter had nothing further to say, and
| the meeting ended.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
GAS DECISION IS
EAGERLY AWAITED
Countrywide Interest in Mon
days Action of the Court
Of Errors.
Special to the Evening Star.

Special to the Evening Star.
TRENTON, Dec. 19.-The outcome
of the request to reopen the ninety
cent gas case, which will be made
to the Court of Errors and Appeals
here Monday, is being awaited with
keen interest throughout the entire
country. In holding that franchise
values must be considered in rate
making the Errors Court, or min
ority Of the Errors Court, has estab-
Iished a precedent that threatens to
be a death blow to rate-maklng SO
far as the Board of Public Utility
Commissioners in New Jersey and
similar boards in other States are
concerned.
The first move Monday before
the court will be to ask the court to
hold the record of the rate decision
and not send it to the court below
until the Errors Court shall have had
an opportunity to hear the argument
for a rehearing.
This procedure is necessary because
on Monday, unless the Court OF Err
rors issues an order to the contrary,
the record in the gas case must be
sent to the Supreme Court for filing,
and that will end the jurisdiction OF
the Court of Errors and Appeals over
the papers In the case.
1t is assumed that the court OF last
resort next Monday will grant this
request concerning the record as a
matter of course and by so doing con-
tinue to hold the Jurisdiction in the
case, pending tho development of the
next move for a rehearing.
Those Judges were Chief Justice
Gummere, who is now in the South;
Supreme Court Justices Parker and
Bergen and Lay Judges Ernest j.
Heppenheimer, OF Hudson, John
Bogert, of Bergen, and William
Vredenburgh, of Monmouth.
II none of those six judges thinks 1t
worth while to move to reopen the
case that will settle 1t as far as the
Court of Errors and Appeals is con-
cerned.
If the motion to reopen is made and
carried, then two judges who did not
vote when the case was decided last
week will have vote in the new situ-
alton. They are Supreme Court JUS
tice Charles G. Black and Lay Judge
White. Justice Black did not vote
last week because he was not on the
bench when the argument was made
in the original suit. Judge White Id
not vote last week because he was not
at the conference of the judges.
Supreme Court Justices Kaliseh and
Trenchard, Chancellor Walker and
Lay Judge Terhune, the four who
voted last week against the decision
as handed down by six of the sixteen
members of the Court Of Errore and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
HANLEY WOULD NOT
APPEAR FOR TRIAL
Special Committee of Republi-
can County Committee Said to
Have Found Against Him.

Joseph v. Hanley. OF West Orange,
failed to appear before the special
investigation committee of the Re
publican County Committee last night
TO show cause why he should not be
dismissed from membership in the
county committee. He is charged
with consplring to defeat the Repub-
Hcan candidates for freeholders al the
last election by fling q petition as
an independent candidate and cam
paigning against the Republican pri-
mary nominees.
The investigation committee met
last night in a closed session and
waited more than an hour for Han
ley to put in an appearance. He had
been notified Of the meeting and in
vited to appear by a special delivery
letter. John L. Reid, chairman Of the
committee, insisted that Hanley be
given plenty Of leeway to show up
after the appointed time.
When the man under charges failed
to appear after an hour s waiting the
committee took a vote on what rec
ommendation they would make. None
Of the members Of the committee
would disclose the result Of the vote,
but 1t Is understood AN unanimous
vote or the committee in favor OF
Hanley's dismissal from the county
committee was polled
The special committee will make its
report to the county COMMITTEES
through Chairman Reid at the next
meeting of the parent body. The Re-
| publican Executive Committee OF
West Orange has already considered
the matter OF Hanley's dismissal from
the county committee and approved
it. The resolution providing for his
dismissal was introduced by Joseph
| Fleming. chairman OF the West Or.
ange Republican Executive Com
mittee.
Hanley ran for freeholder and
county committeeman Of the Third
district of the First Ward Of West
| Orange. He was elected county com
! mitteeman, but was defeated as free
| holder candidate. For the latter ofiicc
he ran with the designation "Repub-
lican Party" Together with Alex
ander F. Cashin he ran independent
for freeholder with the designation
''Anti-Boss Republican"
After Mr.. Fleming and James Reid
of West Orange, had stated their case
the committee arrived at the con-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
CROWD FLEESAT
SIGHT OF LEPER
Supposed Servian NobIeman
Tries Suicide on ST. Louis
WeehaWken Train.
Special to the Evening Star.


WEEIAWKEN, Dec. 19.-More
than the average crowd was at the
depot at this place when a leper, his
face all bandaged. was taken from
the train coming from st. Louis, and
in a few minutes after the report
spread that the man was q leper the
station was devoid of occupants.
Careful inquiry and questioning
failed to gain the mans name for
the authorities. 1t was learned that
he is a Servian, some say of noble
birth, who was smuggled into the
country, escaping the eagle eyes of
the health authorities stationed at
the various ports of entry. At the
mention of the cad disease the
crowd at the depot "broke' and
scrambled for safety with the
celerity of gutter urchins after a
handful of pennies. The former GU
fious ones tried TO get as far away
as possible from the living mummy
The leper was brought from St
Louis, where the health authorities
discovered him, in a special car d.
vided into two sections, one part oc-
cupied by the victim of the malig-
nant disease and the other by two
government inspectors, who minis
tered to his wants on the long ride
across the continent. The officials
said they had to keep a close watch
on their! man, as he attempted sui
eide several times while on the way
to Weehawken.
AS soon as Weehawken was reach
ed the leper was led from the train
to a tug, which was waiting with
steam up at the dock, and he was
Immediately taken away to a place
of detention.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
John DIS Chemist Leaves
Fortune of S5,560,573

NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-Herman
Frasch, who came here from Germany
in 1868, poor box with some know
ledge of chemistry obtained as a
druggists apprentice. who later be-
came chief chemist for the Standard
Oil Company and who had the dis
tinction of earning more dividends for
the company than John D. Rockefel-
Ter himself. had acquired a fortune OF
s5,560.573 at the time OF his death in
Paris on May / last. This-is revealed
by the appraisal of the estate, FLED
yesterday.
The appraisal shows that while Mr..
Frasch left only the income of $4,000
to his only son, George B. Frasch, of
Sydney, Australia. from whom he had
been somewhat estranged for years,
the share left to his wife. Mrs. Eliza
beth Blee Frasch, of the Plaza Hotel,
and his daughter, Mrs. Frieda Frasch
Wilton, of Hewlett, L. l., amounts to
s., sos ,SSS each.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19

Appeals, will also sit at the new hear
ing If the case Is reopened.
Supreme Court Justices Swayze,
Minturn and Garrison will not be ahle
to pass on the case because they sat
as the branch of the Supreme Court
that heard the suit below.
Lay Judge Robert Williams. of Pat
erson, will also be barred from voting
because he was member of the j.
lie Utility Commission that passed
on the gas case before it was taken
up into court.
The net result will be that on the
rehearing, assuming that there will be
a rehearing, twelve instead of ten
members of the Court of Errors and
Appeals may pass upon the case.
After the entire case shall have
been reargued the question before the
twelve judges will be: Shall the
decision of the court below (Supreme
Court be reversed" To carry that
seven votes, or a majority of the
twelve, will be necessary this time.
Last week, ten judges being at the
session, only six votes were required
to carry the motion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
HUSSE|N kennel :
RULER OF EGYPT
Succeeds Deposed Khedive
With Title of Sultan in Brit
ish Protectorate.

LONDON, Dec. 19-The British pro-
tectorate over Egypt was proclaimed
yesterday and Prince Hussein
Kennel has been appointed sultan and
has accepted that position. Prince
Hussein is an uncle of Abbas Hilmi,
khedive until now. The French gov
ernment has recognized the British
protectorate over the country in
which France formerly had such inn
portant interests and in return the
British government has given notice
that it adheres to the Franco-Moor-
ish treaty of 1912, which, following
the Agadlr, gave France a protecto-
rate over Morocco.
In a letter addressed to Prince Hus-
sein on his appointment the British
High Commissioner for Egypt, Milne
Cheetham, details the effort which he
says England made to avoid war with
Turkey and which were frustrated
by the war party and the Ottoman
cabinet Mr.. Chetham states that
there Is ample evidence that Abbas
FIilmi had thrown in his lot with the
enemies of Great Britain with the re-
suit that "the rights over the
Egyptian executive by the Sultan Of
Turkey and the late Khedive are
forfeited
In inviting Prince Hussein to ac-
cept the office as "the prince of the
family of Mehemet Ali, most worthy
to occupy the khedival position with
the title and style of sultan of
Egypt" Mr.. Cheetham announces
that Great Britain accepts all the
responsibilities for the defense of the
territories under the new sultan;
that all Egyptian subjects will be
entitled to the protection of Great
Britain; that with the disappearance
of Ottoman suzerainty the restric-
tions placed by Ottoman firmans
upon the numbers and organization
of an army will disappear; that the
relations with foreign powers will be
conducted by a British representa-
tive in Cairo, and that the religious
convictions of the Egyptian subjects
will be respected scrupulously.
In connection with his letter the
commissioner in a statement last night
says that in declaring Egypt free
from obedience to Constantinople
Great Britain has been animated by
no hostility toward the Caliphate, and
that in any movement to strengthen
and improve the Mahometan institu-
ton the new sultan will have the sup
port of the government. The promise
is made that after the war the
treaties will be revised and that "in
such measure as the degree of en-
lightenment of public opinion may
permit the governed will be asso-
ciated with the task of government.
The opinion is expressed by many
here that a clearer definition of
Great Britain's position in Egypt will
accelerate progress towards self
government in that country.
Abbas Hilmi arrived in Vienna yes
terday, according to advices received
in London.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
Fingerprint Evidence Convicts
Man Who Robbed Ackerman

ELIZABETH, Dec. 19.--Solely on
fingerprint evidence by experts, many
of whom were summoned from vari-
Gus parts of the country, a jury in
the Court of Quarter Sessions
yesterday afternoon found Charles
Connors, better known as ice
Wagon Connors, guilty of the
charge OF robbing the home of
former Senator Ernest r. Acker-
man, in P'ainfield, January
last, of $17,500 worth of valuahles,
mostly jewelry, the property of Mrs.
Mary Ackerman. The case was
given to the jury shortly after noon
Yesterday and three hours later Con-
nors had been found guilty.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
British Deny They Lost
Any Ships in German Raid
on East Coast of Country

LONDON, Dec. 1s.--The ad-
miralty has issued a state
ment denying that any British
warships were lost during the recent
raid by a German squadron on the
cast coast of England. The statement
adds that all German assertions to
the contrary are untrue.
That the British destroyer Hardy
was among the warships which en-
gagged the German squadron last
Wednesday was disclosed by an ad-
rniralty casualty list issued tonight.
The list shows that two men were
killed and fifteen were wounded
aboard the Hardy.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
TRADES COUNCIL
SCORES c. A.
Members Stirred BY Arrest Of
Driver Whom Peace Justios
Committed.

Criticism Of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty te Animals in con
uectioD with the arrest Wednesday o.
George Frisdland, Of 81 Morris ave
nue.. was made last night at the meet
ing Of the Essex Trades Council In
zimmerman's Han, in South Orange
avenus. Friedland was arrested by
Louis Teeo. an agent Of the society,
while exercising a lame horse under
orders from veterinarian. He was
brought before Justice Of the Peace
Matthew Treacy and fined 355.
F'riedland was sent to jail Ia de-
fault Of the fine, and despite his as
sertion that he had just started work
ing after more than a year OF Idle
ness, and that he had q wife and sew
eral children 10 support, Treacy re-
fused to remit the fine. Fr5edlaHd y
now out on bail secured by Nathan
Hale Berger, a lawyer, who interested
himself IN the case. The case vii ss
carried TO higher court.
John Mcclure, delegate from the
Teamsters' Union, brought the mai
ter to the attention Of the council
last night, terminE the 6. ?. G. \
licensed robbers" He declared that
It was ''outrageous" to send an ap-
parently innocent man 70 Jail and
asked that the council take some ac-
ton IN the matter. Mr.. Mcclure paid
high tribute to MI. Berger.
The council voted to refer the mat
ter TO the legislative COMMITTEES for
investigation. Under the Law ens-
half OF the fins ls paid to the inform
ant and the other half 20 the society
The agent Of the society has the op-
tion Of taking an alleged offender be-
fore a justice of the peace or q mag
istrste of a police court
Following the meeting last night
the council adjourned until January
| s, as the meeting night, Friday, faile
on Christmas Day and on New Years
Day.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
$4,000 Order for Trousers
Placed by French Government

CHICAGO, Dec. 1s.-Forty-e Eight
thousand pairs of trousers. costing
$4,000, were ordered here today by
buyers for the French government.
The contract Is a rush order. The
trousers are of the ordinary work.
ingman's type for use of the sappers
and miners of the French army.
The British government is prepar-
ing estimates for $500 motor trucks,
according to information received by
Chicago manufacturers. This order,
1t was estimated, would amount to
$40 000, 900, as the trucks probably
would average about $500 each.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
Germans ShelIing Rheims
TO Avenge Wounding Of
Prince August, Say Friends

PARIS, Dec. is.-Rheins is being
bombarded again because the Ger
mans ara anFered at q French coup
by which Prince August Wilhelm.
fourth son Of the kaiser, was wound
ed Such is the story which reached
here today.
A French army observer near
Rheims recently noted from his con-
cealmsnt q vast amount of prspara-
tion for ceremony behind the German
lines. Troops were drawn up for re-
view and bands were playing, and he
was convinced that Prince August
Wilhelm, known to be in this partfo-
ular section, was 10 inspect the troops
The observer gave the range 20 q
French battery, and the guns were
served so cleverly that when an Au-
tomobiie which carried the important
parsonage for whom the troops wers
errayed came into range a shell
struck It. That night the oernane
began shelling Rheims again. The
bonibardment has been almost eonfin-
uous
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
MAKES PLEAFOR
POOR OF AMERICA

In her declaration that there are as
many needy persons in this country
as abroad, Miss Janet E. Richards, of
washington, in an address made last
night urged the people TO lend hand
to those suffering in this country.
Miss Richards Is scheduled to deliver
a series of talks on Vital Questions
of the Day" under the auspices of the
Contemporary.
Are we OVERRIDING as a fad this
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
jersey interpretations

J TRENTON, Dec. 19.-The following
New Jersey concerns filed charters
with the secretary of state:
Van Goble Motion Picture Com
pafly, Orange; object, motion pic
lures; capital stock, $4,000, Incor-
porators, Spencer G. Ayres, William
II, Van Horne. Orange; Eva Van
Horn. West Oange.
Bullus Miller Company Qnc), New
ark; object, real estate; capital, $10,-
400. Incorporators, Edward j. Bull
lus. MO. Bullus, East Orange: III.
A.. Miller, Newark.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
Ar,nI r. schanck.

PRINCETON. Dec. ls.-Ammi r.
Schanck. son of the late DR. Joseph
schanck, for many years professor Of
anatomy at Princeton UnIversfty, is
dead at his home here frem BriEns's
disease. Mr.. Schanck was born here
in 1854 and was graduated from the
university IN 1877.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
Daughter oosling.

The north wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will Myrtilla do then, poor
thing?
She'll dress herself silly.
To make her feel chilly,
And hide herself under her mum, poor
thing.
IF. P. A., in New York Tribune.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
More Worry.

Plague take the scientists, here's
something else to worry about In a
thousand years Lake Erie will tilt the
other way and Niagara Falls will
have to be abandoned or operated
from the bottom instead of the top
Rochester Post Express.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
And a Censor or Two.

The difference between crushing
defeat and strategic retreat is only
a matter of the date line.-Washing-
ton Post.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19

Pictures Of guns captured from the
Russians, and a letter telling of the
bravery of the Hungarian, Austrian
and German soldiers, were receiv ed
yesterday afternoon by Joseph
Burchardt, of 236 Eighteenth avenue
The missive and photos were sent by
julius Gero, a reserve lieutenant with
the First Hungarian Honored Infan-
try Regiment.
The letter states that so numerous
are the guns captured from the Rus
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
Sort Of LanRuid.

We can't enthuse over the man
who has to lean against a treebox
while he talks to q girl-Louisviiie
Courier Journal
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
Every Woman
Can Use

and ought to use occasionally,
a proper remedy for the
headache, backache, languor,
nervousness and depress-
ion to which she may be
subject. These troubles and
others are symptoms of debil-
ity and poor circulation caused
by indigestion or constipation
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-14
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
STOCK MARKET STRONG. On Its Reopening After Suspension of
 More Than Four Months.

New York. Dec. 12-Limited deal ings in stocks on the floor of the ex- change were renewed today, after an enforced suspension of over four course of the market, which was strong throughout, seemed to justify the action of the authorities in or dering resumption at this time:
 Trading was on a moderate scale, most of the transactions being in lots of 100 to 300 shares, with numerous odd lots of 25 to 50 shares. Inasmuch as all dealings were strictly for, cash, except in those issues selling at oi under $15, today's business represent ed a larger oFerturn in actual money than is indicated by the amount of stocks bought and sold.
 Official figures of the session were gated about 114,000 shares, with bond not o5tainable, hut stock sales aggre- sales (par value) approximately $1,- 100000 Gains in active stocks over July 30 prices ranged from points 1-2 in Reading & Lehigh Valley re- spectively, while some of the hfg4l priced Specialties rose sensationally General Motors was the feature of this group, with an advance of 27 Is points, and Texas company was next, gaining almost 2.
 Advances of , to Is points were made by Alaska Gold, American Beet Sugar, American Can common and preferred, Smelling, American TeIe- phone, Atchison, Bathlehem Steel, Brooklyn Transit, Central Leather, St Peoples Gas, Tennessee Copper, United Paul, Goodrich. International Harvest CT, National Biscuit, Pacific Telephone, States Rubber and Western Union.
 There were no notable declines, ex- cept Southern railway, the common and preferred losing 3 IA and 3 1-2. with minor recessions in a few other stocks of less importance
 In a list of stocks furnished by the clearing house Canadian Pacific and New York Central were fractionally under yesterday, Union Pacific was up 3-4 and United States Steel was not quoted.